Could you explain from your own experience what you saw, heard or felt just before you fainted? (I'm only talking about fainting from non-serious cause like low blood pressure).
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I have passed out at the sight of blood dozens of times over the past 15 years. I don't know that it can be put into words , but I will attempt it. When I begin to faint physically I feel dizzy, cold and hot simultaneously, and mildly nauseous. Mentally/emotionally I feel scared about getting to a safe place like on the floor if I faint. As I faint I get this sickening feeling maybe physical maybe emotional I can't describe it - like my control of my body and consciousness are being forcibly pulled away and forced to "shut down". \nIt is a terrible experience that I wouldn't wish on anyone.
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A kinder made me laugh so hard, my tummy hurts! \n\nOn a more serious note, I have felt very intensely in tune with nature before. On a seperate incident have felt at one with the universe...I guess you could say I saw a vision of the universe. Sort of an epiphany after thinking a lot on how we are all connected and the oneness of life.\n\nEdit: I just saw that a kinder is snoopy! I somehow saw him as venus trap before, mouth open...bottom jaw to the right...that was a bit of an epiphany! lol
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sounds verys serious. they may want to see a doctor. also, the dizzyness, tiredness, and feeling like the are gonna pass out is probably dehidration. they should try to drink more water as well.
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Yes, and I'm going through it right now.  I'm pretty sure it's my uncle who died two years ago January 16th.  He started having a lot of pain right around this time and in the beginning of December, was put in the hospital.  He had a lot of pain.  So much pain.  HIs pancreas was failing and so was his liver.  His lungs also kept filling up with fluid.  Right after he died, my stove kept turning itself off.  The electrical part of it.  My satellite receiver in a completely different room started doing this too.  Since two days ago, it keeps doing it.  Multiple times per day.  Not every once in a while like it was doing.  Also, my 9 month old son keeps looking at the celing and smiling and laughing.  He was doing that when there was a large balloon hanging from the ceiling.  It was for my daughter's third birthday party, barely full and two days old.  she turned three on Monday.  Well, as he is looking up there, smiling and laughing like something is there, that balloon all of a sudden pops on its own.  Nothing was visibly touching it.  It just popped.  The balloon next to it was blowing like wind was on it.  There are also these orbs of light that come and go.  They usually come from the hallway and go towards the windows.  When the balloon popped, some orbs were going.  Oh, yeah, and two elderly women had died in this house.  I didn't know this until two years after living here, when I was already experiencing what seemed like an angry spirit.  The things I was told by my neighbor matched exactly what was going on in this house.  At times, you hear this loud thud.
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Interesting.  I remember sitting outside late at night with a girlfriend.  It was going to storm, and there were already flashes of lightning in the clouds.  We were on the frontal boundary, so the winds were rocking us back and forth while the flashes in the sky lit up our surroundings.  I knew that the raw forces of nature were so much more powerful than I was, yet I somehow felt strangely magnified within them.  For a moment I was in tune with nature.  I loved that time and place with everything I had.  Then, it was gone with the rain.  \nSo, yes, I have felt that feeling.  I relive it sometimes in my memory of a night long gone.
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Yeah, yesterday I was having chest pains...and felt dizzy and I called my doctor, they said get in here.  I went and had an EKG...etc., and I'm okay, I feel okay today.  But in that period of time when I was having that stuff happen, it was like, man.  I am always complaining of how tired I am or the traffic or whatever....and all of a sudden I was just grateful for a next breath!
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Since I was a child I've had both good and scary experiences. The one that stands out is when I was around 13 I went to go to bed one night when I turned the light off I heard this strange breathing. Thinking it was my brother I quickly turned the light on and of course I was alone. I looked through my room, down the hall but still I was alone. I went back to my room turned the light off and got into bed. The breathing began but know it was right next to my ear. I felt the bed depress like someone sat down. I was petrified with fear. This went on want seemed like hours but it all happened within 5 minutes. Finally a large white orb appeared and out of that an angel appeared and when that happened whatever it was left. I jumped out of bed and went to my parents room and there I stayed for a week. The strange thing is my Mom had the same experience two weeks later.
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I have to agree with most of the posts here...does sound like panic attacks or really bad anxiety flare ups.  Have you ever checked your blood pressure while this happens?  Also, do you palms begin to perspire?  Do you have any feelings like you are doomed and maybe going to die when this happens?  These are typical questions asked regarding panic attacks.  Also, does this happen after doing anything in particular, like exerting yourself in some way?  Or does it perhaps happen when you've ate something particularly sweet, and if so have you ever had your blood sugar level checked?  There are several reasons this could be happening to you, so I would recommend getting a medical check-up and go from there...good luck.
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Yes.  I was in a...situation, where I was very suddenly, and I mean suddenly in great danger.  Danger so brutally terrible, that I had no time to think and very well could have died a terrible death and there was nothing I could do to prevent it.  I didn't consider myself a very religious person, but when the time came, I instinctively asked for Jesus to help me.  When I say instinctively, I mean it was like a reflex reaction.  Automatic, and natural.  Help was delivered.  I know many folks won't believe me, and that's ok.  It's an honest answer.  He's there, here, everywhere.  It's a great comfort to me.  It's changed my life, as you can imagine.
