passing out

[jared]

For those of you unlucky people that have ever passed out can you describe in detail how it happened? Like what you were doing (driving, walking, working, or ect) and what you saw before you passed out...also how you felt when you came around again.

[UCOChick]

I've passed out several times, but I really cant describe in detail how it happened. Thats a hard thing to describe, but I felt drained after I came to, I know that much.

[lgvincent]

I've had it happen several times during insulin shock. I can't really tell you a lot. Usually, I just get sleepy and the next thing I know I'm trying to treat an insulin reaction. Sometimes I'm covered in something like sugar, orange juice, instant glucose, Coca-Cola, and/or even blood. I may become slightly aware of my surroundings every now and then, enough to know that something is wrong, but then pass out again before I can do anything about it.

[Funnygrl]

One time when I passed out I was in class. I knew I was low, and I was trying to subtly sneak glucose ( I do stupid things when I'm low). It was a few minutes before lunch, so I figured I could wait. Then the teacher asked us to stand up. Black spots went in front of my eyes, then it went all black, and my knees gave out under me and I was on the floor. Not sure if this was actually "passing out" since I woke up right away, but close enough.

The second time I was on a trip, dealing with major jet lag, and didn't have much of as apetite, so I was just eating as I felt like it. Suddenly I felt weird, got up to go test, and fell over onto some concrete. All I could seem to do was lay on the ground. And EMT was there forcing some highly-concentrated sugar stuff into my mouth.

[christie]

it is really hard to describe,i too get sleepy,sometime it seems like a fog around you,and things are not right like things are slow motion,and you don't seem like yourself.

[Eri's mom]

Passed out from being low, or just in general?

I've passed out twice(not related to diabetes).
The first time, I was going into a bathroom b/c I felt weird, remember things being slow, reaching for the light switch and then having that ammonia smelling thing and having to drink that super sugary o.j.

The second time, I was at work, pregnant w/ my 3rd child, had the weirdest feeling overcome me, walked into a bathroom and passed out and hit my head on the bar in the bathroom. I woke up about 5 minutes later w/ a huge goose egg on my head.

It is the strangest feeling...I'll have to ask Eri exactly what it feels like b/f she passes out.

[Funnygrl]

Oh yeah, thought I would add that you I can hear voices after I can see what is going on, but I still don't totally comprehend what they are saying or where they are coming from. I also get really sleepy, like I just need to lay down.

[gettingby]

I've passed out before b/c of lows. Can't really describe it but it feels "funky". I didn't remember passing out but I do remember this really hott looking EMT holding my hand and talking to me, trying to get me to wake up. When I did, he said"You have beautiful brown eyes". I was like LMAO after that.
Cin:)
PS Good thing hubby wasn't there. He mighta asked the guy if he was crazy or something. LOL

[Dewey]

Yipes! Where do I start? I've passed out several times from lows, and have gone low while sleeping quite a few times. Here's a couple of incidents....While making some lunch at my mom's house, I decided to lay down on the couch while waiting for it to cook (Big mistake). 6 hours later, I awoke to paramedics surrounding me, and wound up going to the ER. That was pretty spooky.

Another incident happened at my house. I had just gotten out of the bath, and Rod (a friend who lived with us at the time), knew something was wrong, so he called my hubby. In the meantime, Carwy had arrived, so the two tried to get me to dress and eat. Instead of putting clothes on, I plopped onto the bed. Carwy and Rod tried to cover me with a blanket (as I was now mooning the world - lol) and next thing I knew, paramedics were talking about me (in the distance). I woke up to a heart massage (Ouch :eek: ) and a 14 gauge cath. in my arm! There's also the TIA I had, and some others... :whistling

[gettingby]

Whoa Dew !!!!!!!!! Yea, I've passed out a few times. Went camping and fell asleep after a long hike. Hubby had to get me out of the tent and he and my sis had to practically pour coke down my throat.
Cin

[buzzborne]

I have never passed out thankfully... but I remember when I was younger and newly diagnosed I always wanted to knjow what it felt like.. but also I felt that the teachers wouldn't know what to do - so i wanted to pass out and see what happened and I always had a vision of me being able to see what they were doing as I was able to watch...

