Fainting in Nightclubs

xLisaBx

Embarrassingly enough, I've started fainting in nightclubs. I get the familiar feeling and have about 2 minutes to get to a bathroom and faint in it (to preserve my dignity). It's not due to drunkenness, I drink very little and don't have this problem drinking at home. I've started wearing super light clothes to stop overheating.
Any ideas what's happening? Not asking for medical advice as I've been to doctors before over fainting (quick teenage phase).
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AnonoBoy

Could it be a touch of Boogie Fever?

Little CuChulainn

What nightclubs do you go to where lying on the bathroom floor is more dignified than collapsing in some dark corner?

Gran Hermano

Brain haemorrhage?

Influenza?

The Master

Did the rhythm finally get ya?

xLisaBx

Little CuChulainn wrote: »

What nightclubs do you go to where lying on the bathroom floor is more dignified than collapsing in some dark corner?

Should have clarified, I go to a cubicle :P

Sky King

16 vodka and red bull?

Sir Osis of Liver.

Dickie Rock concert?

Richmond Ultra

Lack of sugar before going out?.my buddy had that problem and went doctors etc until he looked online and decided a can of coke would work. Hasn't fainted in ages since he started this idea.

catallus

Lots of flashing lights in the club?

Missyelliot2

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You are one brave soul xLisaBx! Good luck with this.......

Richmond Ultra

Lack of sugar before going out?.my buddy had that problem and went doctors etc until he looked online and decided a can of coke would work. Hasn't fainted in ages since he started this idea.

Fr_Dougal

Definitely TB.

beertons

I read that as farting, and was thinking to myself, ya dirt bird.

Richmond Ultra

Lack of sugar before going out?.my buddy had that problem and went doctors etc until he looked online and decided a can of coke would work. Hasn't fainted in ages since he started this idea.

FTA69

The Master wrote: »

Did the rhythm finally get ya?

Serious as cancer that stuff is.

Little CuChulainn

xLisaBx wrote: »

Should have clarified, I go to a cubicle :P

Ah right. You should probably get to a doctor. You may be diabetic or on the way there.

Richmond Ultra

Richmond Ultra wrote: »

Lack of sugar before going out?.my buddy had that problem and went doctors etc until he looked online and decided a can of coke would work. Hasn't fainted in ages since he started this idea.

Richmond Ultra wrote: »

Lack of sugar before going out?.my buddy had that problem and went doctors etc until he looked online and decided a can of coke would work. Hasn't fainted in ages since he started this idea.

Richmond Ultra wrote: »

Lack of sugar before going out?.my buddy had that problem and went doctors etc until he looked online and decided a can of coke would work. Hasn't fainted in ages since he started this idea.

I think you've had a bit too much sugar

BaZmO*

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Could it be a touch of Boogie Fever?

Don't blame it on the Boogie.

xLisaBx

Richmond Ultra wrote: »

Lack of sugar before going out?.my buddy had that problem and went doctors etc until he looked online and decided a can of coke would work. Hasn't fainted in ages since he started this idea.

I'll try this usually drink cokes on nights out, with or without vodka, but maybe the nights I've fainted I didn't.

Missyelliot2

BaZmO* wrote: »

Don't blame it on the Boogie.

Then it's the moonlight......or the good times....:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

AnonoBoy

BaZmO* wrote: »

Don't blame it on the Boogie.

Perhaps it's the Good Times then?

spurious

Low blood pressure?

xLisaBx

catallus wrote: »

Lots of flashing lights in the club?

I'm really starting to wonder if it's the lights, I don't faint anywhere else so it can't really be a medical condition. Allergic to nightclubs? Doubt it

SEPT 23 1989

maybe its the mitsubishi's?

DEFTLEFTHAND

I used to faint in Mass as a teenager, I'd get lightheaded and my eyesight would slowly start to fade while standing. It would pass after a few moments of sitting down with my head in my lap. Scary though.

I still get it the odd time, nothing eating properly was the cause in my case.

Whosthis

xLisaBx wrote: »

Embarrassingly enough, I've started fainting in nightclubs. I get the familiar feeling and have about 2 minutes to get to a bathroom and faint in it (to preserve my dignity). It's not due to drunkenness, I drink very little and don't have this problem drinking at home. I've started wearing super light clothes to stop overheating.
Any ideas what's happening? Not asking for medical advice as I've been to doctors before over fainting (quick teenage phase).
Could be in the wrong forum but AH Gets a lot of traffic

If his name wasn't Dr Beat then you're doing it wrong.

xLisaBx

spurious wrote: »

Low blood pressure?

Maybe. But only in nightclubs?

