passing out for no reason

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empouse

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I apologize if this is the wrong place to put this. It seems like "general health" but if there is someplace more appropriate, by all means, move it there.

This morning, I woke up early because my throat was bothering me, beginning stages of a cold. I got up to gargle with some salt water fully intending to go back to bed and sleep as long as I could afterwards. I never got that far though. I passed out in the bathroom. My dad heard the thud, my mom called 911, I spent Christmas morning in the emergency room. I don't remember falling, but I'm almost positive I didn't hit my head and that it wasn't a seizure. Shortly after, my vision came back and I was able to answer questions coherently. They checked me out at the hospital, blood, urine, head CT all normal. They said it was policy to observe me for 24 hours, but no one really had a problem with me leaving since I feel fine except for this cold.

So my question is, what could have possibly caused this? I am otherwise healthy, no major health issues in my family. I don't take any meds, only vitamins - St. John's Wort, b-complex, magnesium, fish oil and acidophilus. Last night I took 2 vitamin Cs because I felt this cold coming on. Nothing unusual at all happened yesterday. I would like to think this was a one time thing and that I'll be just fine, but people kept saying "a healthy 23-year old woman doesn't just pass out." Does anyone have any thoughts? I would appreciate them.
 
That is pretty close to what happened to me when I was 22--I feel the same way, however many tests later they are bound and determined to say it was a seizure--now I know why so many do not talk about it--you can research up the kazoo and only find out about seizures, however many medications cause them--check out Google and the side effects for St. John's Wort--what's that for? Otherwise start reading
the EFA's website--it could be epilepsy and just now rearing it's ugly head.
Remember this, stress is an aggravant to seizures. Your body is under this physical stress of the oncoming cold or what have you plus other things contribute--check with a gynecologist--you'd be amazed--they may help you piece alot together.
 
Maybe orthostatic hypotension? Getting up out of bed abruptly and early (esp when you're not feeling well to begin with) could trigger a sudden drop in blood pressure.
 
a big ditto on what AL just mentioned about the ortho hypotension? if you actually got up and went straight to the bathroom, then fainted, it really could have been just that OH. just see how things go over the next couple of weeks. anytime you wake up, try just sitting upright in bed for even like a minute or so before getting up from now on. did you feel at ALL even a bit dizzy before this happened? just how do your particular 'normal' BPs actually run, on the lower side or a bit more up?

this has occured with our son too(this past fall actually) in almost the same exact way yours did. got up to go to the bathroom one morning and boom we found him on the floor, luckily we heard him hit. but he did say he felt a bit dizzy right before he passed out. he was fine after too. the usual "suspects" here in a situation like this would be either the hypotension thing or it can also be a very sudden drop in blood sugar too, even if you are not actually a diabetic? its just the way our bodies will react to certain things. just like i already mentioned? watch yourself and take the precautions so this does not occur again. if you really do not 'feel right" from here on out, i would definitely just get a good check up eval from your doc. better safe than sorry, ya know? hopefully as with my son, this is just a one time thing that happened. please let us know if anything else pops in,K? FB
 
As the others said your blood pressure probably dropped.
I passed out almost every morning for 6 months between sometime 9 and 10 am. I would lay down during those hours only if I started to feel "funny" no way to describe this. In 5 minutes it was over (because blood went back to the brain.) they did every kind of test on me wired me up for 2 days etc. Finally they sent me for a Tilt Test at the hospital. This is a very simple test and they actually tilt you. I passed out in 20 minutes. I was diagnosed with Vasavagel Syncope. My blood pressure dropped to 66/37. If you don't have this condition they cannot make you pass out with this test or drop your BP.
It is very simple to correct this condition. I need to add more salt to my diet, yes salt. You would think salt is bad for you but you need some sodium in your body. I have never passed out since.
This was probably a one time event for you but If you continue to pass out get a blood pressure cuff (I got the wrist kind)and make sure you tell the doctor. I took my cuff in to calibrate it against his BP equipment and it was accurate. This is not a common condition so they don't think of cheecking for it so I offer this info 'just in case'
 
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