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Old 05-21-2009, 07:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Dew58 View Post
Ali, fainting is a scary event. There are many reasons that people faint. I researched this for all of us. I hope it helps.

ITA with Dew. Fainting can have many causes; have it checked out by a doctor, please.

A few months ago, I started having extreme dizzy spells while washing my hair. I wash my hair on a special chair in the bathroom sink. Every time I bent forward, after a while (with shampoo still half in my hair), I got so dizzy... It was more like vertigo, I fell to one side each time (the right) and felt like the rug was simultaneously being pulled from under me. Sometimes I even vomited. They have me on Betahistine for a month now, and last week I went to the ear, nose, throat specialist who did a bundle of tests that took an hour (hearing tests, balance tests - it was like being in a space chair!). Turns out that I have a thing called "Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo". I have to do some exercises to help the debris sort itself out, and then I need to lessen on the Betahistine. I never blacked out, though!

Fainting is a whole other issue.

My point?

Have it checked out. Not everything is RSD or is due to RSD or stress or...
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Work related (car) accident September 21, 1995, consequences:
- chondromalacia patellae both knees
- RSD both legs (late diagnosis, almost 3 years into RSD) & spread to arms/hands as of 2008
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