Beauty help: I feel dizzy and faint after eating.

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I feel dizzy and faint after eating.

It started about three weeks ago, and since then it’s resulted in me actually passing out twice. Lying or sitting down doesn’t make it go away as quickly as other dizzy spells normally do.

I’m a 22-year-old female, 5′9″/146 lbs, in reasonable good health (I have an anxiety disorder which sometimes screws things up)… combined with the fact that the fainting occurs despite my being decently hydrated and well-rested, it’s leaving me totally baffled.

I went to see a doctor about it yesterday, and he pretty much gave me a brush-off and said it was probably just panic (like I said before, I have an anxiety disorder), but I don’t know… I’ve had panic attacks before, though NEVER this frequently, and they weren’t like this. These are most definetly fainting spells. Has anyone ever had similar symptoms? Aside from seeing a different doctor, what can I do to feel better?

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (6 days, 22 hours after post)

hmmm, its quite possible it is panic, but then again its so easy to dismiss something like that. Have you been sleeping well? Have you experienced anything out of the ordinary as of late, aside from passing out?

For me it is blood pressure, sometimes it affects me more; it can be something as simple as standing up that triggers it and yet other times i’ll be in my martial arts class jumping around like a nut and not feel anything. Sound possible?

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