HAS ANYONE HAD PROBLEMS WITH PASSING OUT AND DIZZY SPELLS

HELLO MY NAME IS TERRY...I AM 50 ...I HAD GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY NOVEMBER OF 2000...I HAVE LOST 120 LBS...I NOW WEIGH ABOUT 138 LBS...RECENTLY IN DECEMBER I HAD 2 EPISODES OF PASSING OUT...WAS HOSPITALIZED....THEY RULED OUT CARDIAC....RULED OUT NEURO...I HAD A POSITIVE TILT TABLE TEST...PASSED OUT AFTER 3 MINUTES....THEY SAID I HAD A "HYPERSENSITIVE VASO-VAGAL RESPONSE"...PUT ME ON PINDOLOL....I HAVE NOT PASSED OUT ANYMORE...BUT CONTINUE TO HAVE "DIZZY SPELLS".....THEN THEY DECIDED I MIGHT BE HAVING PETIT MAL SEIZURES...PUT ME ON TRILEPTAL-MAX DOSE......THE DIZZY SPELLS GOT WORSE....GAIT WAS UNSTEADY....WAS HOSPITALIZED AGAIN FEB. 4-7 2002....NOW THEY SAY IT IS FOR SURE NOT NEURO AND NOT CARDIAC...THEY DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER...THEY HAVE WITNESSED THESE SPELLS...MY QUESTION IS "COULD THIS BE RELATED TO MY SURGERY AND THE WEIGHT LOSS...IS IT POSSIBLE THAT I AM HAVING SOME NUTRITIONAL DEFICEITS...AM I LACKING NUTRIENTS-CHEMICALS-VITAMINS....PLEASE IF YOU CAN MAKE ANY SUGGESTIONS I WOULD BE GREATFUL.....I AM A REGISTERED NURSE....BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME.......THANK YOU FOR ANY HELP

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