DEFTLEFTHAND

I used to faint in Mass as a teenager, I'd get lightheaded and my eyesight would slowly start to fade while standing. It would pass after a few moments of sitting down with my head in my lap. Scary though.

I still get it the odd time, not eating properly was the cause in my case.

seamusk84

Lack of oxygen in a confined space. Used to happen to me all the time in meeting rooms in my last company.
The clubs you are going to must be very badly ventilated and/or packed. It's quite dangerous as it can come on fast and you can fall the wrong way.

I'd suggest talking to your doctor but not much you can do save be careful what situations you are putting yourself in. Try find clubs that are a bit airier or simply get regular fresh air.

xLisaBx

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

I used to faint in Mass as a teenager, I'd get lightheaded and my eyesight would slowly start to fade while standing. It would pass after a few moments of sitting down with my head in my lap. Scary though.

I still get it the odd time, not eating properly was the cause in my case.

That sounds like this type of fainting! Not an all of a sudden drop, you know it's going to happen.

Little CuChulainn

xLisaBx wrote: »

Maybe. But only in nightclubs?

Epilepsy?

catallus

xLisaBx wrote: »

I'm really starting to wonder if it's the lights, I don't faint anywhere else so it can't really be a medical condition. Allergic to nightclubs? Doubt it

I'm a doctor. You have epilepsy.

Fortunately, it's psychosomatic.

Unfortunately, the only cure is amputation of the offending organ.

xLisaBx

catallus wrote: »

I'm a doctor. You have epilepsy.

Fortunately, it's psychosomatic.

Unfortunately, the only cure is amputation of the offending organ.

I trust you completely 100 percent Dr. Catallus

razorblunt

xLisaBx wrote: »

Embarrassingly enough, I've started fainting in nightclubs. I get the familiar feeling and have about 2 minutes to get to a bathroom and faint in it (to preserve my dignity). It's not due to drunkenness, I drink very little and don't have this problem drinking at home. I've started wearing super light clothes to stop overheating.
Any ideas what's happening? Not asking for medical advice as I've been to doctors before over fainting (quick teenage phase).
Could be in the wrong forum but AH Gets a lot of traffic

Can You dance? If so, I have bad news, you've got cancer coz rhythm is a dancer.

xLisaBx

seamusk84 wrote: »

Lack of oxygen in a confined space. Used to happen to me all the time in meeting rooms in my last company.
The clubs you are going to must be very badly ventilated and/or packed. It's quite dangerous as it can come on fast and you can fall the wrong way.

I'd suggest talking to your doctor but not much you can do save be careful what situations you are putting yourself in. Try find clubs that are a bit airier or simply get regular fresh air.

I think it's lack of oxygen too, how come I faint and others don't?

5starpool

xLisaBx wrote: »

Maybe. But only in nightclubs?

Not going to nightclubs would be the obvious solution to your problem.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Drink more water with ur e's

Unz unz unz

spurious

Joking aside, if it were me, I'd be getting myself to a doctor to get things checked.

catallus

5starpool wrote: »

Not going to nightclubs would be the obvious solution to your problem.

Is that how we got men on the moon?

For SHAME!

xLisaBx

I've started minimising the amount I go out to clubs because of it, which is annoying as I'm a 1st year in college!

NZ_2014

Your probably going weak at the knees after seeing me therefore you faint

TheBody

It's probably vasovagel syncope. Very common. See here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasovagal_response

branie2

Saturday Night Fever?

Miss Demeanour

5starpool wrote: »

Not going to nightclubs would be the obvious solution to your problem.

My mother wanted to give up the cigarettes. She told her doctor she wasn't a heavy smoker....had her first one at 5pm with the newspaper.....
The doctor told her to give up the newspaper instead.....

Daenarys

xLisaBx wrote: »

I've started minimising the amount I go out to clubs because of it, which is annoying as I'm a 1st year in college!

Go to the doc, you're going to struggle to avoid clubs in the next few weeks before Xmas and being a 1st year in college!

Your mates will think you're preggers if you keep saying no to clubbing ....and because you're fainting...actually...are you definitely not preggers??

seamusk84

xLisaBx wrote: »

I think it's lack of oxygen too, how come I faint and others don't?

Don't know. I'm the only person I know that has the issue too. I think some people are just more prone to it than others.

It's all about management, be conscious of the environments you are in and do move on if in a risky situation. I'd be interested to know what your doctor says if you do visit though.

strobe

Sounds like you might be a touch psycho-somatic addict-insane. I've seen this before, once. What you wanna do is, well first of all, obviously, come play my game. Ye know, to help you relax but then it's time to get down to business. Inhale... then inhale again. Then exhale three times.

GLaDOS

OP I'm locking this, as it's turning into a medical advice thread.

As advised by many others, go to your doctor about the issue.