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I am trying to avoid syncopy-related episodes without taking Beta-blockers. I have noticed that certain things trigger the black-outs such as extreme heat, sporadic exercise (ie running and stopping short such as in tennis. Are there any other common causes I could avoid?
I have heard that specific birth control pills can trigger fainting. Also, does time of day matter? I notice I mostly faint in the morning?
I have heard that specific birth control pills can trigger fainting. Also, does time of day matter? I notice I mostly faint in the morning?
A related discussion, Crohn's & Syncope was started.
She had her first Siezure at age 24 during a ballet move in which she jumps and flutter kicks. From 24 to 26 years of age she had six syncopy episodes.
***Her symptoms were a brief one second aura (if that) followed be a passing out for about a minute (shallow breathing and gurgling sounds, eyes heavy lidded, not responsive to outside stimuli),coming to for about ten seconds, moaning and crying, passing out again for 30 seconds followed by 10 seconds of stiffening, and contorting. Comining to again and vaguely concious taking a total of 3 to five minutes to be mentally sharp. Bowel control was lost during one episode.***
Two episodes had occured in a one week period. Her athletic status was very high. She was on dilantin from the age 26 to 27 and quit because of lack of insurance. She did not have another seizure until the age 29. She was not on medication. At the peak of sexual intercourse, seemingly shortly before a possible orgasm, the seizure occured.(No sexual asphyxiation occured or irregular activity) Her menstrual cycle began 8 hours after the episode(as described above***)a week earlier than usual. Her cycles are very regular. She is not on the pill. (bowel control was not lost). She recovered from the last seizure within 24 hours, 24 hours sooner than past seizures. The doctors have never dignosed her with epilepsy but have not been able to find any arrythmias or heart conditions. She's had an MRI, EKG, worn a heart monitor, Tread mill test...nothing has been found. She doesn't recall having had a Tilt Table test.
They call it syncopy but her seizures are a little strong, yet she only gets them during physical events, one occured during opera class after heavy singing. We don't want dilantin if it's not specifically epilepsy. No one will say but they have no problems giving out the drug. We suspect it's some kind of Neuro-cardiogenic Syncopy or close to it. Please help us. We lve in Sacramento California and have full medical care with Tri-care. Hm# (530)822-7972. No-one will give a specific answer but will quickly push Dilantin.
***Her symptoms were a brief one second aura (if that) followed be a passing out for about a minute (shallow breathing and gurgling sounds, eyes heavy lidded, not responsive to outside stimuli),coming to for about ten seconds, moaning and crying, passing out again for 30 seconds followed by 10 seconds of stiffening, and contorting. Comining to again and vaguely concious taking a total of 3 to five minutes to be mentally sharp. Bowel control was lost during one episode.***
Two episodes had occured in a one week period. Her athletic status was very high. She was on dilantin from the age 26 to 27 and quit because of lack of insurance. She did not have another seizure until the age 29. She was not on medication. At the peak of sexual intercourse, seemingly shortly before a possible orgasm, the seizure occured.(No sexual asphyxiation occured or irregular activity) Her menstrual cycle began 8 hours after the episode(as described above***)a week earlier than usual. Her cycles are very regular. She is not on the pill. (bowel control was not lost). She recovered from the last seizure within 24 hours, 24 hours sooner than past seizures. The doctors have never dignosed her with epilepsy but have not been able to find any arrythmias or heart conditions. She's had an MRI, EKG, worn a heart monitor, Tread mill test...nothing has been found. She doesn't recall having had a Tilt Table test.
They call it syncopy but her seizures are a little strong, yet she only gets them during physical events, one occured during opera class after heavy singing. We don't want dilantin if it's not specifically epilepsy. No one will say but they have no problems giving out the drug. We suspect it's some kind of Neuro-cardiogenic Syncopy or close to it. Please help us. We lve in Sacramento California and have full medical care with Tri-care. Hm# (530)822-7972. No-one will give a specific answer but will quickly push Dilantin.
She had her first Siezure at age 24 during a ballet move in which she jumps and flutter kicks. From 24 to 26 years of age she had six syncopy episodes.
