I had 2 major incidents,one minor, over a 4 year period.
#1 4/2004-sitting at work-not sick,tired,thirsty,or hungry,no prodrome. Body suddenly felt"still" as if heart and all organs had stopped. then felt as if a faucet had been turned off at top of head. slow draining sensation through skull.everything started to turn gray.(NOT LIKE FEELING LIGHTHEADED<FEELING LIKE YOR LIFE IS DRAINING AWAY) Fell forward against table. as i hit table felt like someone hit me in chest as heart gave HUGE shudder and started again. Immediate heat/hot flash in head. horrible feeling of impendig doom.thought it was bizarre reaction to high bp meds,weaned myself off,didn.t seek help.
#2 1/05/08 NOT ON BP MEDS. Same circumstances ,but walking from kitchen to laundry room. this time fell on washing machine. Only difference afterwards felt weak for 3 days and like weights on arms and legs.
#3 11/08- walking at school,same symptoms but not as pronounced,leaned against wall till subsided.
had ep study yesterday and normal ,3 yr medtronics heart monitor implanted.
1) Dr. says could be adams stokes do you agree?
2) Are there any other conditions like adams stokesthat can cause these symptoms?
3)If you have adams stokes is there usually some electrical or anatomical anomaly pesent?
4)Is this the usual protocol before implanting a pacemaker,or is it just because my incident were 4 years and the 11 months apart?
5)iwas taking hyzaar when i had #1 but when i had the minor one #3 i was taking toprol could this have had any affect on making the incident less severe?
6) could the asystole just happen to someone with nothing specifically wrong?7
7)with 4 years and the 11 months between does this indicate they might be more freQuent?
8) Since my Dr. agrees they could be adams stokes,isn.t it dangerous to try to capture another event rather than implanting a pacemaker?(As i told him i'll be the lucky person to record my own death).