Anyone feel faint from an enema?

I was given an enema yesterday and became very light headed to the point I almost fainted during expulsion. Was kind of scary because I didnt know what was happening to me. It was a plain water enema so no irritants in the water but she did insert the tube about 12 inches which is the furthest I ever had it. I can't imagine how I would have felt if it was a soap suds enema like I normally have.

You overdid it somewhere. It happens to me when I get too much Epsom Salt, or when I don't wait long enough between rounds.

I may have posted the same response in the wrong place sorry very new here. I have felt faint from plain water enemas since the balance can also destroy valuable assets your body needs.

The only time I bagan to feel a little faint taking an enema was trying to take four quarts and this was just too much for my system and comfort and stopped immediately!

I don't profess to really understand the medical end of it, but an enema washes out electrolytes, or something, from your system. You'll notice that you feel lazy and relaxed after? Too much can make you light headed, or perhaps, pass out, so I've been told.

There are definitely some physiological reactions that occur with an enema. Depending on one's condition at the time, different solutions can cause different reactions. It is quite common when having a colonic, to be provided fluids and electrolytes to offset any changes that might be detrimental.

I became quite nauseated once after having taken several enemas prior to a medical procedure. The faint feelings preceded the nausea. After the procedure, I made sure to hydrate with a quart of Gatorade and the problem subsided.

Once or twice but that is only a few times and after really over doing it really having fun

Even though I'm not glad that these faint feelings happen to anyone, it's good to know that the reaction I had after an enema isn't just me. I have a question about adding salt to prevent water absorption. Does the salt itself enter your bloodstream? If so, that's not good.

It happened to me once, many years ago, when I was first experimenting with enemas at 15 or 16. One thing I tried several times when having a bath was to push a thin rubber tube up inside the tap from which the bath tub was filled, adjust the water temperature to something comfortable, and then push the other end of the tube up me, so I was filled up by a slow stream of warm water. One evening when I had played this game for a while and expelled the results in the toilet, I started to feel faint, and did in fact faint on the bathroom floor. On coming to I picked myself up and a few minutes later vomited. An unpleasant and disturbing experience. It’s obvious to me today that a good deal of the water must have been absorbed and it had played havoc with my electrolytes, but I had no information of this kind at the time.

So yes, it can happen, and electrolyte imbalance is a likely cause. If you take a large volume of water and intend to retain it for a good while, add about a teaspoonful of salt per litre. This will balance the physiological concentration and prevent water from getting absorbed.

Edit to answer Unsure’s question: there will be no net absorption of salt if the concentrations are balanced.

I've already had an asthma attack while trying to expel an enema. Weird feeling....I did pass out into my boyfriend's arms. It was during the winter and cold out. He had the shower going to warm the bathroom and a small heater on. The enema water was quite warm. The window was opened to give me some air but then I panicked and was gulping for air. He held me, trying to get me to relax, but I passed out. He said as soon as I passed out, I began to breathe normal again. I was only out a few seconds. Scared me so we try to keep the room cooler now when he gives me enemas.

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I have never felt light headed but i have experenced some bad cramping before, usually caused by not having the water warm enough.

I rarely feel ill from an enema, unless it is a really huge one, like more than one gallon. once i felt really wierd, i had this extreme sense of heavy weightedness on my front-side and felt like i would topple over forward! water is dense stuff, adds pounds to you when your holding in an enema! For the most part, however, enemas make you feel great, the fullness, the expulsion the supreme clean feeling throughout your body. makes life worth living.

This isn't exactly a response to the faintness from enemas, but over the past 12 years I've been in an E.R. 4 times with radiation colitis attacks. During these attacks water is pulled from the body and expelled many times, along with potassium. I start to have slurred speech, then stagger and once my heartbeat became irregular. The treatment was always the same, potassium chloride I.V. wide open drip and 5% Dextrose I.V. in the other arm. The time the heart started acting up, I stayed over night for observation and more I.V.'s. Each trip cost $1000. The over night cost $3000. I've learned to chug G-2 (reduced sugar Gatorade) when these attacks start and eat several doses of Lomotil. That shuts things off in a few hours, sometimes for several days, but I know how to get things moving again. Potassium loss can kill you, by stopping your heart. They will also start me a on a 5 day dose of prednisone to knock out the inflammation in the colon and also phenergan for the nausea that goes with the hypokalemia. I complained to my oncologist about this and he said "It's better than being dead from colon cancer, isn't it?" (He's so empathetic)

If the water is too warm, it can make me feel faint.

I also think that volume against the stomach can cause light headed feelings.

I used to chat with an RN about our common enema fetish, and told her that I sometimes felt nauseated, which could lead to feeling a bit faint. She told me that I was most probably making the water too warm, and that was it. I now test the temp on my wrist, as has long been done to test the temp of the contents of a baby's bottle. Your wrist is far more sensative than your hand, works like a charm. All the info on adding salt, maintaining potassium levels, etc. is on the money as well.

