I used to black out alot it would only last a few seconds. My blackouts started in Mt teens I never told.till one day it happened in the kitchen and I couldn't control it like most times. I fell into the stove and daddy took me to the doctor. He told my father I was faking. So I never told anyone else until it happened with my husband in the shower. I felt the blackout coming he ask if I was ok and before I could respond I was out. I woke up on the bathroom floor crying. I was embarrassed. Luckily he was a medic . He said I w as ok and not to cry. He reassured me there was no reason to be embarrassed.

I have a lot of fibro fog somedays I didn't remember going to work,didnt remember the drive,i think a lot of it was because of the chronic pain

I've been thinking, about these so called blackouts It's not fainting for me it's like my mind goes somewhere else. I think my doctor called it disocialization. I come back to reality, but I'm disoriented where am I and what was I doing.

Yup. Better get this checked out. I've been having these little seizures for quite some time now, but afraid to tell anyone. But. The right meds and they are going away, so it is just another annoying symptom, but a very dangerous one. The good news is that if you admit these episodes are happening you can stop worrying about it, get it fixed, and then you can worry about important things like dessert and where you put your glasses.

Y'all - PLEASE RECONSIDER DRIVING with these symptoms. It is so dangerous. It only takes a second to ram into another car and kill somenone's child. Or to make your own life that much more painful and harder. I'm not preaching, not judging, just offering the hard option. It is so difficult to give up our independence but, isn't that better than knowing you caused a horrible accident? And, as was mentioned before, you might be charged criminally because of the meds you take. Just really think about it. My city has a bus system that picks up disabled folks and drives us door to door wherever and whenever we need within the city limits. Yes, it does involve a lot of waiting. Also, its very bumpy, but, I know that I never put anyone else in danger. If someone else was driving and blacked out and hit someone you loved, you would see it from a different perspective. Sending hugs and hope.