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Chronic fainting, sleep fainting, vasovagal syncope?

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Your symptoms sound exactly like mine. Thanks you SO much. I have determined my headaches are caused by dehydration and the fainting. Not migraines as such. So I drink tons of water with added electrolytes plus salt and they go away. I have ordered the testing for the Coxsackie viruses. My Dr. has also referred me to the Autonomic Dysfunction Clinic at Duke and Vanderbilt. Duke can't take any new patients unit 2027!? I am waiting to be contacted by Vanderbilt.

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postviralwreck | @postviralwreck | Jun 13 1:33pm

For testing, a neutralizing antibody test may be the most appropriate—ideally done during a flare-up of your symptoms.

There’s also an indirect way to explore the viral angle: try supplementing with astragalus extract or even just astragalus root powder. The plain powder is less potent than the extract, so you’d need a higher dose.

Personally, since I started using astragalus, I haven’t had any more fainting episodes. I can’t say the same for my sleep issues—my 'non–24-hour sleep–wake disorder' hasn’t gone away. (N24SWD usually affects blind people, though I’m not blind.) Astragalus may take a few days or even a couple of weeks to start working.

In my case, it was probably a localized area within the brainstem that was—and probably still is—affected, most likely by an immune response to the virus (likely a non-cytolytic persistence/infection).

Again, this may be completely unrelated to your situation, but it might be worth exploring.

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