That sounds SOO strange I know... :rolleyes: but as I said I have never passed out - so I didnt try and make myself just too see if they did things right... I'm not that stupid!! :p

[Jenny]

I have passed out while driving. However I don't know if it was from low bg's becuse when I hit the edge of the road and dropped off I woke up, this was right before I got dxd. Now I make sure I have had something to eat before I drive.

[archimeech]

I've passed out a few of times. It's been different every time. Different reasons for passing out, also. I can tell you this, you have no control over it, so try to do everything possible to eliminate as many factors as you can.

[soremom]

Have passed out several times from lows. I can remember what I was doing before I passed out, but from what I remember to when I passed out have never figured out much time passed in between the two.

The one time that I do have a good timing of events was. I took my husbands lunch down to him, he works a block and a half from our house, go there he said he needed his meds and a coat for work. Went back to the house got both items, remember pulling out of the driveway and the next thing I knew we were in the truck in our driveway. I don't remember putting the truck into gear to drive down to his work. Very disturbing feeling. Luckily haven't had an episode I coldn't handle since April. YEAH

Kim

[gettingby]

Wow Kim. That's great. You were very lucky.

[Funnygrl]

So do you all usually have glucagon on hand in case this happens? Have you ever had to use it?

[Shalyndria]

Posted by simstash on 11-26-2004 06:06 AM:

I have never passed out with low sugar and i hope it does not happen ever. It's the one of the most scary things for me. I've been a diabetic for 15 years and i think the fear of passing out due to hypo has often lead me to making sure my sugars were always a bit higher than they shold be. I am aware of how stupid this is. I have had a lot of sugar lows some of them really frightening when i would eat stuff like mad (and way more than i should have) just to recover as quick as possible then ended up with sky high glucose levels.
A friend in college has once told me a story about her uncle who was a diabetic and lived alone. One day they just found him in his appartment unconscious, cold. He had been dead for several days and the reason he died was he fell unconsious due to hypoglycaemia and noone was there to help him.
A couple of months ago was the first time i witnessed a person passing out (was on her way to anyway). It was while i was in hospital for my annual testings. I was sitting on a bench in front of the hospital together with some other patients when one other joined us and soon after that stopped reacting and talking to us at all. Nobody thought anything was really wrong as she looked more like she was sleepy and not in a mood to talk. Then one of us asked her a question which she seemed as though she didn't hear at all. That's when we started to be worried and asked her if she was all right but she kept staring in front of her. Another patient ran for the nurse and meanwhile someone noticed sweat on her face but i couldn't see it even then due to my dodgy eyes. Anyway while she was receiving an injection of glucose (her sugar was 1.8mmol or 32.4) she was having twitching movements and it was half an hour before she came to. She said afterwards that she used to recognize these symptoms of low sugar but a year ago she suffered very high sugars which the medical team treated with sudden increase of insulin which she believes is the reason why she hasn't been able to feel the droppings in her sugar levels since.
I'm always afraid of things like these happening. When i was a kid in shcool i would sneak in glucose during lecture as well as i was shy and didn't want to be asked questions.

In those episodes of really low sugars i felt like i was sinking. Very very helpless. A lot of times it happened during night and i would have dreams of being in hypo and i would wake up then fall back to sleep again, then finally wake up with really low sugar. It's hard to describe, it is just so awful.

Funnygrl - i used to have it at home but haven't been getting it from pharmacy for years now. I usually keep bars like KitKat with me when i'm away from home which are high in carbs and easily absorbed. I used to keep those esy to melt in mouth pure glucose tablets but they always made me feel sick when i took them.


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Posted by Dewey on 11-26-2004 05:21 PM:


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Originally posted by Funnygrl
So do you all usually have glucagon on hand in case this happens? Have you ever had to use it?
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Funnygrl,

My hubby had to use it only one time. I was flailing about and he couldn't keep me still enough to feed me something, so out came the Glucagon and in my arm it went. I was so out of it, didn't even feel it. That was the very last low I had. I've been in way tighter control since then, with no more "911's" and I feel way better physically. The only drawbacks to getting Glucagon now are the costs involved (and the fact that it expires). However, at any rate, it's good to have on hand.
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