"Lady o' the house" wrote in message ...
Then, I tried to get back up gradually from
my knees and passed out again,

This happens to me from time to time. Usually for me, there are a few
contributing factors, but the common theme in every episode is an
extreme lack of sleep, followed by getting out of bed too quickly.
I've passed out while standing in front of a toilet taking a leak
before. Once while in the shower. I woke up looking at the ceiling
with my feet in the shower. Most recently, when our dog had puppies,
my wife yelled at me (at about 5am) to hop out of bed and help her
with this one. I got out of bed and lasted about 20 seconds. These
days, I can feel it coming and can lie down in a hurry so I don't hit
my head which is the real danger. I also have enough time to warn
people. I'm usually out for 10-20 seconds. Then when I regain
consiousness, I have to stay lying down for five minutes or so. If I
even try to sit up, out go the lights again. I haven't had an episode
in over a year now, which makes me think that the 70lbs I lost, and
the subsequent lower blood pressure, with low carb may have fixed this
problem as well as a few others I'd had.

brian
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