Thankfully this is still rare, but terrifying. I am not good at self identifying my anxiety symptoms. It was a shock when I was diagnosed as I just get super calm as I get more anxiety, I’m not sure that makes sense. 

I was on my way home from surgery, and just sitting waiting for the pharmacy to finishing preparing my meds. I’m not even sure what my worry was, but it was intense, I got nauseous (but didn’t vomit, I got the car door open, I was of course passenger), and I hate this feeling and just repeated “oh no oh no oh no” which didn’t help my wife’s worry. My vision blacks out like the old school static on a TV. I start shaking in my fingers and then arms. I break out in a profuse sweat and turn super pale. It’s terrible. 

I’ve had multiple visits with different neuro and cardiologists. I’ve had pictures of my brain and heart and while I have issues with my standing heart rate being higher when standing than laying down, the cardiologist didn’t want to try and medication for POTS because my blood pressure is stable and normal. Until I have this vasovagul response resulting in syncope with convulsions. The neurologist was able to rule out seizures, so that was nice. 

I’m not sure what my point is, beyond sharing some scary moments in my life and seeing if anyone else has this.