Thanks gst, I have read up on it quite a bit since this happened, was just wondering if anyone on the forum had actually any personal experiences at all.

Patti Newton has had this

Really Lyn...........I had never heard of it before, but can now see it is not as uncommon as one would think.

Pauline, is it a recurring thing??
I'm going to have a read of gst's link and see what I can learn about it.

Lyn, that's interesting. Patti Newton seems to be fine now so maybe it's a one off event. Hope your trip is going well. 

Just type it in to Google and a lot of info is on there, hubby was on a trip driving truck in another state when it happened, luckily he remembered my phone number and there were also a couple of FANTASTIC people who also helped him out........like I said very scarey for me but he of course doesn't remember a thing.

it is linked to people how take staton drugs like lipex or lipitor i have a book written by a nassa flight surgeon he has a web sight called the space doctor it is worth a look best of luck roy ps coming over on the 25th for 2 mths hope you put on sum good whether

qst - My husband was told he had a low form of Parkinsons. The tremors got much worse over a couple of years. He then decided that the tremors had actually started when he started a pill so he stopped taking that pill. Over the next few weeks the tremors stopped. Miraculous self cure!!

Hi,

I know this is a long time since your question was posted but I do have some direct experience with TGA that might interest you. I had 2 instances of TGA in 2012 at age 56. On each occasion I 'lost' about 15 mins. During that time I functioned absolutely normally and spoke to people. The first time I was rowing in a dragon boat. I said that I felt unwell and was taken to shore where I found myself 15 mins later. One minute i am out on the water, the next I am in the boatshed. It was a terrifying feeling. I went to casualty where there were no signs of any health isse: no stroke, no heart attack, no epilepsy etc etc.

The second time was also dragon boating and was probably for less time and I coped better because I knew what had happenned. I had every test under the sun and nothing was found My solution? I gave up dragon boating and have not had a recurrence. In my research I have found suggestions that intense physical activity can trigger the TGA in susceptible people. I figure there was something about the way I rowed that was doing it. I can kayak fine so it must have been the single side rwoing action. Thats how I explain it.

I avoid activities that require short bursts of intense activity for more sustained exercise, walking, cycling or where I can determine the intensity : kayaking etc. I am conscious of keeping hydrated and my blood sugar level. I have no specific health issues. It is not anything to do with drugs and because you do not lose consciousness (more like an altered state)it does not affect your drivers licence.

Hope this helps. Your husband should have all the tests his doctor advises just to rule out other issues. They will probably not find any cause and he may never experience it again but a medical professional needs to assess this. I hope he has the same outcome (so far) as me.

 

This was a post I made more than 2 years ago and yes it was very very very scarey, but hubby had all tests done at the time and everything came back AOK thankfully and no problems since, but it still plays on your mind and I am sure his, but for now everthing is great and he has been driving trucks ever since then with no worries, just keep living a day at a time as we all must do....................