Greetings,
I'm wondering if perhaps in some ways the situations overlap (the fainting and the pre-OBE phenomena) ? If she had suddenly put her head down and got increased circulation to her brain, she might have triggered the first steps. But the rest of her body wouldn't have been prepared, it seems.
Has she been planning to get involved in these consciousness explorations?

When someone's ill, any speculatons from strangers are secondary to a doctor's opinion. The next time she goes in to see one, perhaps she should report those symptoms.