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Originally Posted by DiMarie
Bobby, right after they take your BP stand up and take it again.
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Exactly. The one reading sitting doesn't check for orthostatic hypotension. It takes comparative readings.
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Originally Posted by mymorgy
the dizziness doesn't happen when i first rise but a few minutes afterwards.
i had my bp taken a month ago and it was 120 over 80 which is good. I take bp medicines. it hasn't happened in the last couple of days. i am under so much stress and have been so depressed. I don't know if that has anything to do with it.
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That's consistent with orthostatic hypotension. The dizziness is a consequence which doesn't happen right away... and need not happen consistently. When I had it, like I would get up, go to the kitchen, be getting something out of the counter, and
then I'd feel dizzy and weak ==> BP drop. Then it restores itself. Often but not always I'd also have vision go black for a couple secs. Once I fell on the floor, when it came on really suddenly -- I was 20 so even if I'd cracked my butt-bone then I would have healed ok ... at our ages I am a little more uptight about falls.
This always needs to be reported to a doc if the cause is unknown, but it's even more important when on BP meds. During the summer, if there are dietary changes, or if other precipitating conditions change, the meds can have a greater effect than desired.
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it hasn't happened in the last couple of days. i am under so much stress and have been so depressed. I don't know if that has anything to do with it.
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Has it happened in the past week? If it has not happened again, you can probably ignore it at this point. But if it has happened, call the doctor and just see if he wants you to go in.
In the meantime, if it is still happening, try getting up very slowly and not doing anything too vigorous (walking, raising arms) in the first couple minutes after getting up.
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