Faint or Seizure?

[Seven232]

Not sure if I fainted or had some form of a Seizure as I understand there are several types of Seizures.  If anyone could give me their opinion, that would be greatly appreciated.

I was laying down on couch watching tv.  I was doing nothing abnormal or different throughout the day.  I got up from couch walked in the kitchen and collapsed on floor face first, with a slight cut above my eyebrow with my right cheek pressed against floor.
I was unconscious for approx 1 minute. I don't remember anything but I was told this by a family member who observed the entire episode.

Upon being woken up by family member,  I was responsive, but at the same time out of it.  I couldn't get up to walk, I had to crawl.  My eyes were open, droopy and trying to close through out the episode.  After approx 15 minutes had passed by a  family member tried to get me to sit up on couch, I could not stand up I had to crawl to couch and then climbed up very slowly.  My speech was slow.  When I was sitting up on couch nodding from side to side.  When asked if I knew I was doing this I responded no.  I was responsive as I said, but out of it at the same time.  I couldn't squeeze the person hand very hard.   The uncontrollable nodding of the head and the above symptoms went on for a very long 2.5 - 3 hours straight.   I woke up after that in the hospital bed not knowing where I was or any recollection of what happed for the last 3 hours.

Blood work and Drug tests were fine, nothing showed abnormal on the CT scan, and ECG was fine as well.

I am in my early 30’s and I do have high blood pressure. I didn't eat or drink anything different and I'm not on any medication.

Your detailed thoughts on what this might of been would be appreciated.

Thank You

[Claud2005]

Im 28 no kids and married I am overweight and suffer from anemia and painfull menstruation and headaches. But other than that I'm hearty never nothing seriouse or scary untill yesterday night. I was working on a project for my sister and me and my sister started laughing hard.  Suddenly I told my sis I'm going to pee of laughter and my back of the head got numb like if i was spacing out but then that's when it got strange. My sister told me that I started shaking and mumbling something and my arm went back and forward and my eyes wide open it lasted for up to 10-15 seconds and when it was over I asked if she was ok and what was wrong with her not knowing that something happend to me! I got up and went to the bathroom and talked to her normally and was shocked of what my sister told me my sister called my husband because his in med school and said that maybe is from dihadryation and that my blood pressure went up i really dont know I'm afraid and specially at night I had nightmares of happening again  and I don't know if it was a seizur or did I faint?

[Seven232]

Thank you so much for your detailed reply.

Do you know what describes the continuous head nodding for 3 hours? Then when laying in the hospital bed my arm and intire body was twitching....as it was a slow continious twitch...not fast.

I did follow up with my physician, and she had described just as "fainting"  I just do not understand the head nodding part that really scared me as I did not know I was doing that.

Thanks

[Dr Sharma]

Hi there, I can well understand your dilemma at the moment. You probably had an episode of fainting which needs a detailed examination because of multiple causes behind it. Decreased blood flow to the brain due to heart pump failure, decreased tone in blood vessels or low blood or fluid volume to be pumped. These could be heart rhythm, structural or valvular lesions, postural hypotension, anemia, dehydration and electrolyte imbalance.
Consult your physician who would do a battery of blood tests, cardiac evaluation of function and treat the underlying cause.
Take care