I feel terrible

Originally Posted by ut0pia

Oh, I dunno it never happened to me when I've fainted, and I've been unconscious no more than like 2 minutes..
Wow I am worried about her. I want c an update ....

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Me either, I've been out a little longer than two minutes during testing, but the other times were short. I have heard worse from people on other forums I'm a member at.

I'd like to know how she's doing too, if she's doing anything tonight, or going in first thing tomorrow.

Update:

I called the doctor tonight b/c it was happening again this evening. I passed out completely once about a half an hour ago, and had a handful or more of the fainting symptoms minus the loss of consciousness like yesterday. I explained everything that has been happening, and she is wondering if I'm having seizures. She said the ER wouldn't really be able to do anything for me and it is something we can start to figure out tomorrow.

I don't know what I'm going to do though. I've only been at my job for 4 days. I ABSOLUTELY CANNOT lose my job. My doctor doesn't want me to drive at all in case I pass out behind the wheel, so my husband is going to drive me to work tomorrow. My doctor wants me to come in first thing tomorrow, but I can't take time off of work. I can't call in b/c I'll be fired. If I pass out at work I'll be fired.

My husband thinks I'm faking it. He completely doesn't believe me b/c he hasn't witnessed any of the pass outs b/c I was up on my computer while he was either sleeping or watching tv down stairs. He thinks it is pretty convenient that I felt fairly fine all day and at 8-9 tonight it started happening again. I just don't know what to do. It took me 10.5 months to find a job, I absolutely cannot afford to lose it and start all over again. It is easy for people to say that my health isn't worth it, but we're at the point of losing our house and my husband's business b/c of me being unemployed. I just can't take that chance right now. Please put yourselves in my shoes before judging me on this.

You have two choices. Go to the doctor or put it off and end up in the hospital.
You choose, both may cost you your job but one will end in you being a lot sicker and having a lot more bills. Forcing yourself to the breaking point will also make it a lot harder to impossible for you to work or go back to work for quite a while.

As for your husband... is he always a bit in denial about health stuff or just now? It might be time for some consoling together. You need him for some emotional support and help, not to call you a liar.


As for seizures, there's more than one type. One doesn't show up as an epileptic seizure on an EEG because it's not - it's autonomic in nature and due to lack of blood to the brain. (this is why you lay a person who faints down flat and don't move them) So don't be discourage if they don't find anything indicating epilepsy - also they may stick you in the hospital anyways eventually in hopes to catch these episodes and record them.
My main worry for you is that there could be swelling if your electrolytes are off badly enough.

Basic point. Screw the job, it not worth dying for.

I don't think anyone is judging you, just concerned about your health, I am the same way about going to the Dr when I am sick. When I had pneumonia and could hardly breath, my husband was all over me. I refused to go to the ER...we couldn't afford it. He threatened all kinds of things, like calling rhe police and reporting a domestic disturbance so they would make me go to the ER. Silly man! Still not going! When he picked up the phone and said he was calling our daughter...I almost beat him to the car. I spent 10 days in the hospital and had 1 of my lungs drained 4 times (no fun btw) If I hadn't been so stubborn and listened to my DH I would have gone to the Dr a few days before and headed off trouble.

You need to see a Dr asap. And I know it's not nice to say, but your DH is being a jerk. Don't give him the chance to mourn you....go to the DR!!!!!!

Originally Posted by spudsmom

If I hadn't been so stubborn and listened to my DH I would have gone to the Dr a few days before and headed off trouble.

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Does he ever let you forget this?



And just to be clear, I'm not judging either. But I certainly don't want to hear that you're in the hospital in a coma or worse. There has been so much horrible news here lately, I don't want anything bad happening to any more of our members if it can be helped.

Originally Posted by spudsmom

I don't think anyone is judging you, just concerned about your health.

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Originally Posted by spudsmom

You need to see a Dr asap. And I know it's not nice to say, but your DH is being a jerk. Don't give him the chance to mourn you....go to the DR!!!!!!

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it's all well & good to say you can't afford to lose your job [i know what you mean], but if you have a seizure like that while @ work, you'll be out of a job, anyway, right? [i'm going by your post that you would]. treatment for whatever is causing these episodes may make it possible for you to keep the job it took you so long to find.

Originally Posted by strange_wings

Does he ever let you forget this?

And just to be clear, I'm not judging either. But I certainly don't want to hear that you're in the hospital in a coma or worse. There has been so much horrible news here lately, I don't want anything bad happening to any more of our members if it can be helped.

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No, he doesn't! In fact, I've learned not to just mention that I have an ache or pain...cuz he thinks I need to go to the Dr! Gah!

Yes..we are just concened Kara Leigh. We're gonna nag you, with love!

Originally Posted by strange_wings

Basic point. Screw the job, it not worth dying for.

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Absolutely. Hun, I think you know exactly what you need to do. But with so many pressures around you (husband's attitude, finances, job) I can understand why you're choosing to rationalize the hell out of it instead of just going to the doctor. But I don't think any of us here are going to join in on that one. Not because we're judging you; we just care about your health, safety and happiness. A lot of us are probably speaking from experience too.

You already know that your health is absolutely essential to maintaining your income (as you wrote that passing out will get you fired). So the only thing you can do to ensure your further employment with them - with ANY job - is to take care of your health.

Coming from the other end of the spectrum.. worst case scenario: if you die, the loss of your husband's business and the house will be inevitable following the loss of you. Please just screw the job, screw the snotty attitude coming from your husband and take care of you so that you can take care of them like you want. You are worth more than enough to seek help before risking this turning into something ugly and truly devastating.

I decided that going to the ER, no matter how much debt it would put us in, if having a note from there stating I was checked out will even in the slightest help me keep my job it is worth it.

