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In reply to the discussion: Ever Fainted? Here's a Poll [View all]librarylu
(503 posts)12. I got up too soon
after natural childbirth and conked out in the can. I didn't tell the nurses.
I almost passed out from putting my head back once when my blood pressure was really low.
I probably had mild heatstroke when I was a preteen. To this day I can't take much heat for long.
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Yes, at the dog park in subzero temps after a week-long migraine spell brought on by extreme cold
hlthe2b
Sep 2016
#7
I never have, but my wife apparently used to faint quite a bit while in college and just after.
Dr Hobbitstein
Sep 2016
#17
I keeled over into the arms of the nurse who took blood for a fasting CBC.
GreenEyedLefty
Sep 2016
#23
It is how I ended up with a badly broken arm. Out of no where, the world spun and I was down on
appleannie1
Sep 2016
#25
When I was about to be hit by a toboggan full of people who had picked up speed coming down a ski hi
applegrove
Sep 2016
#33
No, but I had pneumonia when I was in my 20s and it took me weeks to be 100% fine.
Mass
Sep 2016
#34
Hey me too. I've fainted, blacked out, and been concussed a few times as well.
NightWatcher
Sep 2016
#43