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anyone ever faint? [View all] DesertFlower Jun 2013 OP
Only when I was about 4 mos pregnant, why? peacebird Jun 2013 #1
Myself at six months when the idiot doctor gave me Lasix. First and last time. freshwest Jun 2013 #71
scary.... :( peacebird Jun 2013 #78
I almost did a couple of times... CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2013 #2
Only once, when I had a bad reaction to medication. NaturalHigh Jun 2013 #3
thank you. nt DesertFlower Jun 2013 #33
Post removed Post removed Jun 2013 #4
Pretty close but no......just quit Pravastatin recently and 3 days later got so dizzy... yourout Jun 2013 #5
Good grief, yes Warpy Jun 2013 #6
my mom died from low blood pressure and DesertFlower Jun 2013 #51
I know. I honestly think my renal function numbers Warpy Jun 2013 #64
9 times. It's why I don't donate blood any more. n/t Butterbean Jun 2013 #7
And 3 days with no food... kentuck Jun 2013 #14
D'oh! That left a mark. Butterbean Jun 2013 #18
Me too! Came too on the floor after giving a pint sammytko Jun 2013 #38
Same here LoveMyCali Jun 2013 #60
I don't donate because of allergies. I figure my blood's no good for anyone else. freshwest Jun 2013 #72
Yes, I just have freakishly low baseline bp, and tend to get a little squirrelly Butterbean Jun 2013 #81
I felt light headed, passed out, hit my head on a rock, seized NightWatcher Jun 2013 #8
no, but I have passed out, a few times! nt boston bean Jun 2013 #9
what's the diff? Liberal_in_LA Jun 2013 #27
Yes. Anemic, very hot day, exercising. Dr. Prescribed iron. Shrike47 Jun 2013 #10
Same with me, used to be severely anemic and it happened a few times Rhiannon12866 Jun 2013 #52
Yes, at a picnic with friends csziggy Jun 2013 #11
Yes, I have a condition called vaso vagel. broiles Jun 2013 #12
my friend's friend has that. DesertFlower Jun 2013 #17
Once. Unfortunately, I was playing a wedding reception at the time. bbernardini Jun 2013 #13
I have a syncope condition... Chan790 Jun 2013 #14
whoa!! Liberal_in_LA Jun 2013 #25
It's less of a big deal than people think. Chan790 Jun 2013 #30
I have syncope issues, too, but mine is from really really low blood pressure REP Jun 2013 #29
That's interesting. Chan790 Jun 2013 #34
I think I'm legally dead in several states ... REP Jun 2013 #41
DOC Martin--is that you????? nt MADem Jun 2013 #76
I love that show... Chan790 Jun 2013 #80
Really really close a few times MattBaggins Jun 2013 #16
I have fainted when I have had asthma attacks. hrmjustin Jun 2013 #19
Remember lady at Obama rally who passed out. Obama said you gotta eat something. Hoyt Jun 2013 #20
No. JaneyVee Jun 2013 #21
Yes. I watched an execution. nt msanthrope Jun 2013 #22
OMG. that must have been awful. DesertFlower Jun 2013 #36
It was very difficult to witness. nt msanthrope Jun 2013 #61
My sister fainted a number of times in high school, pnwmom Jun 2013 #91
The first time I watched a surgery, I felt the blood run to my feet. LeftInTX Jun 2013 #43
you brought back a memory. DesertFlower Jun 2013 #56
I once blew real hard on my thumb while watching a high school football game Kablooie Jun 2013 #23
a few times. If I get the flu really badly, I faint. Liberal_in_LA Jun 2013 #24
It runs in my family - at least among the women. Staph Jun 2013 #26
Once 20 years ago--the classic locked knees marions ghost Jun 2013 #28
Good to know about the locked knees. pnwmom Jun 2013 #92
Glad that helps to know marions ghost Jun 2013 #103
Yes -- it feels more natural to me pnwmom Jun 2013 #104
i think i fainted the other night. DesertFlower Jun 2013 #31
You need to see a doctor, DesertFlower. femmocrat Jun 2013 #35
i went to the doc today. saw the DesertFlower Jun 2013 #39
I'm so sorry, DesertFlower. femmocrat Jun 2013 #42
i love my cat so much and he loves me. DesertFlower Jun 2013 #47
DesertFlower... kentuck Jun 2013 #40
Yes, several times for different reasons. femmocrat Jun 2013 #32
Yes. Low blood sugar. a la izquierda Jun 2013 #37
Never LittleBlue Jun 2013 #44
I hope everything is OK with you LeftInTX Jun 2013 #45
i have a BP monitor and check my BP DesertFlower Jun 2013 #48
Not since I was a teenager Generic Brad Jun 2013 #46
church was the only time i came close DesertFlower Jun 2013 #49
Yes, a few times. But never for more than a few seconds. I hope you are going to be ok! *hugs* GreenPartyVoter Jun 2013 #50
thank you. nt DesertFlower Jun 2013 #55
No, but I've seen it happen a few times. bluedigger Jun 2013 #53
Twice ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jun 2013 #54
Once when I was pregnant. n/t cynatnite Jun 2013 #57
I fainted twice... SummerSnow Jun 2013 #58
When I was under 27 or so... due to not eating enough alittlelark Jun 2013 #59
I did. Was out drinking with some friends applegrove Jun 2013 #62
that's some story marions ghost Jun 2013 #82
Once when I was a kid Autumn Colors Jun 2013 #63
No, no one has ever fainted jberryhill Jun 2013 #65
oops guess I didn't faint olddots Jun 2013 #66
Being in Indiana is indistinguishable from blacking out jberryhill Jun 2013 #68
Yes, a few months ago. First time ever Populist_Prole Jun 2013 #67
Several times bhikkhu Jun 2013 #69
Often - done it all my life TorchTheWitch Jun 2013 #70
A few times for various reasons, but laundry_queen Jun 2013 #73
so sorry about your ex husband. i had an DesertFlower Jun 2013 #74
Yep, sitting on the toilet DiverDave Jun 2013 #75
Yes I have CountAllVotes Jun 2013 #77
Nope dipsydoodle Jun 2013 #79
Yeah, at the top of Pike's Peak when I was a kid. cbdo2007 Jun 2013 #83
Came really close once Puzzledtraveller Jun 2013 #84
As a young guy in a military parade in summer... Pelican Jun 2013 #85
I actually did once... AsahinaKimi Jun 2013 #86
I used to do it a lot when I was a kid AngryAmish Jun 2013 #87
Some guy KO'd me once... sibelian Jun 2013 #88
Yes. Several times when I was in my teens. nt Kahuna Jun 2013 #89
Once when I was pregnant and several low blood sugar incidents. Jennicut Jun 2013 #90
tb skin test-had a thing about needles dembotoz Jun 2013 #93
I passed out in formation once MrScorpio Jun 2013 #94
Happened to my best friend at Lackland Puzzledtraveller Jun 2013 #96
Yes. In a hospital when my sister came out of surgery. hamsterjill Jun 2013 #95
I was misdiagnosed, told I had arthritis in the right hip, Katashi_itto Jun 2013 #97
Yup. Vasovagal syncope issue. Javaman Jun 2013 #98
Yes Yo_Mama Jun 2013 #99
3 or 4 times when i was younger Spirochete Jun 2013 #100
I was sunbathing (was 5 months pregnant)..the phone rang SoCalDem Jun 2013 #101
Several times, the first time being, what I like to say is a madmom Jun 2013 #102
My daughter holds her breath til she passes out.... cbdo2007 Jun 2013 #105
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