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Shortness of breath, dizziness, passing out.

tarabunnyears
tarabunnyears

Does anyone else deal with extreme shortness of breath, dizziness, and passing out?


I have had complete work up's to check everything out including my heart. I even had a heart cath. 


My neurologist says at this point we might have to look into  accepting that is part of my MS. 


I get short of breath bending over, taking a shower or a bath. I get short of breath doing almost anything. As far as the dizziness it comes and goes often times when I am bending over. As for passing out, it seems the more active I am the more likely I am to pass out. If I lay in bed all day and get up and do something I'm fine. But like today I was very active,  did a lot of cleaning then went for a walk. I walked for about a mile. Came home and sat down on my bed and I was fine. Then I got up to get something out of my closet and it hit me and I almost passed out. Luckily my daughter was nearby to help me to my bed. 


I have only completely passed out once and that was Christmas Day. I kept blacking out for about five minutes on and off. My husband kept slapping my face.. 


Does anyone else deal with these symptoms and been told that it is their MS. Thanks for any input. 


- Tara

lorrieonline
lorrieonline
Sorry you're going through this, Tara, must be very scary. The last time I had a severe bout of being over the top tired, it turned out my adrenals were tanked. Have you seen an endocrinologist? Just a thought. Sometimes we are tempted to attribute things to MS but we might have an imbalance besides.
Meeno
Meeno
Yes Ive same condition
LillyPotter
LillyPotter
so sorry this is happening, Tara. i get like this too and it is scary. if i do much of anything i end up with seizures, but a lot of the time i have the falling down feels like i'm fainting or passing out/blacking out.

my drs tell me i need extra rest : ( i've been told this extra rest for so long now and i've also had everything tested.

i do agree with the suggestion of asking for testing for your adrenals or possible other issues. it is so easy to assume it is our MS to blame and could be something else.
tarabunnyears
tarabunnyears
Thanks for the replies. It's good to know that I am not the only one dealing with this. I have to check and see if they checked my adrenal gland or not. They've done so much blood work and testing it gets confusing as to what all they've done.

I know they check thyroid and a bunch of other blood test.

If anybody has any tips on to how to deal with it or to live life this way I am welcome to any suggestions.
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