Radium
Sun, Oct-08-06, 17:17
Hi:
Some agonizing medical conditon attacked my teenage years. I
don't know what it was.
During adolesence I often experienced what I call the "The
Torturous Faint". I am NOT kidding!
Here are the following symptoms of a torturous faint:
1. Extreme nausea and excruciating abdominal pain;
possibly vomiting
2. Incapacitating aches and pains of muscles around the body
3. A feeling that the environmental light is blindingly
bright; altered colored perception [for example yellow
objects may look green]
4. Shortness of breath
5. A feeling of fullness in the ears
6. Loud, painful palpitations
7. Profuse sweating
8. Collapse
9. Strong, rapid pulse
VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: The torturous faint does NOT involve any
loss or decrease in consciousness. No dizziness, no
lightheadedness, no impairment in balance. No bradycardia.
Because consciousness, memory and perception of pain is
intact, I call it "The Torturous Faint". The only "fainting"
that occurs is the collapse caused by the extreme pain. The
reason I would collapse is because I needed to. At times, just
standing was TOO much of an exertion for me. My whole body
would be in SOOOO much pain that I needed to lay down in order
to releive the pain. I would remain fully aware of self and
surroundings. Thats right, no luxury of unconsciousness. No
escape. I had too relax completely in order to releive the
pain. My adolscent medical condition is not a defined as a
true "faint" because if it was, then I'd feel dizzy and then
enter a happy state of sub/unconsciousness and probably not
remember the faint.
Here are some -- but clearly not all -- of what used to the
triggers to my "Torturous Faint":
10. Excessive exertion
11. Emotional stress
12. Eating fatty foods
Thankfully, I rarely experience the "torturous faint"
these days.
Does anyone have a clue as to what ailed my teen years?
I asked my doctor when I was a teen and I asked him
recently as well. I have also asked many other doctors. My
doctor doesn't know what it is. Some doctors says its
vasovagal syncope.
>From my own research, I know it is definitely not
>vasovagal syncope
because the symptoms [such as the heart rate] don't match that
of a vasovagal faint. Other docs call it orthostatic syncope
which again doesn't exactly match up with my symptoms. An
orthostatic syncope is a faint that occurs when standing after
laying down. Yes, I did experience symptoms on sudden standing
but not the way most orthostatic patients do. This is because,
from my own research, orthostatic hypotension tends to affect
a patient for a lifetime unless he/she is medically treated
for it. I no longer experience my torturous faint -- well, at
least not nearly as much as I did during adolesence and I was
never treated for orthostatic hypotension.
In addition, I was never had any deficiency or excess of any
nutrient. Tests show that. Despite being put through many
battery of tests, I was never diagnosed with any heart
disease, migraine -- or any disease for that matter.
Thanks,
Radium
Some agonizing medical conditon attacked my teenage years. I
don't know what it was.
During adolesence I often experienced what I call the "The
Torturous Faint". I am NOT kidding!
Here are the following symptoms of a torturous faint:
1. Extreme nausea and excruciating abdominal pain;
possibly vomiting
2. Incapacitating aches and pains of muscles around the body
3. A feeling that the environmental light is blindingly
bright; altered colored perception [for example yellow
objects may look green]
4. Shortness of breath
5. A feeling of fullness in the ears
6. Loud, painful palpitations
7. Profuse sweating
8. Collapse
9. Strong, rapid pulse
VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: The torturous faint does NOT involve any
loss or decrease in consciousness. No dizziness, no
lightheadedness, no impairment in balance. No bradycardia.
Because consciousness, memory and perception of pain is
intact, I call it "The Torturous Faint". The only "fainting"
that occurs is the collapse caused by the extreme pain. The
reason I would collapse is because I needed to. At times, just
standing was TOO much of an exertion for me. My whole body
would be in SOOOO much pain that I needed to lay down in order
to releive the pain. I would remain fully aware of self and
surroundings. Thats right, no luxury of unconsciousness. No
escape. I had too relax completely in order to releive the
pain. My adolscent medical condition is not a defined as a
true "faint" because if it was, then I'd feel dizzy and then
enter a happy state of sub/unconsciousness and probably not
remember the faint.
Here are some -- but clearly not all -- of what used to the
triggers to my "Torturous Faint":
10. Excessive exertion
11. Emotional stress
12. Eating fatty foods
Thankfully, I rarely experience the "torturous faint"
these days.
Does anyone have a clue as to what ailed my teen years?
I asked my doctor when I was a teen and I asked him
recently as well. I have also asked many other doctors. My
doctor doesn't know what it is. Some doctors says its
vasovagal syncope.
>From my own research, I know it is definitely not
>vasovagal syncope
because the symptoms [such as the heart rate] don't match that
of a vasovagal faint. Other docs call it orthostatic syncope
which again doesn't exactly match up with my symptoms. An
orthostatic syncope is a faint that occurs when standing after
laying down. Yes, I did experience symptoms on sudden standing
but not the way most orthostatic patients do. This is because,
from my own research, orthostatic hypotension tends to affect
a patient for a lifetime unless he/she is medically treated
for it. I no longer experience my torturous faint -- well, at
least not nearly as much as I did during adolesence and I was
never treated for orthostatic hypotension.
In addition, I was never had any deficiency or excess of any
nutrient. Tests show that. Despite being put through many
battery of tests, I was never diagnosed with any heart
disease, migraine -- or any disease for that matter.
Thanks,
Radium