re: I faint when I laugh too hard

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Do you have excessive daytime sleepiness?

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Define excessive? On the weekends I tend to take a nap for over an hour unless I’m busy, out of town, something like that.

I can get awfully tired during a work day, but I chalk that up to me being a night owl and staying up late.

Laughter-induced syncope. It’s a real thing and a problem with the autonomic nervous system. If your doctor actually told you it’s just how you are, you really need a new doctor. You need a full workup by a neurologist and cardiologist with the most important test being a tilt table study.

It’s unlikely atrial fib then. Please see my other comments about this. This is neurological

BINGO

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Try Hypotension (LowBlood Pressure)

My resting pulse rate is usually around 50 bpm. If it gets under that rate and I were to jump up and try to run, I get light-headed and feel like I’m going to pass out.

Everything gets like COD when a concussion grenade goes off near you.

Good luck on figuring it out.

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I'm with ya. My resting rate hovers around 55-60. Mine is artificially created with meds but it is the same response. Doc tells me lifting things over 20lbs is a no no. Another problem is I am 6'4" and the blood has a farther way to get before it can stabilize. Seems to hit out of no where. Sometimes I can jump up and be fine. Other times like maybe 30 min later, I have to sit back down for about a min or I will blackout. I have had 2 spills while on Ambien because I get up and roam in the early morning hours unaware of anything. I passed out and hit the dining room table then fell square on my tailbone on a hard wood floor. Still feeling that shite months later.

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Do you also faint when you get hard?

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Is that not supposed to happen?