Have you ever fainted/passed out

[K3Nv4]

I remember back when I was a teenager probably 15 or 17 just left a doctor's appointment that day. When I left later during the night I was with a buddy. I noticed a sudden feel of being drowsy and a light head suddenly occurred. Sat down on a bench and all I remember was going down slow hitting my head on concrete, soon after remembering waking up in the back of an ambulance. It's a memory that comes and goes strangely. Luckily no severe damage after that could've just been low blood levels.

 

[Silterpy]

I've never fainted or passed out, but about 12ish years ago, I would get extremely lightheaded for like 5 seconds and have to sit. I took so many medications and did so many tests, but we never found out why. Thankfully, it hasn't happened in years.

Not sure if this was related or not, but I used to get extremely bad muscle cramps in my right leg around that time. The muscles would flex so hard that they would get rock hard, and afterward, I couldn't walk for 30ish minutes because of pain.

 

[SAIYAN48]

I've come close, but never fully went out. It's called pre-syncope. Happens when I have to deal with needles. I hate them!

 

[Ricken]

I fell down the stairs pretty bad once, woke up tomorrow bruised as far as I remembered (family carried me to bed)
I over-exterted myself once while taking albuterol - my muscles gave out and I fell to the floor, but I stayed conscious enough to exhale (yay)
I pass out randomly while riding in vehicles, for very short stints. Still haven't tried driving
Otherwise, tons of weed can conk me.

 

[Sicklyboy]

I have felt faint and/or lightheaded before on numerous occasions, but have never actually fainted/passed out/been knocked out before

With the exception of being put under for a medical procedure once, that was a new experience. Was laying on the table, they got me hooked up to the IV and push whatever the knockout drug is, we're still chit chatting and then idk probably 10-15 seconds later the anesthesiologist asks if I'm feeling it yet, and as I'm in the middle of saying "no, nothing" my head starts feeling fuzzy and I'm like "oh there it is" and next thing I know it's over and I'm getting wheeled out.

 

[VinsCool]

I once went to the dentist for a cavity patchwork, and shortly after I got the syringe needle out of my cheeks I had to wait for a few minutes for the mouth to become numb, so I asked if I could leave for a minute to the toilet in the meantime.
While I was on my way there I suddenly felt lightheaded and lost balance, next thing I remember I was sitting on the floor next to the toilet door, back against the wall, with the entire room spinning around me.
I stood up shortly after and went to the toilet, and came back to the dentist for getting the job done like nothing happened.
The dentist was like, oh you're back, I thought you decided to run away because it's been almost 20 minutes.
It really did not feel longer than 2 minutes to me so I laughed it off and told him what just happened.
He laughed too and once we made sure I was fine to begin the job everything was done with no issue whatsoever.

 

[RAHelllord]

I fainted at a concert once because I was an idiot and only had a can of monster and a single glass of lemonade to drink all day, in 28c / 84f weather and while being physically active the entire day.
It just completely skipped my mind to actually drink because my mind was elsewhere all day.

Was a good concert, though, 4 young ones carried me out of the crowd and the venue gave me some free seltzer water and all was well, didn't hurt myself much, just got a couple gnarly looking bruises on my legs. My pride definitely took the bigger hit.

It was also a very surreal experience, though. I felt drowsy, and then went in and out of consciousness a couple times trying to leave by myself, before I got carried out.

The lesson here is definitely to stay hydrated, and no caffeinated or alcoholic drinks do not count as hydration.

 

[K3Nv4]

I fainted at a concert once because I was an idiot and only had a can of monster and a single glass of lemonade to drink all day, in 28c / 84f weather and while being physically active the entire day.
It just completely skipped my mind to actually drink because my mind was elsewhere all day.

Was a good concert, though, 4 young ones carried me out of the crowd and the venue gave me some free seltzer water and all was well, didn't hurt myself much, just got a couple gnarly looking bruises on my legs. My pride definitely took the bigger hit.

It was also a very surreal experience, though. I felt drowsy, and then went in and out of consciousness a couple times trying to leave by myself, before I got carried out.

The lesson here is definitely to stay hydrated, and no caffeinated or alcoholic drinks do not count as hydration.

Was it a kid rock concert?

 

[hippy dave]

Yes when I was like 8 or 9. There was initially video evidence of it happening, because it was during the rehearsal/video recording of the puppet show our class did, that that teacher did with his class every year. I was stood on a chair behind the scenery, puppeting my puppet, when I just fully whited out. Think I was a bit sick at the time, not enough to miss school, but enough that standing up there doing stuff with bright lights shining at me managed to knock me out.

