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  1. I am new to this forum and I am hoping that I can find some guidance here. For about the past seven years my husband has had episodes where he will have the following symptoms: slurred speech, glossy eyes, pale skin color, sweating, dilated pupils, visual disturbance, feeling as though his blood "pools to his feet", unbalanced gait, sometimes vomitting (although this happened only twice) and gastrointenstinal upset. Most of the time, I can notice some of these symptoms before he knows about them. One symptom that has occurred on several occasions is there is an alcohol odor from his breath. When I tell ER physicians about them, they ask if he has been drinking (his symptoms do mimic someone being drunk), but I am appalled that they throw this in there on top of what already is a tough situation. He has seen so many doctors and had so many tests, and they keep saying it is syncope. We have seen endocrinologists to urologists and all diagnostic tests come back fine. The only issue there ever is, is a slight decrease in potassium. There have been times where we have had to dial 911. During those times, when he received oxygen, he rebounds quite quickly. These episodes are now at a point where he is in jeopardy of losing his job (although I don't know if they can truly terminate him due to this disability). He is being treated for HBP with Atenolol and Lisinopril. He also sees someone at the heart clinic due to his elevated lipids and cholesterol. He has never had the tilt table test done to determine syncope. I noticed that people are filing for SSDI. Is there special verbage that SSDI looks for when filing for disability? Is a Neurocardiogenic Syncope diagnosis enough to file for SSDI? Then once on SSDI, how long can someone stay on SSDI? Thank you for your patience with me - we are so overwhelmed with all these years of episodes. We need some guidance.
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