***Her symptoms were a brief one second aura (if that) followed be a passing out for about a minute (shallow breathing and gurgling sounds, eyes heavy lidded, not responsive to outside stimuli),coming to for about ten seconds, moaning and crying, passing out again for 30 seconds followed by 10 seconds of stiffening, and contorting. Comining to again and vaguely concious taking a total of 3 to five minutes to be mentally sharp. Bowel control was lost during one episode.***
Two episodes had occured in a one week period. Her athletic status was very high. She was on dilantin from the age 26 to 27 and quit because of lack of insurance. She did not have another seizure until the age 29. She was not on medication. At the peak of sexual intercourse, seemingly shortly before a possible orgasm, the seizure occured.(No sexual asphyxiation occured or irregular activity) Her menstrual cycle began 8 hours after the episode(as described above***)a week earlier than usual. Her cycles are very regular. She is not on the pill. (bowel control was not lost). She recovered from the last seizure within 24 hours, 24 hours sooner than past seizures. The doctors have never dignosed her with epilepsy but have not been able to find any arrythmias or heart conditions. She's had an MRI, EKG, worn a heart monitor, Tread mill test...nothing has been found. She doesn't recall having had a Tilt Table test.
They call it syncopy but her seizures are a little strong, yet she only gets them during physical events, one occured during opera class after heavy singing. We don't want dilantin if it's not specifically epilepsy. No one will say but they have no problems giving out the drug. We suspect it's some kind of Neuro-cardiogenic Syncopy or close to it. Please help us. We lve in Sacramento California and have full medical care with Tri-care. Hm# (530)822-7972. No-one will give a specific answer but will quickly push Dilantin.
***Her symptoms were a brief one second aura (if that) followed be a passing out for about a minute (shallow breathing and gurgling sounds, eyes heavy lidded, not responsive to outside stimuli),coming to for about ten seconds, moaning and crying, passing out again for 30 seconds followed by 10 seconds of stiffening, and contorting. Comining to again and vaguely concious taking a total of 3 to five minutes to be mentally sharp. Bowel control was lost during one episode.***
Two episodes had occured in a one week period. Her athletic status was very high. She was on dilantin from the age 26 to 27 and quit because of lack of insurance. She did not have another seizure until the age 29. She was not on medication. At the peak of sexual intercourse, seemingly shortly before a possible orgasm, the seizure occured.(No sexual asphyxiation occured or irregular activity) Her menstrual cycle began 8 hours after the episode(as described above***)a week earlier than usual. Her cycles are very regular. She is not on the pill. (bowel control was not lost). She recovered from the last seizure within 24 hours, 24 hours sooner than past seizures. The doctors have never dignosed her with epilepsy but have not been able to find any arrythmias or heart conditions. She's had an MRI, EKG, worn a heart monitor, Tread mill test...nothing has been found. She doesn't recall having had a Tilt Table test.
They call it syncopy but her seizures are a little strong, yet she only gets them during physical events, one occured during opera class after heavy singing. We don't want dilantin if it's not specifically epilepsy. No one will say but they have no problems giving out the drug. We suspect it's some kind of Neuro-cardiogenic Syncopy or close to it. Please help us. We lve in Sacramento California and have full medical care with Tri-care. Hm# (530)822-7972. No-one will give a specific answer but will quickly push Dilantin.
She had her first Siezure at age 24 during a ballet move in which she jumps and flutter kicks. From 24 to 26 years of age she had six syncopy episodes.
***Her symptoms were a brief one second aura (if that) followed be a passing out for about a minute (shallow breathing and gurgling sounds, eyes heavy lidded, not responsive to outside stimuli),coming to for about ten seconds, moaning and crying, passing out again for 30 seconds followed by 10 seconds of stiffening, and contorting. Comining to again and vaguely concious taking a total of 3 to five minutes to be mentally sharp. Bowel control was lost during one episode.***
Two episodes had occured in a one week period. Her athletic status was very high. She was on dilantin from the age 26 to 27 and quit because of lack of insurance. She did not have another seizure until the age 29. She was not on medication. At the peak of sexual intercourse, seemingly shortly before a possible orgasm, the seizure occured.(No sexual asphyxiation occured or irregular activity) Her menstrual cycle began 8 hours after the episode(as described above***)a week earlier than usual. Her cycles are very regular. She is not on the pill. (bowel control was not lost). She recovered from the last seizure within 24 hours, 24 hours sooner than past seizures. The doctors have never dignosed her with epilepsy but have not been able to find any arrythmias or heart conditions. She's had an MRI, EKG, worn a heart monitor, Tread mill test...nothing has been found. She doesn't recall having had a Tilt Table test.
