Passing out after 24+ hrs without food?

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I was quite busy on Saturday and I didn't eat breakfast or lunch. This is quite normal for me at a weekend as I never really feel hungry until the evening, and then we have a fairly big evening meal.

It just happened that we were also unexpectedly busy Saturday evening and coupled it not getting dark until late it was around 11 before we had organised some food. Before we ate I needed to get something from my car. Outside I suddenly felt a bit light headed so I sat on my low front garden wall.

I then went out like a light and fell backwards over the wall onto my drive! I was out for a few seconds, but when I came to I had a massive cold sweat and felt like st. There were no other symptoms. Luckily I don't seem to have injured myself in the fall. It could have been really nasty.

I went back inside and downed a glass of water, and ate a Mars bar to get some quick energy/ fluids in me. I felt fine after a about 10 minutes but it was quite concerning, especially as I'd just fallen backwards onto a concrete drive!

It then dawned on me the last time I had eaten was about 28 hours ago which can't be good. I also have high blood pressure which means I take an ACE Inhibitor to lower it. I took that late afternoon. Alcohol wise I'd had just two standard bottles of beer earlier in the evening which about half what I would normally drink on a Saturday night.

Is this something I should see my doctor about, or just chalk it up a single incident cause by me being stupid? If it happens again I'll certainly be seeing my doctor.

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Thanks all, I will see my GP

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The Spruce goose said:

are you a smoker?

sounds like fainting, lack of salt/potassium causes issue.

No I've never been a smoker

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Muzzer79 said:

FlyingMeeces said:

br d said:

I had a driving holiday recently. Ate at 6pm in a Folkestone hotel, headed for the tunnel in the morning and took an earlier crossing so boarded straight away. Did a long drive down through France stopping only for a bottle of water. Got to the next hotel, faffed about with some stuff for a couple of hours and crashed out. Got up running a little late, left immediately and drove across to Germany.
I parked up and walked into the town and started feeling very odd, fuzzy peripheral vision, hot flush and a bit wobbly. I sat on a bench and then it dawned on me that I'd had nothing to eat for 41 hours!

Like yourself, a quick ingestion of grub (there was a cafe 10 yards from where I was sitting) and I was right as rain.

41 hours is NUTS. I've done 24 plenty of times - Yom Kippur - but not past that. Was the hunger not seriously distracting?

I struggle to believe that anyone can go for nearly two days without any food at all and not feel hungry....

I'm gnawing at my arm after 4 hours, let alone 41....

I can easily do 24 without any hunger hours. In my original post we were organising food late, but had actually discussed not bothering with food as neither of us felt hungry. My wife had eaten at lunch, and we were both tired.

It was only when I collapsed that I decided I had better eat.

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Badvok said:

Ask yourself, are you fit to drive?

It may be the lack of food, it may be something else - you dont want this to happen when at the wheel. See a doctor.

I've decided to go one better. I'm going to get a full body MOT done. On the very rare ocassion that I see my doctor its far too brief and its just dealing with the symptoms presented. I'd like to know that I've been given a full check, and not just fior this one issue.