Morning everyone.So this morning I was getting my daughter's lunch box ready as I normally do, I felt a little dizzy. Next thing I know I'm waking up on the floor, I've never fainted before so has scared me a little. I checked my stats BP was 107/65 and HR was 74. I'm waiting for my doctor's to open so I can ring.
Can anyone offer any advice
Thank you x
Dear you,
Please don't wait for your Dr to open and ring 111 and follow their guidelines,
As you say this fainting is a first and being in a similar situation as you { CRT-D fitted etc } I was told that should it happen to me that this was my first point of call.
Hope all works out for you
111 have said to speak to my GP. Thank you for replying x
I am pleased that you went down that route, that way there will be a a record of your call.
Are you connected { via monitor } to your rhythm team { pacemaker dept } your Dr should be able to access that fainting time and see if your pacemaker did anything.
Take care my thoughts are with you
Do you have any history of heart problems? Don't ignore this. I did and regret it. Hope you can get in to see your GP.
Hi yes I have dilated cardiomyopathy. I went to see the doctor. I had an ECG and I have blood work today, not sure what caused my to faint but probably just a drop in blood pressure which I get alot but never fainted xx
Thinking of you, hope you get some answers. Please take care xxx
Thank you very much. Trying to take it easy today xx
Please let us know how you are, fainting isn't nice at the best of times, and worrying for us hearties. Xx
I had this for many years. I had angiograms and many other tests over the years but couldn't find any reason. Eventually it happened and I hit my head and ended up in AE with a concussion. The doctor referred me to cardio and they fitted an implantable loop recorder. Within days they realised I had a Syncopy problem where my chambers would get out of synch and my heart would stop until it got back into rythm. I have a pacemaker now and have had no further fainting issues
I have an ICD fitted. I feel it pacing when my heart rate gets to low but nothing when it's high. I've spoken to my heart nurse and we are going to investigate. Thank you for your reply xx
My mother would faint in the street and eventually they fitted her with a pacemaker. She took on a new lease of life at 70 which included learning to swim!
I have an icd which works like a pacemaker too.
I don't know enough about an icd to be able to say how it differs to an actual pace maker. So whether one is better than the other in your case is something the experts will need to work out or perhaps they will find some other cause which can be resolved by medication. You havent recently changed your diet to say a vegan or suffered any stress recently?
And ICD paces and shocks like a defibrillator. It stops my heart going into cardiac arrest. I take alot of heart medication. I suffer with dizzy spells because of my condition, just never fainted. No changes in lifestyle. My heart team are doing their investigations
I see you are a bit overweight-in fact about the same as me. I see from your profile that you have tried to lose weight. It is VERY hard especially in cold weather when comfort food is more satisfying than salads. Much of my weight is around my waist. My REAL waist size is substantially more than my trouser waist size which latest thinking says is bad for internal organs including the heart. Have the doctors merely mentioned you need to lose weight or are they getting more insistent?
I'm not overweight. And no one has told me to lose weight
Sorry, didn't mean to offend you but I looked at your profile and in one of your posts 3 months ago you gave your weight and said you had been told to lose weight. I will leave it there.
That was asking for advice as the meds I'm on slow everything down. I'm not overweight and my consultant has no concern for my weight etc. For my height I'm meant to be 8st, I was told to maintain weight so I told myself to lose it. My weight isn't the issue. With my fainting. I suffer with low blood pressure and a very up and down heart rate which causes dizzy spells. I've never fainted before so was asking if anyone had any experience
Hi, u should check ur iron levels. That might give u this dizziness and fainting. To me the treatment for arthritis that’s what it did. Anemia, severe one, lost my hair, lost my vision, dry skin and liver pain constantly.
Oh no. I'm having blood work today so fingers crossed x
hope everything turns out fine for u! Take care👍🙂
I started having dizzy spells in December and put it down to low blood pressure. My GP suggested it may be POTS syndrome Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome which occurs when your blood pressure increases massively when moving from resting to standing/moving. I am awaiting further tests for confirmation but meanwhile have been advised to drink much more water and avoid tea and coffee as these are diuretics. I had never heard of this before and neither have any of my friends and family, but apparently it has only been known about for the last ten years . Dr Sanjay Gupta has made a couple of You Tubes about it which give a good explanation. Best wishes.
Thank you for your reply. I've heard of it. I'm having tests as heart nurse thinks it could be my heart rate rather than my blood pressure. I will have a look at those YouTube clips x
Little heart hiccups
What's your Blood Pressure on meds?
Fainting episodes overnight 
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