What meds are you on...is wellbutrin one of them?

Are you on high blood pressure medicine? Years ago, my father passed out while urinating. The same thing happened to my grandfather. (I'm talking WAY back, though!! Decades back)

It was because the medicine lowered their Potassium too much.

And if you have really LOW blood pressure, you can become dizzy and pass out, if you stand too quickly.

Whatever is going on with you, it's sure worth checking out with a doctor!!!!

Good luck!!! I hope you're okay!!!! (((((Hugs)))))

Hey justward,
Yeh I have to also mention blood presure. If it gets to low you will passout. This happened to my father. Thought he was having a stroke but it turned out to be just blood pressure.

Definitely get it checked by a doctor. Glad your okay.

I take litheum and paxil

Seriously justward,
Lithium and paxil will not make you black out. You need to be checked out. I'm seriously worried about you. Please go to the doc.
Michael

I agree with Michael...I was on lithium for 10 years and had the oddest things happen...any thing associated with that drug need urgent care!!!!!!

i called and emailed my pdoc and will call pharacyst this morning. Ugh... this sucks.

Glad you put in a call to the folks that might be able to help you. I have passed out before due to low blood pressure it was years ago though. Hope you feel better soon and if your insurance will pay for a physical I suggest you consider it if you have a GP. Hope you feel better soon.

Hope your doc gets back to you soon and have figured out.
Could be orthostatic hypotension (blood pressure may drop immediately upon standing, or any time during the first couple of minutes after standing), some antidepressants can cause this.

If your a doc doesn't get back to you I'd head on out to the ER....lithium is nothing to mess with

I was a paramedic fro 10 years - There are several causes of hypovolemia (low blood pressure)

Carla and Mage are precisely correct that meds can cause it, but if by meds, I would expect the condition to persist. One cause of TRANSIENT (temporary) hypovolemia is positional hypovolemia - from simply rising too quickly from bed or seated position.

YOU SHOULD STILL GET CHECKED OUT!!

A FEW other COMMON causes of loss of consciousness are:

- meds
- hypo- or hyperglycemia (High or low blood sugar levels)
- Transient Ischemic Attack (temporary occlusion of a blood vessel in the brain - a 'mini-stroke') Significant because it is a sign of potential future major stroke.
- Internal bleeding in the intestinal tract (Gastro-intestinal or GI Bleed)

See an MD - even an urgent care clinic (we call them "Doc-in-a-box" or "McDoctors office) at your next opportunity for a definitive diagnosis. They will ask if you've vomited what looks like 'coffee grounds' (bleeding into the stomach) or having black or tarry looking stool (bleeding into the intestinal tract) To rule out GI Bleed, the Doctor will take a stool sample (yes, with the finger of a gloved hand where you'd rather prefer he not place it) and smear it on a card treated with chemicals that change color in the presence of blood. DON'T fear this test - It is VERY important to rule out GI Bleed! Besides, he will be gentle. I promise. LOL :)

Without seeing you, and with the limited information you've provided, I am leaning toward the simple positional hypovolemia - rising too quickly, but since I can't evaluate you over the web, I still HIGHLY recommend you see an MD soonest. :)

they said it was my thyroid

I'm on Lithium and after a 43C day I ended up with Lithium Toxicity and for me it manifested as feeling like I was dying from the top of my head to the tip of my toes - agnony and sickness. I also had stopped the ability to drink fluids - which of course what I needed. I had to go to hospital, get on a drip for 24 hours and take lots of water orally.

Is it possible you've got the blood levels of Lithium out of wack. Diarreah? Not drinking enough fluid? Hot weather? If there is too much Lithium in the blood compared to your hydration level, this can happen. And on that hot day, I drank LITRES of water, but because it was so hot, I couldn't get enough in for what I was sweating away.

If so, start drinking heaps of water and if you can't get to a doctor or ER unitil tomorrow, miss your next Lithium dose -I'd probably do that either way - Lithium Toxicity can be fatal.