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Posted by DBurk (Member # 7579) on :

Has anyone experienced fainting/blacking out due to Lyme or co-infections?

Posted by pippy (Member # 6005) on :

yes yes yes!!! This is a common symptom. Can

be scary! I had fainting spells all the time

for a few years before I started treatment. It

would come on suddenly and I would have to lie

down to get blood to head to prevent an

episode. I no longer get these thanks to

treatment. So many symptoms cleared

up that I forgot about. I still have some

really bad symptoms but it is amazing that

some of these have cleared up and I did not

realize it until seeing someone ask about

this.

Hypoglycemia and bowel IBS stuff seemed to

correlate with my fainting spells.

hope you get to feeling better soon

[This message has been edited by pippy (edited 12 July 2005).]

Posted by trails (Member # 1620) on :

Yes, only while taking Mepron and Zithromax though. Still dont know exactly why it was happening. Babesia can create pretty bad dizzy spells and vertigo. It was very scary for me. I am glad it is not happening now. It stopped 2 weeks after I stopped taking mepron/zith. I am not treating right now b/c of that fainting. too dangerous for me.

Trails

Posted by Korinne21 (Member # 7472) on :

Dburk,

Yes i can relate on you with this subject...one time when i was at school in the cafateria all of a suddenly everything looked really weird to me and i blacked out for a second and i started hyperventilating, and i didnt know why... so yea im guessing it was associated with the lyme disease.. i had also eaten sugar at lunch hehe..i had to be brought to the hospital by ambulence...very scary

Korinne

Posted by Ireallywant2believe on :

Yes. I was tested on the tilt table and went right out. Seen in lots of Lyme and chronic fatigue. Autonomic dysfunction, POTS, neurocardiogenic syncope.

Mine improved with antibiotic treatment.

I used to faint a lot. You probably have CNS infection.

Get treated. Good luck.

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Originally posted by DBurk:
Has anyone experienced fainting/blacking out due to Lyme or co-infections?

Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :

Yep....make sure to be TREATED for babs [babesia] no matter what the test says.

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Posted by HEATHERKISS (Member # 6789) on :

YES! Fainting and seizures very common for Lyme Disease.

Posted by WildCondor on :

Yes! very common with neurological lyme. I have it as part of my Lyme Disease induced neurally mediated hypotension.

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