Several times I get the sensation that things go black when I have gotten stuck or even just gulped water. Last night however, I did black out and fell out of my chair eating dinner. It didn't last long. Has anyone had this sensation? I asked my surgeon about it a couple of months ago, and have an appointment next Tuesday where I will tell him it became more than a sensation. I am sure it is just something peculiar to my anatomy and is a wake up call that I need to eat slower and chew much more carefully! Just wanted to know if anyone else has ever had this happen.

Several times I get the sensation that things go black when I have gotten stuck or even just gulped Water. Last night however, I did black out and fell out of my chair eating dinner. It didn't last long. Has anyone had this sensation? I asked my surgeon about it a couple of months ago, and have an appointment next Tuesday where I will tell him it became more than a sensation. I am sure it is just something peculiar to my anatomy and is a wake up call that I need to eat slower and chew much more carefully! Just wanted to know if anyone else has ever had this happen.

That I have never heard of . Be careful though it sounds scary !

Let us know what happens

Mindy

Hi Devera,

I haven't blacked out but I will say that if I eat too quickly and start to get stuck, I will get an instant headache, usually on the right side of my head. It has only happened a couple of times, usually when I let myself get too hungry and eat too fast, but my hea really hurts. I thought it was a bit weird, but I always forget to ask about it when I see my doc. I have never blacked out though...that sounds pretty scary. I hope you find some answers!!

I have heard of it happening, but don't personally know anyone it happens to. Perhaps call your surgeon prior to your appointment, he may want to move it up a bit.

Is it still happening? It could be related to your vagus nerve. Read this.

Vagus nerve - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Is it still happening? It could be related to your vagus nerve. Read this.

Vagus nerve - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is what I was going to say. I haven't been stuck yet...thankfully, but I did almost blackout twice while getting my first fill as well as threw up about 8 times. They had a hard time trying to find the right fill level so I had to drink a lot of Water as they added and backed off of the saline. After all of this was over he said that all of the water had overstimulated my vagus nerve and made me blackout / nauseated / vommit. But I would definitely ask your doctor, if you can't remember to ask while you're there...you could always put a call in. Good luck!

Thanks for the info. That is what my surgeon thought it was. I have been careful about eating slower and chewing well, and since then have not had it happen again. I am interested in the breathing exercises that were mentioned to help with that plus I have always had a fast heart rate, that I would like to lower. I really appreciate the link.

I had this happen once, in the early stages. I was snacking while on the computer and was not paying attention. All of a sudden I had this major pain and I thought I was going to die!

I have never had a heart attack but it sure felt like one. I began to salivate, as well as having ringing in my ears w/ a major pounding head ache and was begining to black out. I got extremly hot.

It seemed like it was forever, but lasted maybe a min. Never again did I do this. Major scary!

It hits me that way too. I can get quite stuck and slime profusely and its OK but on the few occasions that I have PB'd my guaranteed warning that it will come up is that my legs go weak and I see black spots, like I'm about to faint. I have an instant when I think I'm going to pass out and then up it comes.