The only times I have felt faint were following repeated enemas (3 or 4) with very warm water. I thought that adding salt was supposed to help with that, but I has NOT in my case.

Does anyone know if a difference exists between a regular two-quart enema and a colonic in terms of safety/the faint feeling? Has anyone who has had the faint feeling during an enema not had the same sensation while receiving a colonic? I've heard that, because the water doesn't stay inside your colon as long, you're less likely to get an imbalance during a colonic. But that could be erroneous information.

I'm desperate to try another colonic (having only had two poorly performed 20-minute gravity colonics over a decade ago), but I'm terrified of the side effects, mainly the possibility that I'll get the same alarming reaction I received during my first bag enema three years ago. I'm feeling that I might never be able to give myself a large enema or get a colonic again because the risk is too great.

I would think that the one great advantage to receiving colonic hydrotherapy is that you're not solo. A trained professional is right there with you. Also during a colonic, you're still, not moving around and changing postion, then finally standing up to walk to the toilet to expel.

I would find a reputable therapist, and when you go for your appointment tell him or her that you've had some issues with dizziness with enemas. I would take some apple or orange juice with me to sip on, just in case.

When your treatment is finished, sit up and move around slowly. Don't jump off the table and dive into your clothes and out the door. Give your body time to readjust to what has just happened.

I'm not a candidate for colonic hydrotherapy because of my renal failure. More's the pity, I would love to try it.

I have been light headed numerous of times. I drink alot of water though but of course your mucus membrane take intake much faster rectally. So enemas will drain you if you don't balance your electrolytes. Just recently a special person told me about salt to it so I didn't get that mass absorption which can mess you up unless fixed with a balance. In this case salt. So now I feel much better about taking these weekly without getting sick/injured.

I had the same experience of lightheadedness and weakness after. It was pretty scary. After doing some research I learned that the difference between adult and children's dosage of medications is based on weight, not age. If you are a low fat/exercise fan, size 2 or under, you probably need a child's dose enema, which is half of the regular bottle. Or just go with water and no salt.

I tried a real hot enema once and it made me feel dizzy, also once with a little wine but that's kind of obvious, wine will make anybody dizzy if given in an enema. Since then I've lowered the temperature and no problems at all.

Since many of our members are 50 and older, it stands to reason that many of them are also on blood pressure medicines. It's common for older folks on B.P.meds to feel dizzy if they get up off a bed quickly; lots of older folks will fall and break bones. This is called orthostatic hypotension. Dr's warn those people to sit up, sit still, then slowly stand and stand still, before walking. If you are on the floor, or bed for your irrigation and you suddenly stand up, dizziness can happen. Also, after expelling, you have just lost a fair amount of potassium and that can induce dizziness.

For me problems always start in the end of very long pleasure sessions when I simply can't stop.After 20+ enemas it doesn't matter have you added salt or soda to water or not,human body is exhausted anyway.Worse still for health if I have more than one ejaculation during enema sessions, much of needed biological power is gone with that.

Look at some enema equipment advertisements:" NOT FOR FAINT HEARTED",so follow their advice!

I've felt faint after long retentions and agree with the water saturation and resulting electrolyte imbalance theory. However I've also gotten light headed when things got too hot as in the room and the water and thus me.

Never really faint, mosty just a bit tired after my childhood enemas. Mom put me back in bedfor awhile. With colonics, it's a positive feeling of lightness at the end.

I really messed up with my emate and future wife. I met her because she was a regular in nozzleville. She hadn't ever had an enema but was interested and she was very willing to give to me. I filled the bag with plain luke warm water and she proceeded to take the whole 2 qtwithout whimpering. After she voided, she told me she was dizzy and I just dismissed it as an aberration. A couple of days later I gave her the second enema with the same results. She would give but never take again. I WAS WRONG. We enema lovers have built up a tolerance--my emate was a newbie and 1qt the first time would be more than enough. I learned this lesson and learned something new. Even an enema lover that only takes very seldom can get dizzy from taking a large volume. Apparently the human colon system is not ready for a high volume enema. Only several small enemas will increase the tolerance.

Never feel faint from an enema even from very large with long retention. Only if take an enema early after a good meal I seldom feel sick.

Happy E.

Acquaman

The most common cause of dizziness or feeling faint after a large enema or a retention enema is hyponatremia-- an electrolyte imbalance caused by too much water being absorbed by the large intestine. The easiest way to prevent this is to use about a tablespoon of plain (not iodised) salt per gallon.

I sometimes do. It usually goes away shortly after. I find that if you get the right balance of salts in the solution you don't get that feeling.f

Yes, I have felt faint, but not to the point of passing out. Normally the feeling is light-headedness and perspiration. Probably because the water is too warm. I've noticed that this happens during to rinse cycle after a soapy enema. Adding the salt go the rinse does help although. The Gatorade idea is a good one too. I'll try that next session.