My 8 yr old son has Asperger's and along with that comes the occaisional sensitivity to sounds and sometimes lights but it's never been extreme or too much of a problem - Until last month. He had his first fainting episode when were at local fair and were listening to the live band. We walked past the speakers and he suddenly passed out. The following night it happened during the grand finale of the fireworks. He has always loved the fireworks and never had a problem before. For 3 days prior to those 2 incidents he had been taking Claritin as a precautionary measure recommended by his Ped. because he has such a swelling reaction to mosquito bites and we were on vacation. We looked it up and apparently Claritin can cause a rare side effect of syncope. We thought we had found our answer but it happened several more times recently with NO Claritin in his system or any other meds for that matter. Two weeks ago we walked across a busy street and the traffic cop blew his whistle! Then again it happened at a friends house while the boys were listening to music on the portable stero - the volume got turned up too loud for a second. Our condo does monthly testing of the fire alarms - they have done this for 4 years and it was never a problem but last week - he passed out. We had an EKG done and it didn't show anything. The Ped isn't worried saying that it must just be sensory overload but this isn't reassuring enough. I keep hearing on these posts that several teens or pre teens are experiencing this and Drs say it's normal for them to faint - maybe having something to do with hormones.... I wonder if my 8 year old is starting pre puberty, though is so early! Has anyone else fainted just due to sounds?
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My 8 yr old son has Asperger's and along with that comes the occaisional sensitivity to sounds and sometimes lights but it's never been extreme or too much of a problem - Until last month. He had his first fainting episode when were at local fair and were listening to the live band. We walked past the speakers and he suddenly passed out. The following night it happened during the grand finale of the fireworks. He has always loved the fireworks and never had a problem before. For 3 days prior to those 2 incidents he had been taking Claritin as a precautionary measure recommended by his Ped. because he has such a swelling reaction to mosquito bites and we were on vacation. We looked it up and apparently Claritin can cause a rare side effect of syncope. We thought we had found our answer but it happened several more times recently with NO Claritin in his system or any other meds for that matter. Two weeks ago we walked across a busy street and the traffic cop blew his whistle! Then again it happened at a friends house while the boys were listening to music on the portable stero - the volume got turned up too loud for a second. Our condo does monthly testing of the fire alarms - they have done this for 4 years and it was never a problem but last week - he passed out. We had an EKG done and it didn't show anything. The Ped isn't worried saying that it must just be sensory overload but this isn't reassuring enough. I keep hearing on these posts that several teens or pre teens are experiencing this and Drs say it's normal for them to faint - maybe having something to do with hormones.... I wonder if my 8 year old is starting pre puberty, though is so early! Has anyone else fainted just due to sounds?
October 10, 2012 - 12:14pmThis Comment
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