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Greetings to you all,
Thank you all in advance for bothering to read this, and thank you more if you contribute to my diagnosis.
Male, age 50. Looking back, I think I first passed out at school when age 12 when counting others swimming lengths. Knocked 3 teeth out and was passed off as a simple faint.
Over the next 40 years there have been random faints, from standing at the urinal to sat on the sofa. Sometimes years would pass with apparently nothing. As a fairly heavy drinker(of beer) and smoker, 5 years ago after two repeated early morning awakenings and collapses, I realized blood pressure was sky high and quit smoking.
Things seemed to improve. Occasionally I would have that feeling of "a puppet with its strings cut" and feeling faint. A rapid lowering of the head or getting actually down on the floor, sometimes seemed to prevent losing consciousness.
Two years ago the inevitable occurred. I walked into a convenience store feeing fine. Woke up a few minutes later in a pool of blood with a huge gash in my head. Apparently I had collapsed and fell through a fridge class window.
Typically though, when I came too. I felt fine and was fully coherent.
This meant hospital and loads of tests. I wanted the solution. Brain MRI, EEG ECG, blood pressure, sugar, flashing lights tests, the lot.
Conclusion? Nothing substantial. High Blood pressure, borderline diabetes (6mol), possible epilepsy. Awaiting an angiogram.
Recently its all started occurring again more frequently, (so was evening beer consumption). So I have quit drinking and modified my diet for sugar level. (2 weeks now). Pressure and sugar are within the "high normal" range now. But I still get these seizure feelings morning and night especially in bed.
Symptoms:-
1) Palpitations
2) Feeling of "a puppet with its strings cut" and feeling faint. That sensation that the life is being sucked out of you
3) Numbness in extremities
4) General feeling of unwell
5) Fainting sensation
Getting up and actually starting something physical normally relieves things.
Hanging head down out of bed feels like it sometimes stops me from losing consciousness. ( I start tapping the ground and counting).
Normally if I do pass out, I "Dream" of being somewhere really nice and well being.
When I regain consciousness my head has a strong buzzing feeling, sensation returns to my hands as I realize where I am. (Usually on the floor), sometimes I say something uncontrolled. "With a Buzzer on my back" I remember once, and, "That was Interesting".
Once conscious and understanding what has happened, I normally feel extremely well. (Unless physically injured). Its like something that has possibly been pending for some time has been released.
As an IT techie I can only describe it as if my brain had to re-boot.
Sorry to bore you all with this but I am sure I am not unique in this and would like to connect with others with similar questions. My real worry is that one day the Re-Boot will not actually boot back up properly, or maybe not at all.
Thanks
Gar
Thank you all in advance for bothering to read this, and thank you more if you contribute to my diagnosis.
Male, age 50. Looking back, I think I first passed out at school when age 12 when counting others swimming lengths. Knocked 3 teeth out and was passed off as a simple faint.
Over the next 40 years there have been random faints, from standing at the urinal to sat on the sofa. Sometimes years would pass with apparently nothing. As a fairly heavy drinker(of beer) and smoker, 5 years ago after two repeated early morning awakenings and collapses, I realized blood pressure was sky high and quit smoking.
Things seemed to improve. Occasionally I would have that feeling of "a puppet with its strings cut" and feeling faint. A rapid lowering of the head or getting actually down on the floor, sometimes seemed to prevent losing consciousness.
Two years ago the inevitable occurred. I walked into a convenience store feeing fine. Woke up a few minutes later in a pool of blood with a huge gash in my head. Apparently I had collapsed and fell through a fridge class window.
Typically though, when I came too. I felt fine and was fully coherent.
This meant hospital and loads of tests. I wanted the solution. Brain MRI, EEG ECG, blood pressure, sugar, flashing lights tests, the lot.
Conclusion? Nothing substantial. High Blood pressure, borderline diabetes (6mol), possible epilepsy. Awaiting an angiogram.
Recently its all started occurring again more frequently, (so was evening beer consumption). So I have quit drinking and modified my diet for sugar level. (2 weeks now). Pressure and sugar are within the "high normal" range now. But I still get these seizure feelings morning and night especially in bed.
Symptoms:-
1) Palpitations
2) Feeling of "a puppet with its strings cut" and feeling faint. That sensation that the life is being sucked out of you
3) Numbness in extremities
4) General feeling of unwell
5) Fainting sensation
Getting up and actually starting something physical normally relieves things.
Hanging head down out of bed feels like it sometimes stops me from losing consciousness. ( I start tapping the ground and counting).
Normally if I do pass out, I "Dream" of being somewhere really nice and well being.
When I regain consciousness my head has a strong buzzing feeling, sensation returns to my hands as I realize where I am. (Usually on the floor), sometimes I say something uncontrolled. "With a Buzzer on my back" I remember once, and, "That was Interesting".
Once conscious and understanding what has happened, I normally feel extremely well. (Unless physically injured). Its like something that has possibly been pending for some time has been released.
As an IT techie I can only describe it as if my brain had to re-boot.
Sorry to bore you all with this but I am sure I am not unique in this and would like to connect with others with similar questions. My real worry is that one day the Re-Boot will not actually boot back up properly, or maybe not at all.
Thanks
Gar
