Originally Posted by underwater

you know, one of the symptoms that won't let up even as i progress in other ways is my head pounds like the dickens when i stand up quickly or move to quickly. i've been increasing the amount of time i'm active--started with walking 100 feet, now i walk/bike about 1.5hrs day, but really, really slowly.

i haven't increased the speed much b/c of the pounding. so i've been googling this ****, naturally. and found something about Orthostatic Hypertension. Somehow arteries or whatever have a hard time adjusting and getting blood to your brain, and two risk factors are:
- prolonged bed rest (yep, 3 months i barely moved)
- tricyclic (or whatever they're called) antidepressants (yep, i'm on amatryptaline)

i also think things got physically compromised (concussions can alter blood flow to the brain i've heard) b/c pounding started from day 1.

so i'm eating a little more salt (high BP is not an issue for me, i eat like a bird and pretty healthy), hoping to taper off the amatryp, and gonna just hope it improves in time w/ movement assuming docs have no better ideas.

let's keep on taking baby steps together even if we get our asses kicked occasionally for trying. am i allowed to swear on here?