I love the hospital that I went to b/c there wasn't a single other patient in the ER, so I was treated and released in an hour. They did a 12 lead EKG, urine, blood, BP laying, sitting, and standing. They couldn't find anything, of course, like my doctor said. My electrolytes were fine, I'm not pregnant, my blood pressures were all normal for me (which is low for a normal person - 104/55). Though my BP was 139/69 when I got there. Not sure why. That's pretty high for me. He says I may just be developing a bug, but I don't buy that. I'm still going to my regular doctor tomorrow. She'll run more tests to rule everything out.

I just wanted to let everyone know that I did go to the ER. Hopefully I don't get fired, b/c there is definitely no way I can function at work today anyway. One of my bosses is a nurse, so hopefully she understands.

Isn't it against the law to fire you because you are sick??
I am shocked how afraid you are that you will lose your job because you are sick, it reminds me of the 1900s and the book The Jungle if anyone has read it...
I hope you get better soon

I'm gald you went to the ER and at leat got checked out. I was getting scared reading your posts. Hopefully your doctor can figure out what it is. Blacking out for any reason is not normal. Lots of that you can figure this out and get it fixed soon.

I'm also shocked that you're worried about being fired. I'm pretty sure it's illegal to fire someone for an illness, especially now since you have the paperwork to prove that you were seeking medical care.

At least you ruled out some the worst possibilities. Was there's absolutely no change in blood pressure and heart rate during the orthostatic test? Surely with the episodes you're having that would have been a bit off. I would have suspected at least something wrong with your electrolytes - to some degree, it's odd that those showed nothing wrong with them.

I hope your doctor can figure it out.

Your blood pressure was probably up simply due to stress and moving around. During doctor's visits mine can get up to 110/60 (and with my midodrine), while it will be lot lower when I'm at home or in the hospital.
Still, if that's high for you it won't feel very good.

Originally Posted by strange_wings

Your blood pressure was probably up simply due to stress and moving around. During doctor's visits mine can get up to 110/60 (and with my midodrine), while it will be lot lower when I'm at home or in the hospital.
Still, if that's high for you it won't feel very good.

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When i got out of the hospital last fall, I was reading up on things like BP and all... having an elevated BP when you go to the doctor is call White Coat Syndrome... many folks get anxious about going to the doctor/ER, so their BP goes up.

To the OP: I'm glad you finally went in... and definitely follow up with your doctor. I have cruddy insurance (they paid 2K out of a 27K hospital bill), and when I went in last fall to my usual clinic, I didn't know I was closer than I'd like to admit to being in serious danger. I had cellulitis, basically from a staph infection... and that's no fun. If I'd delayed much longer, like a couple of days, I probably wouldn't be here today... so always get these things checked out... doctors and hospitals understand about financial hard times...

I hope everything really is okay... but that fainting and subsequent issues bothers me...

Okay... off to work now...

Amanda

Originally Posted by RubSluts'Mommy

When i got out of the hospital last fall, I was reading up on things like BP and all... having an elevated BP when you go to the doctor is call White Coat Syndrome... many folks get anxious about going to the doctor/ER, so their BP goes up.

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Yep. Though mine tends to be more from trying to park in certain places (bad, even dangerous parking with the stupid people are around here) and agitation from waiting. I've long lost the "I'm visiting the doctor anxiety" and if I have a few minutes to comfortably rest (and not an hour in the waiting room...) I can get my BP to what it usually is when I'm medicated.
Last ER visit doesn't count because I was so sick it was all over the place.

I suspect the same for the OP, when you're sick, know it and know it can be serious, you don't need WCS to make it any worse - you have enough excuses. I would also suspect she's been to the doc enough that she probably doesn't get it from that.

Originally Posted by strange_wings

Yep. Though mine tends to be more from trying to park in certain places (bad, even dangerous parking with the stupid people are around here) and agitation from waiting.

I've long lost the "I'm visiting the doctor anxiety" and if I have a few minutes to comfortably rest (and not an hour in the waiting room...) I can get my BP to what it usually is when I'm medicated.
Last ER visit doesn't count because I was so sick it was all over the place.

I suspect the same for the OP, when you're sick, know it and know it can be serious, you don't need WCS to make it any worse - you have enough excuses.

I would also suspect she's been to the doc enough that she probably doesn't get it from that.

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Exactly true. I'm completely comfortable going to the doctor and the ER, been there MANY times. lol I think my BP was just up from arguing with my husband, deciding to go to the ER, nervous about my work, and the fact that were hurried to get there and just being up and about. Once I was settled in the ER room, the guy came in to do the BP's shortly after we got there and it was back to normal and was normal again right before I left.

I went to my regular doctor and she checked me out. She originally thought it might have been seizures, but she doesn't think so anymore. She's wondering if I had some sort of arrhythmia that's causing me to pass out and sent me up to get a 24hr Holter Monitor. I got both her and the doctor from the ER's approval to go back to work tomorrow and to drive again.

Originally Posted by kara_leigh

I went to my regular doctor and she checked me out. She originally thought it might have been seizures, but she doesn't think so anymore. She's wondering if I had some sort of arrhythmia that's causing me to pass out and sent me up to get a 24hr Holter Monitor. I got both her and the doctor from the ER's approval to go back to work tomorrow and to drive again.

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That's good. Fainting alone can cause some crazy enough effects, but it is preferable.
I can't remember how many time's I've had a holter monitor on me... I still need to get one that actually saves my results to see whats going on - and so the docs believe me when I say my heart rate gets up as high as it does. Do you have it on now or will you be getting it soon? You might want to try to do normal activities in hope that will trigger something for it to catch.
Be careful driving, if you feel off for any reason what so ever pull over! that they figure this out soon and can control it.