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Q: Temporary blindness when standing up

asked by: terungaa on February 18th, 2009

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i sometimes totally white out for ~5 seconds with a small migraine after sitting down for long-ish periods of time and then stand up. thing is, it only happens when i sit on the couch (but not always), and not at the computer

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