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Originally Posted by en bloc
Dysautonomia/orthostatic intolerance is when the BP drops upon standing, not rises. Your BP IS supposed to rise upon standing (to some degree) to keep blood in the brain even when gravity is trying to pull it down.
They should have done an MRI to rule out stroke for this last incident (which sounds like tell-tale stroke symptoms). What test did they do when you presented to the ER with those symptoms?
I'd be interesting in seeing the link you are referencing that says dysautonomia cause BP rising with standing...I have never heard that before and have had dysautonomia for 19 years (my BP drops upon standing and that is the classic presentation).
Your BP sounds fine...but your other symptoms are VERY concerning for stroke/TIA and should be followed up.
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Thanks this is what I thought too and what the woman consultant felt. She was expecting my BP to drop when I stood but it went from too high to soaring. Someone sent me a link today where she had read that in rare cases it rises rather than falls and this is card Orthostatic Intolerance. I guess, like everyone and everything there are almost always exceptions to the rule? But not conforming to the norm is my speciality it seems!? I think the autonomic system can fail a person in different ways. Did read that OI can worsen if it's secondary to a poorly controlled disease - which I maintain mine is currently. She said as o could follow line of vision, eyebrows both lifted at request, had no actual muscle palsy, had recovered from arm paralasis and foot drop by the time we got there - it wasn't a stroke