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A friend and I were allowed to have a rent free caretakers house that sat just inside an old cemetary in Maryland. It was the coolest old house and the cemetary was beautiful (as far as cemetary's go) Old! \n\nThings like ghosts, spirits and cemetaries have never made me afraid really so it was all good. \nAfter spending a late night out, I came home and decided just to lie across the sofa instead of going upstairs. The moon was very bright that night and had the room lit with shadows. We had a cat named Sam and he was downstairs with me as well. As we lay on the sofa suddenly the television had a glow on the screen and started making the static noises a t.v makes when its being either shut on or off. Sam took off up the stairs like a shot of lightening. It was strange but I really didn't feel anything like concern or fright. I still layed comfortably and soon closed my eyes but wasn't asleep. I then felt the sofa sink in right beside me as if someone sat down and of course I opened my eyes thinking it was Sam back. Nothing was there but there was an indent in the sofa as I ran my hand across feeling the weight of whatever was sitting next to me. The spot was cold. I then felt a slight burst of air on my face as if breathing but not warm like breath. Strange thing is, I wasn't afraid. It only lasted about a minute and stopped, the place on the couch went back to normal, a few seconds later the t.v stopped glowing and eventually Sam came downstairs.
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I was a volunteer Firefighter/ETT for awhile and my first medical response was an auto accident victim. I went to the hospital to meet the ambulance and help offload the patient and give the EMTs some support. The ambulance arrived, the rear doors opened, and I was stunned at what I saw. But the training kicked in immediately.\nWe transferred the patient to the emergency room and everyone did everything they could. There was no hope.\nI still remember giving chest compressions and looking unto the patient's brown eyes and praying "God help us help this man".\nThe doctor told me to stop compressions and I felt so helpless. It was over.\nI didn't sleep that night. I still see his eyes.\nYou won't forget what you saw. But your neighbor is gone.\nYou're okay, you're safe. Just cherish and appreciate life.
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been there.........you didnt have a panic attack, but your blood pressure most likely sky rocketed!!! The result is chest pains, shortness of breath, kinda tight around your chest. You were pissed, REALLY pissed.
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My feet are getting heavy, and I've lost feeling in my toes. What is that odd sensation in my stomach - like rocks weighing heavily?? My back is stiff, so I try to move. Man, my feet are heavy. I move my legs and it's as if someone  tied cement blocks to them. A creeping sensation moves up my legs, and I stop trying to move them. \nMy eyes hurt. My head feels stiff, as if my skin is crunchy. I try to call out, but my mouth doesn;t want to move - like I am wearing a clay mask and it has dried. What is happenieng to me? My fingers are stiffening, and I am now numb to the waist. I can't move my legs!!  I try to scream, but my vocal cords are too frozen. My nose is numb.  My breasts are starting to feel heavy as lead, and I can hardly hold up my head. The numbness creeps downward, and my fingers are like bananas as I try to type. IO amn makl[oing so manny typpos .. I cannnottr type wellllll,... I cannnt breeeaathe .. sdhfgsdajklllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
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OH YEAH ... not a very good feeling, being detached.  I have also felt like I was, literally, in a dream.  It was weird, like no one saw me but I saw them.  It wasn't like I was being ignored, just as if I was watching "life" go on and kinda like I was a ghost.  Is that what you meant?
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Sounds like it could be an iron deficiency to me, but to be safe; were the physicians you talked to general practitioners? If so you probably weren't getting a good answer. I know a lot of good GPs but they sometimes tend to minimize symptoms. Personally, I would want more than blood work done for something as potentially serious as that. Of course there are other reasons for syncope (fainting), I would say an Electroencephalogram (EEG) is definitely in order as well as possibly a CT scan! You might want to try some over the counter iron supplements and see if it helps, but I would be in contact with a neurologist asap, s/he will take your syncope very seriously and help you to resolve it.
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I have had this many times and it sounds like an anxiety attack. You become so afraid that you start breathing fast and hyperventilate. I was told to hold my breath and count to ten, after i had slowed my breathing down I didn't feel dizzy any more. I thought I was going to die when this started happening  to me and it seemed to get worse each time. When I realized I could control it and it was me being afraid that caused the problem, it has not happened again for several years. I am not a doctor, but these same symptoms happened to me.
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Yes, I have had an out of body experience, but I didn't go to heaven or hell.  I had a very bad automobile accident, and was rushed to hospital by ambulance with sirens screaming etc.  When we got to the hospital casualty staff were waiting and the ambulance personnel quickly got me out of the ambulance and rushed me into the emergency section.  I was fully conscious (I think, but I have never discussed this with anyone so I'm not sure now).  Anyway, as the ambulance guy pushed my stretcher at full speed into the casualty section - I found myself on the ceiling above the stretcher.  As he and other people rushed the stretcher along a corridor, I bounced up and down on the uneven bricks in the ceiling.  I felt incredibly nauseas.  Then we rushed into an emergency room where there was a doctor.  As we came to a stop, I came down onto the stretcher again.  The doctor prodded and poked etc, but the whole time he was doing it I couldn't really open my eyes, because there was a window behind me and the full noon sun was streaming through it and it hurt my eyes it was so bright.  Then I asked the doctor to close the curtains or blinds on the window and he was perturbed and gestured and I managed to turn around a little and there was just a blank brick wall (ordinary room wall) behind me.  The light was gone the moment I looked and the room was so drab and dark compared to before.  I have no explanation for all of this, but it does make me wonder sometimes.  I obviously survived the accident - I still have scars but I came out amazing well considering.  The doctor in the emrgency room repeatedly told me 'you have been very lucky'.  Was there an angel there?  I often wonder.