Who here has fainted?

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I don't think I've ever had a bloody nose either, strangely enough.

I fainted once in 6th grade because I had an EEG done and I had this jell stuff in my hair to hold the wires. Well I was afraid of pain and that it was stuck to my head so I was unable to get it out as I was showering and then everything got dark and I collapsed on the floor outside the shower. Then I got up and noticed the gell was gone. It washed out as the doctor said it would. I am not sure how long I was on the floor for.

Needles don't bother me, ive had like about 13 piercings.

i fainted for the first time in year 6. in the middle of church. i had to be carried out in my school uniform. it was a dress. the teacher made jokes about how heavy i was. i didnt get it. i fainted once more years later in the toilet in my parents room but was lucid enough to open the door on the way down. they use it as one of the arguments in the no- you-cant-shut- your- bedroom-door -ever disagreements. both were dehydration induced. i still get to the pre blackout stage if i dont watch my water intake or in one case get really stressed. i never drink.

Once in gym class after doing doing sprints. I fell right on my face and had to get like 7 stitches in my chin.

I fainted once from my period and once from missing lunch. The first time I was in the bathroom of the vet college where my Dad used to work, the second time I was in the health sciences library reaching for a top-shelf book.

The first time i fainted i was about 12 i was at a freinds house and they were going to take me home because i had a dentist appoinment i
was so worked up about having to go to the dentist a fainted.
Then another time at school when i was 15 probebly because i hadnt eaten anything in about a week.
And again when i had the flu really bad walking to the bathroom i collapsed.

I fainted once in an art museum tour, and I passed out once in a psychology class where I was sitting on the front row, and the teacher noticed I started to look pale and strange, and asked me if I was okay, and I thought I was just getting sick, but then I fainted and fell out of my desk onto the floor.

So embarrassing, both times. There was nothing conclusive about why I passed out either time.

I have fainted several times. Two of them were triggered by a bout of panic, from which I woke up screaming uncontrollably. I still have no answer as to what causes such a ghastly symptom.

the only time I can say I became close to fainting was in 2003 when a student of mine (I tutored at a local college) exposed himself to me. I went tunnel vision and felt like I had been holding my breath.

I fainted once, when I was 7 or something. School was starting again after lunch and I was running towards the door when one of the kids suddenly stuck out his arm and hit me full in the stomach with his elbow. I couldn't breathe at all. I remember staggering about for a couple of seconds before collapsing. Strangely enough, I dreamed, and I still remember exactly what it was: I was on an operating table and there were people standing over me, looking at me. When I woke up (I was out for about ten seconds) the people were in exactly the same spot as in my dream. It was really weird.

It's interesting, isn't it?

ASD is supposed to be a variation of the nervous system though. The most common instance of fainting is called a vasovagal syncope. This is (I think, not a doctor here) where the sympathetic nervous system (fight or flight, a big things for us) gives way and the parasympathetic nervous system kicks in too much. The heart rate either slows or the blood vessels dilate majorly and you get a nice loss of consciousness.

Here's the thing. This kind of fainting is caused a lot of times by panic, or phobic responses (or injections), and people with ASD are quite partial to our fight-or-flight responses.

The other day when I fainted, I srsly woke up (after a few seconds) feeling like I had just taken the best nap I can remember. I NEVER sleep well, and I NEVER relax.

So what's it mean when those of us who have a nervous system variation get another nervous system occurrence like this?

I have panic attacks. I don't know why, maybe it is the Asperger's, though I haven't read about such an association. But already under treatment for Clinical Depression, with antidepressants, the doctor adds a prescription for Xanax, a tranquilizer, to my scripts. If I feel one coming on, I take a pill, and then stay as quiet as I can, or try to think about something else, for 30 minutes until the pill works. If I don't have the pills on hand, it is not pleasant: I go curl up on my bed if I'm home, or sit still and freeze, if I'm somewhere else, or talk to an understanding friend, if I'm somewhere else (somebody's arms around me is a great help, but public situations in which that can be done are limited, and especially people who are "allowed" to do it). I don't faint or scream uncontrollably with them, though, unless (I think) they happen when I'm asleep, in which case I wake up from a screaming nightmare. But as long as I'm awake, I can stay physically under control: basically, hold as still as I can. It's said that Xanax can be very addictive, but I haven't found it so, but then I don't have the panic attacks very often. Sometimes they're triggered by something, and sometimes by nothing at all that I can recognize, I just feel the anxiety building up and up to a climax, and if I have to get through it without help, it stays at that climax for what feels like forever, but might be "only" an hour or so. If I get the pill in time, it doesn't get that bad, just goes clear away when the pill works, and some untreated ones aren't as bad as others, they may just get definitely feeling anxious and then go away again slowly.

Neither the doctors who have written the scripts for me, or the two or three Psychologists who have worked with me, have given me any opinions on _why_. I sometimes use the xanax for a scary real situation, like a Tornado Warning, too.

I fainted twice:
Once when a nurse was taking a blood sample from me. I was watching the whole process. She finished and asked me if I was fine, feeling well,... and I said yes, walked away and fainted on the way.
The second time I was in a bus filled with people, really full ... and it was a hot summer's day.....I suddenly fainted. The passengers lay me on two seats, took my jacket away, opened all windows and waved wind towards me. I guess it was a sunstroke.

I almost fainted, on 2 different occasions (once during high school and again a few years later). On both I was able to depart the situation and sit down and drink water, thus preventing it from actually happening. In both cases, I had been standing in a rather stuffy and crowded location for an hour or so and was probably dehydrated and needing food (the first time was sometime in the late afternoon at school, and the 2nd time midmorning a few years later after not having anything but coffee for breakfast that day).

I think I have that same experience except fainting.

The medical examiner, who is a women, was taking my blood test. She injected the needle in your arm connected to the tube readied for plastic vial insertions, yet she literally take a long time staring at me. She could have taken the blood tests when she is basically taking her sweet time watching me to see if I can react.

Before I know it, I was already feeling sick and went into a panic attack. The lady took out the needle and the co-worker of mine who I do computer works for was summoned in the room. I told them to have me lay on the floor because I knew that the only way that my body can sync out all the sickness. It tooks me about few minutes to be all right. I knew what I have to do to get rid of the sickness. The lady said that my face turned green to pale.

It is a dumbest medical examiner that I ever met. I learned from other that needle isn't suppose to stay in the arm and let all the oxygen in it. She must have some kind of layway or loophole through medical school to get a job as a medical examiner.