Weird sensation when joints are touched

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Ever since I was a child, if something or someone brushed up against my knees or elbows when they were unbent, or touched them when they were unbent, I felt like I was going to faint if they did not stop. My mother never really seemed to take me seriously because she would catch me off guard and grab my knee or elbow and tease me. Whenever she asked doctors about it, she was told it was just extra sensitivity because of the autism. I've NEVER had a doctor so much as want to do an X-ray and see if there was something going on in there that shouldn't.

That is really interesting because I have something sorta similar, only the other way around. I faint, wake paralyzed, and the very last muscles to restore themselves are my knees. Guess how much I can accomplish with knees made of jello? Zero. Eventually I can roll to the telephone but even with 2 strong men holding me up, I can't brace my knees, so they can't put me in a chair. That lasts a few hours.

But what I need to tell you is that I finally took this problem to the top neurologist at our top Neuro Hospital, and guess what the diagnosis is? Patient faints. That's it. I can't find the doc's letter - is there a word like syncape? Anyway, he said it had to do with sudden change in blood pressure, so I should never stand up fast.

And that was it. The most frightening in my life - I fainted in traffic once - and there's nothing to do about it, just lie there till I get restored, while the cars drive around me, if they will be so kind.

But yours is interesting because the trigger is a touch from outside. Hmmm... Do you feel faint if it's not a surprise?

I'm really curious about what could cause that. Never mind your sceptical relatives, I had that too. A letter from the top dog doc shuts everybody up. I got one for autism too. It takes years but those years will pass anyway.

I've been googling and find that there might be some connection with elbow and blood pressure. This is why docs position your arm when taking blood pressure. But the elbow is too complicated to go further. Also the ulnar nerve could be involved.

I'd be tempted to take revenge on family members who cause discomfort on purpose. Like leave a plastic spider in her pocket.

Anyway, does anyone have an idea what this could be? Is it related to the autism?

Fainting and blood pressure go together - how about asking a doc if it might be that? Somebody touches your elbow, send BP up or down, you feel faint. Maybe ask a doc?

I get it, unbent elbows and/or knees.
Would you like to ask a doctor? What if the doc could make it stop?
Is it the same if your elbows/knees are covered?
Maybe you could try wrapping them with tape?

I hate the idea of you feeling faint; it's horrible when it happens to me.

It's probably just burning. Don't touch the lit end!

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