I've been having this thing in the past few years. It's happened three times so far. The first was a shot, the second was a cut from a razor blade, and the third was having blood drawn.
Each time, I'm completely fine with the pain or seeing my own blood. I'll stand up (this is when most people pass out) and feel fine, but then about five minutes later I feel light headed, and then I pass out. Apparently i don't just go out, and then wake up like most people. Instead, my eyes roll back, my legs shake, my back arches, and I basically have seizure-like symtoms. When I wake up, my blood pressure is always extremely low, I usually cry fifteen minutes or so later, and then in a half an hour I'm fine.
It's normal for people to pass out from shots or cuts...but apparently it's not normal to seize up. Last time, as soon as I woke up the nurses aked, "Are you epileptic?!" So I know they recognised the signs as a seizure.
Does anyone know what's going on?
2006-09-28
18:29:07
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Jamie
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