
Today something happened to me that has never happened before and it was so scary. As I was waiting to catch the bus, I could feel my stomach hurting but I knew this feeling it was due to my periods starting as these pains were period cramps. But as time went on it just got worse and worse....To the point were I found it very hard to even stand...I was thinking about going to sit down on the benches a distance away but then the bus came.
Then I was pushed aside by a obese man as he said "I was here first."
That was as much as I clearly remember, I gave the bus driver my return ticket then as I was walking through the bus I just felt so weird, and dizzy then everything went dark and I remember I could feel myself falling forwards to the ground. I blacked out.

The next thing I remember hearing was a person saying "Are you alright, Are you alright?" It took me a couple of seconds to get up and then as I proceeded to get up the bus driver came and was asking if he should call an ambulance. I said no as I just wanted to go home. The dizziness and that feeling I had before I fainted had gone but my stomach had not subsided. As I got to my stop, I had called a family member to pick me up and then drove us home.
After the fall one thing that I noticed was that my lips were dry. I did try to sleep when I got home but my stomach hurt so much it was impossible. Then I used a heat pad but that didn't help much....I had some cranberry juice ....even though it's not meant for period cramps it has helped to soften the pains and now I think I will be able to eat something....My appetite had gone when I came home even though I tried to eat some chocolate to give me sugar. But what really helped was Ibuprofen.
I don't really know the cause of this but I have two causes one being the heat from the sun....I was wearing a black leather jacket of which could have contributed and also the heat on my face. Secondly, it could have been because I was on my period...With the research I have done it is not uncommon to faint when on your period. Which I personally wouldn't have found out if this hadn't occured.
As this was my first time fainting and it was a scary experience I won't go to doctor as I have been advised not to since I have only fainted once but if this incident does occur again then I will definelty contact my GP. I will also try to have more iron rich foods, drink plenty of fluids when outside aswell in the future.
It really scared me and even now it gives me a weird feeling...remembering what happened.