I will take your advice. I usually get up slowly anyways to lift myself up off the futon. I have to use my hands on the floor to do it.
I haven't had it in the past week i don't think. I keep waiting for it to occur but it hasn't. I still feel stressed about cecilia and not walking which i have to force myself to do. I do enjoy spending more time in bed in the morning though.....lazy? I am still obsessing about selling the stock and having my rent go up about 250 a month. I am definitely looking forward to wednesday when i hope to meet the rabbi. I will try to find out what parsha he will be reading by checking on the net. Last week's was on the net.
If i have TIA i wonder what i can do. I am trying to lose weight but i am three pounds over my low weight which is quite heavy. I started eating more salads. I plan to go to the senior center all the time because of my isolation.
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bobby
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Originally Posted by waves
Exactly. The one reading sitting doesn't check for orthostatic hypotension. It takes comparative readings.
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.
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.
waves
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