Question: I have symptoms of lightheadedness, ringing in ears, and shallow breathing 24 hours ago. Colors in vision, peripheral sparkles It was a cascading effets of the previous. Am 60 year old male, and took a viagra pill at 3am Monday morning. At nine, I had to lay down in a restaurant booth due to ears ringing, lightheadedness, and hyperventilating. My wife said I passed/out for about 10 seconds. Had feelings of panic and helplessness which didn't help. My wife put cold cloths on my forehead and had me sip some cold water, but it took from 9 to 1030 am before I could stand up again. I took two advil at 1015 am and then at 2pm, since the doctor's advice to my friend who can't take VIAGRA (we called him) is to take advil to countereffect the viagra head pain. I am worried that this may be more hypertension than viagra -- have taken this drug several times in last few years with no side effects. Had this same panic attack 3 months ago on the first day of work in a new job where I was in a close room with 30 other people and suddenly felt I had no air. My head also felt as if I had no pulse up there. They took me to the ER, with an EKG 10 leads or so, blood test, and they found nothing. My BP was 160 over 110 or 90, but they were'nt terribly excited. They monitored me for 1 hours then, and the doctor released me saying they could find nothing wrong and blood work was normal The restaurant activity was worse, and it could be because of where it happened. I take no medications except that I drink alcohol on the weekends ( 6-8 beers a day)
, and viagra when I want to have sex. I try to stay hydrated. What should I be looking for... Today it is now about 24 hours post the restaurant fainting spell, and I drank a cup of coffee and some yogurt, but I feel a touch of lightheadedness and laid down again.