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For those who've been following the long drama surrounding my health troubles in the last few months, I wanted to give you a minor update.
Background: Last October, fainted on the sidewalk in front of a bunch of em411ers in Portland, smashed my leg up. Spent months trapped in the house and losing my mind, now finally walking nearly normally.
The outstanding question, however, has been: Why did I faint? And why does it continue to happen periodically?
Today I did a "tilt table" test, which is the most horrible exam imaginable. Anyone else here done this? It's to look for nervous system glitches wherein you respond inappropriately to changing posture and standing for extended periods of time. I stood there for 1/2 hour, gradually become as sick as hell, and finally went out. When I get sick, I don't fucking around. I was nauseated and woozy for hours. So horrible.
Anyway, why does standing of all things make some people faint? It's a problem with the Vagus Nerve that drops blood pressure too much when you stand and blood pools in the legs. Or something like that. Anyway, it's harmless except when you break legs with it. I do deal with regular bits of faintness for which I eat salt / drink lotsa water, along with sitting or laying down. All in all, manageable.
I actually sort of wanted something less benign to turn up that would help explain general dizzinesss / fatigue / headache problems, but no dice so off to a neurologist with me.
Anyway, that's the deal. This story is pretty much concluded!
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applaud
dach said: "Oh, and if you think it's nerve wracking to stand on front of an audience, it's ten times worse to stand at an alter, with the audience behind you!"
Especially if, like at my wedding, a good percentage of the bride's family and friends think you're the wrong person to be standing there.
Tantan - sounds like it could have been much MUCH worse. So congrats on having the lesser of two evils 
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room
Some people have sudden drops in pressure causing faints as a reaction to stress - particularly chronic stress....
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elronhubbard
i used to pass out during masturbation.
of course, i stopped putting the bag over my head, and now im fine.
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Zanf
room said: "Some people have sudden drops in pressure causing faints as a reaction to stress - particularly chronic stress...."
Are you saying that Tanner is like one of those fainting goats? Shout at him and he goes as stiff as a board then falls over!!
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tantan
Mod -- re. leg lockings, what he did suggest was periodically crossing legs if I feel a little faint, somehow keeps the blood moving in the right sort of way.
Bit -- jesus yeah, the tilt table is a nightmare, but I am really glad to know something about what's going on in any case! I like having an excuse to eat lots of salt. mlbot threatened to buy me a salt lick for xmas this year.
dach -- yes, I am glad to get some sort of result, but I also have been fighting with faintness / dizziness / headache etc. for my entire adult life, so it's a good 12 year stretch of meaningless tests that I'm hopefully coming to the end of. I wish there was a magic to it that could enable our bodies to communicate what we / tests / doctors can't see.
jog -- sitting helps, yes, but I have also fainted or come close while sitting, so I guess it's pretty sensitive. I feel like such a delicate flower.
Thanks everyone for kind wishes.
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mlbot
Roshi said: "Watching House MD helped me understand this diagnosis"
So, the tilt test told you... what?
that you get woozy and pass out?
i thought you already knew that.
HOUSE MD, THATS NOT A DIAGNOSIS, THATS STATING THE OBVIOUS.
i think we need to REALLY stress you out to find the underlying cause of your problems.
jdg, get the peanut butter and bondage gear.
Astroid, get your thong.
i'll grab my Maria Carey "Glitter" blu-ray and we'll put it on his Hi-Def TV.
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Roshi
LOL, best House MD parody evar
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jdg
dont you wish this was ancient greece... you'd be dead by now, old man
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mlbot
Leonidas said: "THIS IS SPARTANTAN"
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RogerRoger
Glad to hear it's over and done. It sounds as if the not knowing is on level with the tilt table in terms of torment. You won't have to walk down the street with a football helmet on all day unless you just want to.
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mlbot
I'm a Nerdologist!!
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tylth
fainting sheep genes
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tylth
oh yeah zanf mentioned that already
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ignatius
jdg said: "dont you wish this was ancient greece... you'd be dead by now, old man"
they died young due to guilt from raping little boys.
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Roshi
damnit, em411
the humor potential of "vagus nerve" is yet to be unleashed
someone pls unleash it
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