They call it syncopy but her seizures are a little strong, yet she only gets them during physical events, one occured during opera class after heavy singing. We don't want dilantin if it's not specifically epilepsy. No one will say but they have no problems giving out the drug. We suspect it's some kind of Neuro-cardiogenic Syncopy or close to it. Please help us. We lve in Sacramento California and have full medical care with Tri-care. Hm# (530)822-7972. No-one will give a specific answer but will quickly push Dilantin.
***Her symptoms were a brief one second aura (if that) followed be a passing out for about a minute (shallow breathing and gurgling sounds, eyes heavy lidded, not responsive to outside stimuli),coming to for about ten seconds, moaning and crying, passing out again for 30 seconds followed by 10 seconds of stiffening, and contorting. Comining to again and vaguely concious taking a total of 3 to five minutes to be mentally sharp. Bowel control was lost during one episode.***
Two episodes had occured in a one week period. Her athletic status was very high. She was on dilantin from the age 26 to 27 and quit because of lack of insurance. She did not have another seizure until the age 29. She was not on medication. At the peak of sexual intercourse, seemingly shortly before a possible orgasm, the seizure occured.(No sexual asphyxiation occured or irregular activity) Her menstrual cycle began 8 hours after the episode(as described above***)a week earlier than usual. Her cycles are very regular. She is not on the pill. (bowel control was not lost). She recovered from the last seizure within 24 hours, 24 hours sooner than past seizures. The doctors have never dignosed her with epilepsy but have not been able to find any arrythmias or heart conditions. She's had an MRI, EKG, worn a heart monitor, Tread mill test...nothing has been found. She doesn't recall having had a Tilt Table test.
They call it syncopy but her seizures are a little strong, yet she only gets them during physical events, one occured during opera class after heavy singing. We don't want dilantin if it's not specifically epilepsy. No one will say but they have no problems giving out the drug. We suspect it's some kind of Neuro-cardiogenic Syncopy or close to it. Please help us. We lve in Sacramento California and have full medical care with Tri-care. Hm# (530)822-7972. No-one will give a specific answer but will quickly push Dilantin.
two years ago i had a fainting spell while driving an automobile which caused a minor accident. The heart specialist diagnosed the problem the problem as syncopy. A pace maker was installed. Three months ago, i had a recurring fainting problem again diagosed as sycopy. However, the doctor suggested dehydration as a contribution factor. He prescribed a bata blocker. During the past few days I have experienced several fainting spells. However, this time I suffer disoriention for several hours up to a full day. For example, I am able to recall incidents that occured the previous day, particularly the order in which they occurred. My wife has confirmed my disorintation resulting from these near-fainting episodes. ***@****
Two years ago I was diagnosed with Syncopy. Per doctors order I now have a pace maker. He also discontinued my hypertension medicine (vasotec and diruetic) and commenced a beta blocker, Toprol. Recently I passed out for quite sometime about 10:30 a.m. and was hospitalized. A doctor in emergency cautioned me about the use of alcohol. I had had three pretty stron cocktails the previously evening. What is the relationship, if any, between consuming alcohol, having a pacemaker, taking toprol, and having syncopy?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Yes, an EPS would probably be OK but a specialist in syncope would be best. Dr. Fouad is a specialist in syncope here if you would like to come to the Clinic.
My 15 year old daughter, who is in excellent physical shape, recently collapsed while running sprints at the end of a 2-hour basketball practice. She was unconscious for 40 minutes. The coach said she just dropped like a dishrag and Anna Kate (daughter) said she had no warning. She was hospitalized and had many tests, including EKG, EEG, Stress with EEG, tilt table, Cat scan, MRI, bloodwork, etc. Autonomic dysfunction was ruled out, and no cause for the syncopy was found. A theory proposed is that her carotid bulbs are restricting flow to her brain, thus causing the blackouts. Anna Kate had a fall on the gym floor this past spring and received a concussion. She was unconscious for about 45 minutes. Since then, she has had a few brief episodes of "seeing black spots" and feeling sick (her words) during strenous exercise. We are seeking an answer and advice on what to do from here. A person whose son had similar problems took her son to an EPS cardiologist for diagnosis and treatment. Is that the next step?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Other common precipitating factors are standing for long periods, standing up too quickly and becoming dehydrated. It can be worse in the morning due to lying flat all night. Elevating the head of the bed on 6 inch blocks can help this. I've never heard of birth control pills helping.
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