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Posted 1/23/2012 12:11 AM (GMT 0)
i went to walk out the back door and my ankle went weak and i fell and on the way down i landed on my knee and hurt my arm pretty bad....while i was laying there...it hurt so bad..i just had to give into the pain and the "shock" i felt.....the emotional stress from falling set into motion something scary....i laid there for about five mintues trying to get myself together and trying to get over the shock of falling...i sat up and was limping a little bit and walked on in the house without even remembering what i had originally walked out there to do....when i came in...within a few mintues of thinking i had recovered....i started feeling clammy and feeling like i couldnt breathe....i knew i was about to pass out...and in times past...i knew that if i could cool myself down i wouldnt go unconcious....i started moaning against my will...im not sure why i did that....well i decided to try to make it to the bathroom so i could get my head under cool water...and as i started walking...i made it to the hall and i felt myself "going out" so i figured..to go ahead and sit in the floor instead of falling in the floor...i got on all fours and began to have a panic attack...i knew my blood pressure was dropping and i was soaked from sweat....my husband came home and all i could do was call out to him...and he ran and got me ice so i could put on my neck...and was threatening to call an ambulance.....but i told him what i thought happened..and that is my adrenaline has been depleted by lyme...and when my fight or flight response kicked in from falling....my body couldnt recover from it....so when my adrenaline "dump" was over...my blood pressure paid the price for what my body did......that was sooooo scary....after about ten minutes my husband was able to get me out of the floor...and he was so scared..bless his heart...then he gave me a lecture....lol....but its ironic..that im trying so hard to get a hold on this thing...and i feel as though im getting worse....even though this scared me....im pissed off even more at what lyme is doing to me....so...therefore im going to say it again....im going to defeat this thing...and im saying this to reinterate my "gunho" feeling from this morning.....
Posted 1/23/2012 3:03 AM (GMT 0)
Oh no! That sounds terrible and very scary. How are you doing now? I'm glad that you had your husband there to help.

I fell a few weeks ago too from exhaustion I think. I hopped out of a car and my legs gave out and I fell right in the road. How were you able to tell that you were going to pass out? Do you get a whirling tornado-like feeling in your throat right before? I've mentioned this as my indicator to several of the doctors and they look at me like I'm crazy.

I'm always worried that if it happens to me out in public or at work that someone will call an ambulance. If that happens, I'm going to refuse treatment lol. The last thing I want is to end up in the local hospital. It has a very bad reputation.
Posted 1/23/2012 2:42 PM (GMT 0)
So sorry to hear of your fall. I have had my ankles give way on me and still to this day I take steps very cautiously. Unfortunately, when your body is suffering from something like lyme it cannot take any stress. Your reaction to the fall was probably because the nervous system is so out of whack that it is trying to protect itself and goes into overdrive. Try and get as much rest as you can today. Its good to get pissed off cause that's how you are going to beat this thing. Just take it slow.
Posted 1/23/2012 5:07 PM (GMT 0)
@summer......its kinds hard to explain.....i have been "passing out" since i was 14 and i was on a board walk in jacksonville fla in a bikini...they called an ambulance on me..and it was truly embarrassing.....but i get "real heavy" in my neck..and i start to prefusely sweat......my body will literally be "hot" to the touch....but since i have learned that trick of cooling down *ice on my neck*....i havnt completely went unconcious for about 10 yrs...yesterday was the first time my husband saw what i deal with....he has seen me start to sweat and breathe real heavy...but i would always be able to make it to freezer and get to a seated position...yesterday i didnt make it and it startled him to find me in the hall.....poor thing almost had a nervous breakdown...but im wondering if im dealing with "heart" issues......when i was in law enforcement....i was always tagged as one of them who doesnt sweat when i exerted myself.....so i was never allowed to do PT by myself....i think the lyme has totally damaged my endocrine system....
Posted 1/23/2012 5:11 PM (GMT 0)
@springsjean.....my ankles turn over all the time.....and yes even when i wear flat shoes...i can manage to fall off of them....my husband would make fun of me
Posted 1/24/2012 10:40 PM (GMT 0)
LOL, LymieAngel! That's why I wear boots!! smilewinkgrin Helps to support my ankles, as I have that same tendency.

I sure hope you didn't hit your head! A turned ankle and passing out are enough!

I'm so very sorry to hear that you deal with this as well! I've gone through several periods where I have had to deal with those symptoms. Most likely it's autonomic instability - POTS, Neurally Mediated Hypotension, or Orthostatic Hypotension. Here is a great site that has links to each of these conditions, so that you can narrow down what may be going on.
www.lymeinfo.net/autonomic.html

LOL - my most memorable time passing out was when I was walking back to the bedroom after my 2 am trip to the potty! I first passed out for a few seconds in the hallway - thinking "all I have to do is to get to the bed before it happens again!" - so I took off - as fast as I could stumble and bounce off the walls! I didn't quite make it to the bed. We have a concrete floor in our bedroom (soon to be wooden), and fortunately hubby left his work boots at the end of the bed -something I used to fuss at him for!! I found myself face down in his work boots! I remember the very first thought I had was weird - "at least he doesn't have bad foot odor!" LOL! turn
Posted 1/25/2012 1:02 AM (GMT 0)
trav...LOLOLOLOL....wow i would have vomited if i wouldve woke up in my hubbys boots....thanks for the link im going to go check that out right now
Posted 1/25/2012 1:08 AM (GMT 0)
hey trav...i jus checked those out and they all sound like me....i guess the docs r gonna have to "pin" down which one im dealing with......cause i can stump my toe....or hit my "bad knee" and i get those same feelings....feeling like im going to pass out and i prefusely sweat.....if u have a problem with low blood pressure...do you know what they do to correct it?...or can they correct it?
Posted 1/25/2012 5:52 PM (GMT 0)
First thing you need to do is to be checked out by a doc that knows what s/he's talking about - I would start off with your LLMD. If s/he tells you to go to your GP, then go there, unless s/he doesn't know what's what, then get in to see a Cardiologist (heart doc). You need to be evaluated and then possibly diagnosed. Hopefully all you will have to do is follow some lifestyle types of changes, but If they determine that you need more help than that keeping your blood pressure up high enough, there are medications that can be used.

Is this something you've dealt with all of your life, or something that was brought on by your infections?

If it's from your infections, it will resolve as you heal from your infections. I was light headed and passing out many times a day at first, and now I have only occasional problems with this. I use a completely different form of medicine, so mine was corrected with mainly acupuncture and an herbal mix.
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