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What Causes Profuse Sweating Followed By Slurred Speech?

Hi, today I was driving and felt very hot inside, got woozy, felt like I was going to pass out. Pulled over. Was sweating profusely ( hair and sweatshirt wet) was confused and maybe slurring a little. My son drove. It lasted about a half hour I was breathing heavy. I ate 2 doughnuts and drank water and felt a bit better. I am not diabetic. I have been sleeping rest of night. I have bad headache and suffer from migraine but this has never happened. It was very scary
Mon, 2 Jul 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

All these sudden symptoms are commonly seen with heart diseases.
So in my opinion you should immediately consult Cardiologist and get done blood pressure monitoring, ecg, 2d echo and stress test.
If all these are normal then no need to worry for heart diseases.
Sometimes extreme stress and anxiety can also cause similar kind of panic attack.
So consult psychiatrist and get done counselling sessions.
Try to identify stressor in your life and start working on its solution.
You will need anxiolytic drugs (propranolol and flunarizine combination) too.
Don't worry, you will be alright with all these but first rule out heart diseases.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
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What Causes Profuse Sweating Followed By Slurred Speech?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. All these sudden symptoms are commonly seen with heart diseases. So in my opinion you should immediately consult Cardiologist and get done blood pressure monitoring, ecg, 2d echo and stress test. If all these are normal then no need to worry for heart diseases. Sometimes extreme stress and anxiety can also cause similar kind of panic attack. So consult psychiatrist and get done counselling sessions. Try to identify stressor in your life and start working on its solution. You will need anxiolytic drugs (propranolol and flunarizine combination) too. Don t worry, you will be alright with all these but first rule out heart diseases. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.