Question: My son is 16 years old, he has had 8 fainting bouts since August of 2015. He passes out and then has immediate chest pains, shortness of breath, and confusion on average of about 1.5 to 2 hours each time. He has also suffered from severe short term memory loss since these bouts occurred. He has had an MRI and EEG which showed nothing. He was seen by a cardiologist who found nothing. He was diagnosed with PreCordial Catch Syndrome when he was 10 years old. He has ADD and has been taking Adderall 20 mg XR since 5.5 years old. Six months ago his choloresteral, sugar levels, etc. were all normal. Since these bouts his choloresteral has now doubled (well over 300+), he had a glucose level of 106 (pre-diabetic), his red blood cell has greatly increased also. No one can seem to figure out what is going on. My personal physician suggested he may have Addison's disease but has not been tested. He also had a 24 hour urine test when he had his last bout last week and everything came back normal except one high reading that the endroconologist said was okay since everything was normal. Need advise on what to do. He used to be a straight A student but due to his short memory loss now, he cannot retain information fails tests, forgets homework and turning it in etc. All these bouts happen at rest time and not during excertion. He was also diagnosed with asthma last December during these bouts, which he never had before.

Drs. Das:
XXXXXXX had a 24 Holter monitor when he was 10 years old and wore it for a complete month. He had two monitor flare ups but nothing else. The was done by a pediatric cardiologist. The determination was the Pre-Cordial Catch Syndrome. Could this actually have been the Sick Sinus Syndrome but misdiagnosed? XXXXXXX had various attacks from age 10 to last year when he just turned 16 years old lasting in duration about the same amount of time as the current attacks and some much shorter. In July 2015 he had a dehydration issue and then just before all the fainting spills started, etc. he had a moderate dehydration in August 2015 with required two iv bags given by the hospital, an elevated blood pressure and a heart rate of over 100 (they gave him a pill to reduce his heart rate). He often has higher blood pressure readings according to his pediatrician now of about 130/80+ which she says is high for a teenager.
A cardiologist did a EKG and Echocardiogram in December 2015 and said everything looked fine. He administered a fit test and said that he had only 80% lung capacity and diagnosed him with asthma, which he never had before. Could the cardiologist misdiagnosed the Pre-Cordial Catch Syndrome almost 7 years ago?

Please advise.

Thank you.

Thank you for you response. My son's endrocolonolgist is pointing that he has schizophrenia and not a medical condition. My son displays absolutely no positive points of that diagnosis. It's disheartening that because she cannot figure anything out that he must have a chemical imbalance because he had adhd. Thus diagnosis does not explain the 8 bouts of fainting, and all the other medical syptoms that occuring.