Fainting

Two days ago I went to the doctor to have more blood work done for my Lyme disease doctor. It was a fasting blood test so I had not eaten yet that morning. The nurse could not draw blood from my veins. He eventually had to try a vein near my wrist. He finally found a vein but the needle hurt so badly. I have never experienced that much pain from just puncturing my veins. Right after the pain, I felt myself start to faint. I told the nurse and he told me to take a deep breath. That did not help because I was blacking out. I couldn't see him. I know my body. He should have listened to me instead of dismissing me. I have problems with my autonomic nervous system and with my adrenal glands so I have fainted many times. The next thing that happened was that I was dreaming. The dreams were coming faster and faster. I do not remember what they were about. The next thing I knew I came to with my head in my lap and I could see six pairs of feet surrounding the chair. Apparently, I had been unconscious for a few minutes. The head nurse was talking to me and she told me that I had to keep talking to her and to keep my eyes open. It was so hard for me to stay awake and to talk. I felt awful and extremely weak. For the next hour, I lay in a reclining chair. I kept feeling as if I was going to faint again. I haven't fainted like that in a few years. I went home and felt awful for the rest of the day. It is frustrating to have that happen and then to have to "pay" for it for a few days. I am still not feeling back to what is "normal" for me. The ridiculous part of this story is that I am not scared of needles or of having my blood drawn. I think that the stress of the pain on my system before I had eaten or taken my adrenal medicine caused the fainting reaction. Now eveyone is going to think that I am afraid of needles. I hope that I do not faint again for a long time because when I wake up from it, I feel awful. I was so weak that it was really hard to talk for about 1 hour. What is going on right now? First I hurt my back and now I fainted. I just want to feel better.