Posted by Noa on October 25, 2000, at 15:16:48
In reply to Re: Fainting, posted by dove on October 25, 2000, at 14:15:41
Dove, you have a good memory. I remember about the fainting in the shower, and yes, I think it might have been Adam. He seemed to think it was a combo of the flu, easily fluctuating blood pressure due to MAOIs, and the hot water. While I was searching on pubmed today, I did notice a couple of articles on hot bath water as raising the risk of fainting.
Dove, I don't mind the thread detouring. I think my needs were already met.
I asked the various docs, nurses, etc. whether a threshold phenomenon could be part of this vasovagal syncope--ie, things like hypoglycemia (it was 6 am, I hadn't eaten anything yet, but had eaten a whole bunch of very sweet stuff right before going to bed the night before), anemia, medications, etc.--could they lower the threshold for a vasovagal reaction. They didn't seem to think so.
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