Bloodwork tips

MrTwoCircles

MrTwoCircles

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Hey all, had blood drawn this morning and had some kind of vasovagal response, cold sweats, blurry vision, feeling like I was going to pass out. This is the second time it’s happened to me, so I’m wondering if anyone has any tips for preventing it.

I don’t think it’s necessarily a stress or anxiety response, since it doesn’t happen every time I get blood drawn. Could possibly be from the fasting? But not sure if there's much I can do about that, maybe loading certain foods night before can help?

Has anyone else dealt with this and found anything that helps?
 
Do you look at the needle or the blood as it's drawn, some just get faint from that. I'm thinking it's anxiety or stress response.
 
Negan said:
Do you look at the needle or the blood as it's drawn, some just get faint from that. I'm thinking it's anxiety or stress response.
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The Caped Crusader said:
It is and it doesn’t have to reoccur every time
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Well, this is a bummer. Not as tough as I thought I was, I guess 😂

I do watch every time I get blood drawn, but I haven't had it done particularly regularly. I’ve only recently started getting serious about learning more about enhancement. Before I found this community, it was hard to find decent information that I felt I could trust. This draw was just to get my baseline levels checked out.
 
Yep, do a little reading on it and find something that works for you, breathing routines etc. Once you understand that it's lack of blood and oxygen getting to the brain and why you'll be able to learn how to attack it. LOAD up on fluids, don't hold back on salt, don't take anything that lowers BP like cialis, citrulline malate, beet root etc.
The ultimate thing is to lay down with your head as the lowest part of you or as best as you can get towards that position. Tell them you have this problem and they will allow you to lay down or recline.
Keep working on how to control it though, if you have this tendency it could hit at other unsafe times. The theory is that it's your body trying to protect you from perceived danger so again the answer is to get down on the ground legs up before you are sent there involuntarily.
 
MrTwoCircles said:
Hey all, had blood drawn this morning and had some kind of vasovagal response, cold sweats, blurry vision, feeling like I was going to pass out. This is the second time it’s happened to me, so I’m wondering if anyone has any tips for preventing it.

I don’t think it’s necessarily a stress or anxiety response, since it doesn’t happen every time I get blood drawn. Could possibly be from the fasting? But not sure if there's much I can do about that, maybe loading certain foods night before can help?

Has anyone else dealt with this and found anything that helps?
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All in your head, it’s just a needle and ur anxious over it whether u admit it or not. Probably holding your breathe out of anxiety or something.

Just gotta tell urself not to be a pussy, or just stop being one
 
just remind yourself you’re not going to die from getting a blood draw and the people in the clinic doing it have probably been doing it for 8-12 hours a day for years and years. 0 risk.
 
libo said:
So from a medical perspective, the antidote to a systemic vasovagel response is don't be a little bitch.
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best medical advice I've ever been given.

Thanks for all the tips ya'll. Funny how you can think you're calm when you're really not. I'll work on this and report back next time I get a draw.
 
I have a friend who will faint of he sees the blood, but he's fine if he doesn't. He almost passed out one-time when he saw me get a nosebleed lol. I can look at it and be fine but I usually don't because it kinda weirds me out.
 
Negan said:
Do you look at the needle or the blood as it's drawn, some just get faint from that. I'm thinking it's anxiety or stress response.
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This has happened to me since I was a kid. I usually warn the blood tech and look in the opposite direction of the blood draw. It's funny, I can cut myself, get a bloody nose, and it doesn't bother me; but something about seeing my vein tapped like that just makes me 🤢
 
gondar1 said:
Yep, do a little reading on it and find something that works for you, breathing routines etc. Once you understand that it's lack of blood and oxygen getting to the brain and why you'll be able to learn how to attack it. LOAD up on fluids, don't hold back on salt, don't take anything that lowers BP like cialis, citrulline malate, beet root etc.
The ultimate thing is to lay down with your head as the lowest part of you or as best as you can get towards that position. Tell them you have this problem and they will allow you to lay down or recline.
Keep working on how to control it though, if you have this tendency it could hit at other unsafe times. The theory is that it's your body trying to protect you from perceived danger so again the answer is to get down on the ground legs up before you are sent there involuntarily.
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I was just about to write this if you find needles/blood work stressful and nope, I am not making fun of you. I know a perfectly normal woman who will lose her mind and scream running it is trying to kill me, if a little pigeon follows her looking for food.
I know a few nurses, getting blood drawn does not hurt, it is short and a necessity in life so there is no reason to panic (easy to say) - the nurses have told me stories of large/adult men crying and screaming simply due to fear/anxiety/phobia.
Tell the nurse so it is on the table and she/he knows you may have this reaction, they generally have empathy and will go slow. Before you go in even if you are anxious, make sure you breath in slow through your nose for a count of 3, hold it for a few seconds and then blow it out slowly through your mouth. Do this before and during and who gives a fuck what the nurse or person taking the blood actually thinks.
It may never happen again, but breathing for panic attacks and trying your best not to tense your muscles up will help you naturally relax. The body can go into flight or fight syndrome and you can't fight or you are going to jail, you can't 'flight' or you don't get blood done and your body dumps stress hormones into your body.
Talking to any empathetic nurse and doing the breathing should make everything much better. If needed take adaptogens like Natural Factors Serenity formula has been proven to help control cortisol and adrenaline. It has 4 good adaptogens.
Good luck
 
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