Cowtown: "I've had very strange, sudden things with my vision for years. What do you mean by floaters? I'll sometimes get sudden lightheadedness/shakey and kaleidescope style stuff going on with the peripherial vision a bit blurred."
No that's not floaters, but *WOW* it is jarring to see someone describe to a T the overheat/exertion episodes that I've been having for 25 years that every doctor I've seen was baffled by. I've sometimes described it as "grey-out". I can really get it to happen at the gym if I do a few thrusts with heavy weights. This is how I've always described it to the doctors (those knuckleheads.. sorry I'm feeling kinda peeved <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> )
- suddenly get really lightheaded and weak, feel like I have to grab hold of something.
- big pressure in head (kinda burning sometimes)..feel it in ears too
- heart goes to something that feels like double speed and does wierd irratic beats. Also, heart feels kinda "heartburny" and thick
- your kaleidescope thing.. or the way I've described it in the past is grey static starts coming from the all around vision and sometimes goes until it covers all vision. When it happens I'll have to pay more attention to see if there's colors.
- feels like I'm going to pass out
- lasts anywhere 20 seconds to 5 minutes then ceases.
Last time it happened at the gym I tried to get to a machine to measure my pulse, but I was unable to pedal the stationary cycle to turn on the heartmeter. My wife said my face was white as a ghost. I think the first time it ever happened was 7th grade gym. I was running and then it started to happened. Went and sat down. That wasn't enough. Went and laid down. Wasn't enough. Woke up with nurse looking at me. After that point I learned to feel the sensation coming on and avoid passing out. Sound familiar anyone ;^)
Wow. Finally found people that this happens to.
I believe I know what it is too. I think we have a shallow reserve of water and nutrients in our cells (malfunctioning transfer of fluid in and out of cells) so we use that shallow reserve up very quick and then it is not able to be replaced quickly. So our bodies start to shut down. Our bodies go into emergency mode, counterreact, make the heart race and pump blood super quick to deliver life saving blood. I figured this out before knowing about CF and now it REALLY looks like a solid explaination.
No that's not floaters, but *WOW* it is jarring to see someone describe to a T the overheat/exertion episodes that I've been having for 25 years that every doctor I've seen was baffled by. I've sometimes described it as "grey-out". I can really get it to happen at the gym if I do a few thrusts with heavy weights. This is how I've always described it to the doctors (those knuckleheads.. sorry I'm feeling kinda peeved <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> )
- suddenly get really lightheaded and weak, feel like I have to grab hold of something.
- big pressure in head (kinda burning sometimes)..feel it in ears too
- heart goes to something that feels like double speed and does wierd irratic beats. Also, heart feels kinda "heartburny" and thick
- your kaleidescope thing.. or the way I've described it in the past is grey static starts coming from the all around vision and sometimes goes until it covers all vision. When it happens I'll have to pay more attention to see if there's colors.
- feels like I'm going to pass out
- lasts anywhere 20 seconds to 5 minutes then ceases.
Last time it happened at the gym I tried to get to a machine to measure my pulse, but I was unable to pedal the stationary cycle to turn on the heartmeter. My wife said my face was white as a ghost. I think the first time it ever happened was 7th grade gym. I was running and then it started to happened. Went and sat down. That wasn't enough. Went and laid down. Wasn't enough. Woke up with nurse looking at me. After that point I learned to feel the sensation coming on and avoid passing out. Sound familiar anyone ;^)
Wow. Finally found people that this happens to.
I believe I know what it is too. I think we have a shallow reserve of water and nutrients in our cells (malfunctioning transfer of fluid in and out of cells) so we use that shallow reserve up very quick and then it is not able to be replaced quickly. So our bodies start to shut down. Our bodies go into emergency mode, counterreact, make the heart race and pump blood super quick to deliver life saving blood. I figured this out before knowing about CF and now it REALLY looks like a solid explaination.