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From: Munch
Date: 2/13/01
Time: 11:33:45 PM
Remote Name: 64.212.29.44
I recently went to my primary care physician to find out why I have been fainting (or near fainting), always tired and haven't been able to concentrate or focus very clearly. I had been feeling this way for a long time, but just thought it might be due to lack of exercise or eating improperly, so I never went to the doctor. Recently I had an episode where I passed out and when I "came to" I was shaking, not violently, but shaking pretty bad. That was it! I got scared and decided to find out what was going on. I had some blood tests done to find out if I possibly had Graves Disease (runs in family) and that test came out negative, so I was then referred to a neurologist. After talking to the neurologist, he had me go through a slew of tests...MRI, EEG, 24-hour Holter Monitor, tilt table (I had a 'near fainting' spell AFTER the test and my blood pressure dropped tremendously) and blood tests. Well, my follow-up appointment was today to go over the tests and he told me that the tilt table test showed significant Orthostatic Hypotension, but within the conversation, he also mention Vaso-Vagal. What I'm unclear about is, I've read most of the posts here and I see no mention of Orthostatic Hypotension (only from the posts that I read) but why was my doctor mentioning Vaso-Vagal? I asked him to explain all of this to me in 'lamens' terms, but still got the same answers from him. I'm lost! Needless to say, I was told to increase my salt intake, drink plenty of fluids and he put me on .01 mg of Florinef. I just started the Florinef today and am going to start drinking Gatorade. I guess my question is..is Orthostatic Hypotension and Vaso-Vagal related??? Thanks for listening to me mumble about this :o)