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Keep feeling faint

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fainting101 · 01/07/2025 22:20

A couple of months ago I was waiting for an op and thought it was maybe panic attacks about it
Had the op now, and twice in 2 days I’ve felt like I’m going to pass out, really suddenly
Before my op it happened so badly I had to ring 999 then cancelled as I felt ok but really shaky

WTF could be causing it? I had seizures as a child and it’s a feeling like that, not dizzy but very much “I’m going to faint” and I’m petrified as live alone and I hated the feeling as a child

had a pre op with bloods, ecg, I have bloods every 12 weeks, I take iron and vitamin d as slightly deficient and my regular meds haven’t changed Confused
BP is normal and my pulse always sits high around 90-100

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Realisation14 · 01/07/2025 22:37

The seizures you had as a child, I presume they weren't epileptic ones? If you grew out of them then it's likely that they were reflex anoxic seizures (if you've not been told that then have a quick Google). Reflex anoxic seizures usually is grown out of but as an adult can change into VVS - vasovagal syncope which is just basically fainting. Some people only get pre-syncope where they almost faint but don't lose consciousness.

My son has had reflex anoxic seizures since he was 18 months old and now as a 10yr old it's changed into VVS. Some people have specific triggers (blood, heat, emotional distress etc) however others can just experience them without trigger.

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fainting101 · 01/07/2025 22:38

Realisation14 · 01/07/2025 22:37

The seizures you had as a child, I presume they weren't epileptic ones? If you grew out of them then it's likely that they were reflex anoxic seizures (if you've not been told that then have a quick Google). Reflex anoxic seizures usually is grown out of but as an adult can change into VVS - vasovagal syncope which is just basically fainting. Some people only get pre-syncope where they almost faint but don't lose consciousness.

My son has had reflex anoxic seizures since he was 18 months old and now as a 10yr old it's changed into VVS. Some people have specific triggers (blood, heat, emotional distress etc) however others can just experience them without trigger.

Seizures after a head trauma
trapped my finger in a fire door, fainted, smashed my head through the glass wall and had a seizure
then they carried on after that for a bit

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Realisation14 · 02/07/2025 06:53

Were the seizures triggered the following times or just random?

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fainting101 · 02/07/2025 08:07

Realisation14 · 02/07/2025 06:53

Were the seizures triggered the following times or just random?

Just random, they said they were seizures following the head trauma
I don’t have much on them except I remember having an MRI and EEG and staying in hospital a while
they basically put it down to the head injury I had, and they stopped

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fainting101 · 02/07/2025 10:56

Been to the doctors this morning, they’ve done my BP sitting and standing, pulse, got an ECG on Tuesday, whole load of bloods done and they want to do a 24hr heart monitor
she said nothing is jumping out at her as I had bloods and a pre op recently and nothing showed on there

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