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Question about a medical issue.

Asked by Sakata (3347points) February 18th, 2009

Hopefully I can keep this short.

Occasionally I have, what grandma’s call, “spells.”. Here’s what happens pretty much every time…

-Starts off with severe hunger pains right in the diaphragm area.
-Immediately following that is slight dizziness & disorientation.
-Then I get weak and shaky.
-Then comes the “vegging” out where I just sit, or stand, and zone off while almost drooling on myself.
-While all this is going on my brain is functioning fine. It just doesn’t have the power to make everything function normally.
-Finally I get muscle soreness (mostly in the legs.) It doesn’t last long but it always comes toward the end.

I listed these in an order but it doesn’t take 10–30 minutes for all of it to take place. Typically the 1st three happen in about 15 seconds while the last 3 come in within a couple minutes.

Normally I eat, because of the hunger pains, but I don’t know if that actually helps or just takes my mind off of everything else for a while until it goes away.

Damn, not as short as I had hoped

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