Feel like I am almost blacking out...

Hi, everyone...I haven't posted in a long time, but I do read messages from time to time just to see new information. I recently (maybe a few days ago) starting having occasional feelings like I am going to black out. It's almost like I felt years ago before my pacemaker, but I can catch myself. I feel like I am going to blank out, then I catch it. I was put on Coumadin in May for a blood clot in my leg, and I have developed terrible knee pain over the summer that I have been taking Tylenol extra strength for almost daily for the past week. Any thoughts? I just don't feel right, and every time I see my EP, he doesn't seem to think it's my heart/pacer...Thanks all!

3 Comments

Could be a string of PVC's

by Woodworker - 2014-12-29 05:12:14

Do you know if you have occasional PVC's. Preventricular impulses that feel like you skip a beat when you feel your pulse.

They are usually harmless, but if you get a few close together then you might feel "That feeling" you get.

The can come and go more frequently over time.

PVCs

by pezzypooh - 2014-12-29 09:12:00

I have never been told I have PVCs...I am paced more ventricularly...so maybe?

Light headedness /pre blackout

by Selwyn - 2014-12-30 05:12:22

Hi peezypooh,

You need to see a physician rather than an EP as you have a medical problem.

Coumadin can cause bleeding that goes unnoticed and anaemia can cause you to be lightheaded.

Your Tylenol extra can interfere with your anticoagulation control. BEWARE!

Anxiety sometimes manifests with lightheadedness.

Deep vein thrombosis can be associated with severe underlying medical problems. One more reason to see a physician.

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