Hello,
I have seen my doctor after an episode on a transatlantic flight. I woke up thinking I was going to vomit (I'm never travel-sick). My daughter told me what happened next, I have no recollection. I began to shake as if having a convulsion, my face was making strange movements, my eyes were open, I was icy cold to the touch and was not responding to her. She would have called the cabin crew but they were busy with another passenger. After a minute or two I began to respond, felt an urgent need to empty my bowels & felt weak & tired for the rest of the day. Ihave had a brain scan- results fine & have recently had ECG & blood pressure taken, no results as yet. Medics keep telling me it's probably just one of those episodes that have no explanation, but I've searched on the internet & found vasovagal syndrome & it seems to describe exactly what happened to me. Here's the problem - I was asleep when the incident occurred and I was in a plane at high altitude - what was the trigger? I need to know as I'd like to visit my daughter in New Zealand and would be travelling alone. I'm now so scared of going on a plane, i never had any problem before. I don't know what to do. If I knew the cause I could maybe do something to prevent its happening again.
Can you help?