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Got up to take a piss around 1:30 am.. Felt fine but have been under a lot of stress lately, most but not all of it behind me now.

Was walking back to my bedroom just a few steps down the hall...Woke up with my wife over top of me repeatedly saying "Are you okay?!? are you okay!?!?

Did the weird my brain is rebooting thing, got all clammy for a bit, but eventually came around and was coherent enough to convince her I could go back to sleep and not die thing......have a pretty good scrape on my arm and whiplashy neck pain because I evidently spun and landed on my back. Think I might be slightly concussed but that fog is clearing, feels like I'm a bit slow and foggy after a hard sparring session.

Have gone full out fall down about 5 times in my life now, hadn't had one of these in about a decade or more. Have been tested and never found a root cause but being hungry seems to have been a factor and I may have been a bit dehydrated last night. Could also be panic attacks ala Tony Soprano.

Anyone else faint? Anyone want to share their fainting stories? Or just go to the farting stories that I'm sure are about to come flying my way
 
First time I ever had blood drawn as a kid I fainted. Never have since then. Think I was like 8 or 9 and needed a Lyme test cause I had ticks taken off.
 
UberHere said:
First time I ever had blood drawn as a kid I fainted. Never have since then. Think I was like 8 or 9 and needed a Lyme test cause I had ticks taken off.
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You would be surprised how many people faint over that. I worked in medical labs for a couple of decades. When I was doing my internship at a major University in their student clinic I had to do a rotation drawing blood. We we would have some huge football players, some that went to the NFL, come in and they would absolutely freak out about getting their blood drawn and a couple of them fainted.
 
SirRealKiller said:
You would be surprised how many people faint over that. I worked in medical labs for a couple of decades. When I was doing my internship at a major University in their student clinic I had to do a rotation drawing blood. We we would have some huge football players, some that went to the NFL, come in and they would absolutely freak out about getting their blood drawn and a couple of them fainted.
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I never have since then. I remember making it a point to be well hydrated and sit for like 5 minutes after blood draws just because of that. But only happened that once.

When I got trained on IV’s we had to partner up and place them on each other. the instructor told us someone always goes down and it’s usually a big male. That day no one fainted
 
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Never fainted before, so no advice other than see a doctor, bud. That sounds scary. Hope it was some momentary thing and nothing real dangerous to your health. Good luck!
 
I've been light headed from getting up quick, or squatting and deadlifting, but never fainted.
 
SirRealKiller said:
You would be surprised how many people faint over that. I worked in medical labs for a couple of decades. When I was doing my internship at a major University in their student clinic I had to do a rotation drawing blood. We we would have some huge football players, some that went to the NFL, come in and they would absolutely freak out about getting their blood drawn and a couple of them fainted.
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UberHere said:
I never have since then. I remember making it a point to be well hydrated and sit for like 5 minutes after blood draws just because of that. But only happened that once.

When I got trained on IV’s we had to partner up and place them on each other. the instructor told us someone always goes down and it’s usually a big male. That day no one fainted
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As a Sherdogger I never faint when donating blood <{JustBleed}>
 
If I cut my finger and it bleeds a lot, I feel like I might faint. Same with my leg or knee. But those are the only places. Of course, those are the only places I’ve been cut badly but maybe it would happen if I got cut on my arm too.
 
I faint when donating blood. When I was a kid I'd faint when they were just taking a few small vials for bloodwork.

I've also fainted twice when I had the flu. Once when I was at work. Suddenly I'm on the floor and a customer is standing over me going "are you ok?"

The second time was years later and I had the flu again. Last thing I remember was seeing myself in the bathroom mirror and thinking, "you look like death" and the next thing I know I'm on the floor and my wife is grabbing me and yelling my name trying to wake me up.

I've also blacked out for a second when I stood up too fast after sitting for hours trying to beat street fighter 2.

There doesn't seem to be any lasting effects though. As long as you didn't hit your head when you fell.

You should get checked out though. And find some way to relieve that stress.
 
I’ve fainted before during my anorexia days. It just became apart of life lol.

Take care of yourself toasty x
 
That’s scary for sure. Never happened to me but I did see my wife faint once. Out cold, I thought she was dead until she started snoring. Freaked me out
 
If anyone's curious on the mechanism, this is usually because something perturbed the blood flow to the brain. The brain stem has a structure called the reticular formation that's essentially responsible for turning the brain on. If you were in a car accident and this portion got damaged, you would never wake up even if the rest of your brain was fine. When something temporarily disrupts blood flow to the formation, the brain basically shuts off and you faint. Then when you're horizontal on the ground, the blood rushes back in and your brain turns back on.
 
My wife will drop if her blood sugar gets too low, she's dehydrated, or in an overheated room with no ventilation.

She manages it by eating protein rich breakfasts, drinking lots of water, and avoiding saunas.
 
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