The puppet must have got really tangled, because next time I saw it, it had had the strings cut off and been re-strung by the teacher. I didn't get to see the video evidence of me fainting because they rewound the tape and did the scene again with someone else controlling my puppet - there was just one of those classic fuzzy analogue transitions from one recording to the other as the only sign anything had happened.

Few days later was the real performance in front of the parents. Guess I wasn't better yet, because the teacher saw me starting to white out, and grabbed me and carried me off, so someone did my part again

 

[RAHelllord]

Was it a kid rock concert?

God no, I have standards. It was Eisbrecher.

 

[emigre]

Twice in one day baby. I dislocated my shoulder and passed out the first time when the ambulance crew put my arm in a sling and than again at the hospital when I got my shoulder popped back in place, assisted with some morphine I might have got some details wrong, but I was dealing with dislocated shoulder pain and being high from painkillers.

 

[The Catboy]

I used to be a drug addict and an alcoholic, and passing out was a regular occurrence for me.
I have an immune disorder, and sometimes I randomly faint or pass out because of it.

 

[spinal_cord]

Yes.

 

[realtimesave]

I have almost fainted several times but I always sit down and wait it out. I haven't fainted though. Also I have had sleep paralysis before (different subject but happens to people). It's temporary luckily lol

 

[gnmmarechal]

Technically yes, I was being used to explain a specific chokehold and it got held for a little too long because someone asked a question lmao - What I remember is struggling to try to convey the message of "hello I am kinda going now", but I was already too close to it then. I then vaguely recall hearing voices far away going "oh I think he's passed out", then vision slowly came back too lmao. Was a pretty amusing experience all things considered.
Otherwise, not really, I did wake up at the hospital without knowing why, but that was not because I'd passed out - it was because I hit my head and lost a few months of memory, and for a few days my memory was pretty fried, so every few minutes I'd forget things and reset. Which, well, would result in me waking up not knowing where I was again. That one was also fairly amusing, although I don't think my family agrees with my assessment.

 

[Cranesbill]

no.

 

[Uiaad]

OOOOH! I have one!

So this took place right at the start of COVID, and at that point in time, the pain I was in was considerable due to my neck problem. I was on a lot of things to help control pain with a low rate of success. Co-Codamol (acetaminophen+codeine 500/30), Naproxen, Oral Morphine and Duloxitine (I promise this is relevant)
One morning, I woke up and didn't feel well at all. Sweat was dripping, flowing out of me like a waterfall, and I was freezing cold. I needed to use the toilet badly, and I didn't know which end to deal with first. I managed to get out of bed feeling really dizzy and somehow managed to make it to the toilet, but it felt like it had taken hours to get there. I sat down on the down and erupted from both ends, luckily the bathroom's bin was empty, so not too much mess.
I didn't clock it at the time as my brain was bootlooping, but blood from both ends :/ Unaware of this fact, I made the trek back to the bed, and I just made it and sat on the edge. I'm not sure how long I was sitting on the edge of the bed, but I needed to go to the toilet again. I stood up, and out went the lights.
The next thing I remember must have been a couple of seconds later, with Mrs Uiaad asking, " Are you okay ?"
I replied, my brain not firing on all cylinders, " I'm okay, I just fell out of bed "
By this time, she was out of bed and looking at me, cumpled up at the bottom of the bed between the wall and the bed
"That's not what happened, is it? "
She managed to get me back up and onto the bed before discovering the blood in the bathroom bin and promptly calling an ambulance. It was fun getting to the ambulance mind, as I was upstairs in a bedroom in a house, when you leave, you have to go up another set of stone steps ( the second floor is at more or less street level ), and there's me, who can't stand for more than 3 seconds without passing out again.

I later found out that Naproxen and Duloxetine would be prescribed together without something like Omiprizole to protect the stomach, as i had a couple of holes in there where blood was just pouring

 

[shadowflare7799]

Yea, I used to suffer from black outs until one of my doctors a neurologist put me on gabapentin and I haven't had an episode since. It could have just been a thing for a few days nothing major. Not really sure.

 

[MohammedQ8]

I remember during my first ever panic attack I really thought I would faint or die that day but I didn't never passed out.

They say natural death start from the legs lol I don't know how they know lol but that day I had that feeling in my legs.

my panic attack is much better now but my blood pressure get low like 96/69 and 93/69 I get little light headed and my body feels heavy

 

[console]

In December, year 2010, when I feel very hungry and ate lot of 30 Reese's. Then give me blackout then passed out for few minutes. I fall down in hall then my body crashed on the floor hard next to restroom. Almost kill my life. My parents rush to help me. My mom fix good breakfast foods for me then I ate and regain my control of my whole body. That's why I almost dead due to sweet spike hit my brain very hard cause lost my control of my whole body to black out like passed out.

To everyone, please don't eat too much sweet or junk foods know can kill us without warning. Please be careful!