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Sorry, if this is kind of rough. I'm not feeling great. I just wanted I guess advice or personal anecdata or something?

So, today for the first time ever, I actually fainted from heat exhaustion. Which, that sucks, but I'll be fine. I get it at least a few times a year, but in the past I've always managed to catch it before it got so bad and cool back down. I was working up on top of a narrow platform when it happened.

According to the crew I was working with, I suddenly fell off the platform. And then before anyone could get to me I got up on my own and went to the cooler and opened it and then collapsed half inside. There were EMTs already onsite so that was all fine.

But, I don't remember ANY of this. At all. I remember working up top, and then the next thing I knew I was sitting on the cooler wrapped in icy wet towels and holding some gatorade. I know it happened because I'm pretty banged up from falling and I have a wicked headavche, but I can't remember.

It's intensely disturbing. I don't like not remembering things. I don't know if it's just the circumstances, or if it's going to get worse. I know it's a common symptom of mental illness for some people but it isn't for me anymore. It happens maybe once or twice a year. I don't know how to deal with this shit.

Google says it is a symptom that can happen with heat strokes. Sort of like being blackout drunk.

Also, you should be going to the doctor if you are getting heat stroke several times a year. Or take better care of yourself in the heat.

I hope that's all it is, but it's also a symptom of PTSD and I'm worried.

Heat exhaustion =/= heat stroke. Most of the people who do my job deal with the first somtimes. It's kind of inevitable. We're outside all day without breaks and the heat index right now is 115F. I mostly get the lingering headaches and fatigue. But, like I said, I've always managed to catch it before it got any worse.

If it happened during a physical medical emergency the very likely reason is the physical medical emergency.

You should probably get checked out by a doctor anyway, just to make sure you didn't hit your head falling off the platform (concussion could be another possible reason for the memory loss)

I wish I had some advice for you, but unfortunately, I don't. I passed out during an anxiety attack before, but that was a long time ago and it hasn't happened since. I couldn't remember what the reason was and that's still a little disquieting. I do wish you well though and I'm sorry you got hurt. *hugs*

Thanks, nonny! *hugs* I'm sorry you had to deal with that.

Anything that injures your brain can affect your ability to remember stuff. Sorry, anon. :(

I had heatstroke and suffered for a few years whenever I got hot or dehydrated. I'm still careful about the heat.

some advice:

A small amount of salt in your water can make it more usable to your cells. Or perhaps mineral water, etc.

Consider drinking a lot of water and gaterade (or coconut water) every single day (coconut water is more natural than gaterade and works well for some people).

Even if you "shouldn't" need so much water. Some people do great on a few glasses a day. Some people feel OK even when they're dehydrated. Not you. You'll likely be sensitive for a long, long time. It's worth it to chug the water / liquids if it helps you survive and not suffer so much.

Keep an eye on your pee. You should pee frequently and if it's bright yellow, even if you feel OK, DRINK. If people get tired of you going to the bathroom, too damn bad. It's YOUR health!

Maybe your doctor can offer more helpful things. I never got much medical help about this and sort of had to learn what worked for me.

There is the advice you didn't ask for. Best of luck.

DA

This soo very very much.
If your pee is too yellow, drink.
If water seems boring or burdensome, ask a doctor or nurse practitioner what you should be drinking and follow that advice religiously.
Ask and ask again if your body processes minerals and salts properly. Do not stop until you get a good answer that you can understand and use to your advantage.
Wear a damn hat unless it makes your problems worse. If you don't know what kinds of headgear keeps your head cool, ask around.

You can find pee color charts on the internet! Hang them over the toilets at work!

To add to this, a lot of people don't realize how much more water you need when it's hot outside. Just because you aren't drenched in sweat doesn't mean you aren't losing water, so you really need to be constantly hydrating to keep up with that loss.

I've had a couple of relatively similar things happen, though never all at once. One time when I fell from a fairly big height my brain entirely switched off before I hit the ground, and I can't remember anything between realising I was slipping and sitting up afterwards with the lady next door almost killing herself trying to cross yards to get to me. I always figured my brain realised what was happening, realised it couldn't stop it, and basically just pre-emptively shut itself off before pain could hit. (I was completely fine, actually, possibly because I was somewhat unconscious and therefore relaxed on the way down?). I've also had my body get up on its own during a fainting spell and try to get to safety. I was out on a broad stretch of jagged rocks at the seaside when I felt myself starting to go, and I do remember thinking 'I can't fall here, I'll kill myself, I need to get to shore first'. And apparently I did my damnedest to. According to my sisters, I fainted, fell, got up again, staggered onwards, fainted, fell, got up again, and then finally went down properly around when they finally reached me. I bashed myself up more than if I'd just let myself faint where I stood the first time. Again, I figure it was my brain realising it was going to go and latching on to both the sense of danger and that last thought of trying to get to shore.

I mostly just chalk it up to my brain having a really strongly-wired autopilot function in moments of phyiscal danger, no higher function required (and occasionally actively switched off). Given what you describe, it sounds a lot like your body did similarly. Felt itself start to go, shut off panicky higher functions, let the bad thing happen, and then tried to get itself to safety once the worst was over, in this case the cooler.

Which could be disturbing and definitely is sometimes unsafe, when I think about it, but I always thought of it more along the lines of 'yay, survival instincts, sometimes you are actual idiots, but thanks for trying to look out for me'?

Someone I know vividly remembers being a kid, going to a bouncy house, and a much larger kid shoving them down and them jumping directly on their leg, breaking it at the knee. The next thing they remember is being in the ambulance, even if according to their parents they were conscious and screaming and never passed out.

Kids are jerks.

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