Blackout? Temporary loss of sight and hearing!

it happened today i had the same symptoms im only 13 years old but i was lucky that i was in school tho the doctor said it was nothing but i have never tried anything like this before

Well hi, my name is jordan and im 15-yes, i am female. And the exact same thing has happened to me. First i get the shivers, then i feel really sick, then i start sweating like crazy. After my my eyesight slowing goes blurry-this tales about 3 minutes to actually kick in. Then i can only hear distant things that people are saying. Its quite a scary thing. The first time this happened to me was when i had a fever. id had the fever for about 2 weeks and i was having difficukties in breathing. After having a slight fight with my parents about gooing back to school when i felt like death this happened. I lost everything. Apparently i was moving about in circles. I quickly sat on the floor as i had an instinct to. My parents were just stanidng there laughing at me (or my performance as they called it), and told it was nothing and i just needed to drink some water. they were wrong as as soon as i got up i puked all over my kitched side which was lovely. My parents werent very happy with my "performance". 

It happened a couple times after that aswell. But the most embarressing one is when i was on my way to france. I just dropped my car off at one of the car park places. That da it was about 35 degrees and i was baking. When waiting for the bus to arrive i felt a little sick. Now everytime this happens anxiety kicks in and you start panicking about having another one of these blackouts. I got on the bus and was made to stand up. The whole bus was full and i didnt know what to do. It wouldnt of happened if some bitchy ginger girl didnt sit down, i mean how dare she. ;). At this point i have a blackout infront of the whole bus. EVERYONE WAS LOOKING AT ME-EVERYONE. So embaressing. 

I really have to go get this checked put because its not normal and no one i know has actually had one before. God help me. 

I hope i have shared some happiness on your blackout occassions by humiliating myself. Youre welcome. 

Do you happen to have bad head ache? Or right after get a migraine. My 16 year old daughters vision goes black and her hearing is like being under water and she hyperventilates when she has her episodes.

Hi, this actually happened to me when I was having my prom dress fitted! It was embarrassing because the lady fitting my dress was saying "can you see what I've done with the dress?" And at this point I was terrified and saying "I can't see!" But everyone thought I was saying I just couldn't see the alterations on the dress! But, eventually they realised and after being sat down I felt better. Anyway, I don't know anything medically about this, but I'm now 18 and when it happened I was 16. I realised on the day it happened that I hadn't eaten for nearly 24 hours, basically I didn't eat the day before and it happened early in the morning. Sooo at the time I assumed it was low blood sugar from not eating. I didn't have a big appetite in those days, I wasn't purposely starving myself (don't do that). Over the years, I had a couple more of these spells, waiting in queues and standing for long periods of time but never as bad as full vision or hearing loss again, just nausea and coldness. But over the years I also started eating more! I never had breakfast or lunch simply because I was never hungry, but now I can't go without it! Now, I don't have anything like this, so if it is a low blood sugar thing then my guess is to try and eat better and not go long periods without food. Of course, I'm not a doctor and don't really know anything about this but just wanted to share my experience :)

Hi I experenced what you are going through its been happening to me everyday I got my brain tested at the hospital I'm just waiting on the results

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the same thing happened to me tonight im 15 and was at my youths church, they have live music so all the teens were dancing/moshing i felt sick prior like when i was outside having a smoke i felt ill, i was standing there just singing along i went light headed, my vision pixelated but into black, my hearing went out and i started sweating dramatically, i had my firend walk me to our seats i was curled up getting my breating straight after about 5 mins my vision and hearing came back i was scared but now reading all these comments thank you all i know now what happene

The same thing is happening to me now, I am 17 years old female and scared to death, did you ever find out what it was?

this happened to me i was at the pizza place and i just had eaten and then boom i start sweating and got really hot and nuasus went out side to sit down then felt like i was goin to puke went to the bath room i was fine but once i stood up it got worse went out side again to sit down to cool off but got sick again went ot walk near the door and then everything got black but i somehow found the door but before i knew it i fainted and fell on the floor i felt like my brain hit a reset button and i just felt like an empty shell i was really scared like i was goin to die or something...this has never happened to me before and im still scared that it might happen again... can anyone help me 

This just happened to me today!!!

Thank you so much for posting this. I didn't know what was wrong with me and your post helped along with the replies of others

Hi all, I've experienced these types of fainting spells/passing out but still being "conscious" and only for a short period of time, since I was a teenager. I'm 22 now and it happens to me less in every day situations, but more when I'm on my period or after very light alcohol consumption (less than 1 drink). After a LOT of research I believe this is what I have:basically it's fainting caused by a SUDDEN drop in blood pressure (which is why many of you went to the doctor and may have been told your blood pressure is normal). Many triggers can cause this and it's usually a temporary event. The best thing is to know your triggers, tell everyone you know to help you by finding a place for you to lie down safely and allow the blood to return to your brain. Also, if you MUST stay sitting or standing (ie you're in a public space) contract your leg and trunk muscles as this forces the blood up into your head (this is what pilots and the Queen's guards do to keep from passing out). Good luck and stay safe! It's extremely unpleasant to have this disease but it's also not life-threatening unless it's related to your heart which is something that your doctor can test.

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I am 29 and this has happened to me before when I was a child, pregnant with my second child, and today. I have been nauseous all day and had a bad case of the runs and stomach cramps for three hours straight. I decided to take a warm bath to soothe my body. The cramps didnt go away but my tubby felt better so I got out of my warm bath. Immediately I was back on the toilet with a way worse case of runs. Suddenly I felt I was going to vomit. I started to get a cold sweat. My ears started ringing loudly and it changed to a white noise sound. My daughter came into the room and she said something but I couldn't make it out. I was so weak I couldn't talk. I managed to get out go get dad before I nearly blacked out. My fave was white and I had black circles under my eyes. It was the most horrible feeling ever. I drank some Gatorade and now I'm feeling much better. The incident was about five minutes but it felt like hours. I think my problem had to be dehydration and the warm bath affected my temperature control. Hope its that and not a heart condition.

I am 15 and a girl and this exact same thing happened to me this last summer.  We were on vacation in Cambodia and were shopping in the street markets under the tents, when suddenly I couldn't hear anything, it felt like I was underwater, then everything slowly turned white so I couldn't see.  My sister said I was super white and sweating like crazy.  I couldn't stand straight, so my mom had me sit down on the steps.  She tried to give me some water and a plastic bag in case i needed to vomit, but the water didn't help and I didn't feel like throwing up.  Then this old Cambodian grandma came and offered my mom some strange peppermint liquid.  My mom spread some on my upperlip and as soon as I breathed in it was gone.  Like BOOM.  It went totally away.  I stayed sitting for another minute or two, and then I was all good.  The whole thing lasted only about five minutes.  My suggestion is to carry a little bottle of peppermint extract or toothpaste with you, and whenever you start to feel the symptoms sit down and start smelling that stuff.  I don't know what causes it, but the mint works very well. :)

The same thing has happened to me many times and no doctor in the last 7 years has ever known or done any thing to help me. Your post is a life saver and I appreciate you posting your information. Thank You!