This may sound stupid (and this is not something new but this has been happening for years), and only if I blow my nose hard) but I notice that if I blow my nose really hard, I have to hold on to the wall because either the room looks like it's moving or everything turns dark for a moment or two.
I have learned to NOT BLOW MY NOSE HARD. And this never happens if I sneeze but when I forget and blow my nose hard, (well, this just happened five minutes ago), and I knew what was happening, so I just held on to the wall, and said to myself, "okay, you'll be fine in 30 seconds and I was".

Also, if I am bending down (I was glue gunning a tv co-axial cable to my baseboard) and I got up quickly, it was like I almost passed out. I was fine in 30 seconds. I immediately took my blood pressure (with the wrist cuff thing and it said 137/72 and my pulse was 62. This wrist cuff thing is never accurate, my blood pressure at every doctor visit is usually 100/59 because I'm on zestoretic 20/25 and the specialists at Cornell seem to prefer this because I'm on a blood pressure protocol and they LOVE when my pressure reads like that.

I use light salt on my foods. Maybe I used too much on my grilled chicken over lettuce and tomatoes for lunch. I don't know.

I felt perfectly fine a few moments later. I feel fine now. I am trying to drink more liquids but that takes some getting used to. I'm not doing great in that department. I forget to drink when I should be drinking my water.

My sister in law says this always happens to her when she gets out of bed fast or gets up out of a chair too fast. This never happens to me when I get up out of bed or get up too fast.

Only when I blow my nose hard, or just now when I bent down to glue gun the stuff and got up fast.

So I guess if I'm bending down glue gunning something on the floor, I can't get up fast and I have to stop blowing my nose hard right?

But why would that happen when I blow my nose hard.

I just got all blood tests back and I'm perfectly fine, thank goodness for that (except for the uric acid thing and Dr. Fred said I was dehydrated).

This nose blowing thing has been doing that for as long as I can remember so this is not a new thing. You'd think I would remember to blow gently now wouldn't you?

Anybody care to hazard a guess?

Thanks, mel

Blowing the nose too hard (not advisable) puts pressure on the middle ear
which if it has fluid in it will push on the ear drum..and that causes dizziness.
Any pressure on the ear drum will do it.

2) Going from sitting/bending/lying down to standing can result in
orthostatic hypotension..this is an adjustment in blood pressure from
positional changes. Most people on blood pressure medications have that
from time to time.

Thanks for assuring me I'm not going to meet my maker any time soon. I'm the kind of person, who if I have a pain, asks my doctor if I have this or that.

I don't want to be that kind of person. I've improved a great deal. Taken me 59 years to get to this point in life but at least I now know that I can blow my nose and my head won't fall off.

For this I thank you and send hugs your way.

mel

Sooo smart... We are so lucky to have people like this on our board...

Cathie

Are you kidding? I was sure my head was going to fall off!!!

I wouldn't be alive if it wasn't for all you guys on these boards!!! These boards have literally changed my lives and Alan's lives. And for the better, that I can assure you.

Oh, this just happened. Alan is sitting in the living room waiting for Deal or No Deal to come on at 8 p.m. so he puts his religious shows on Channel 369 (We have Direct TV). Well, he starts yelling, "there's no signal". I sigh and go, "here we go again". I had to call Direct TV, learn all about Dish pointing and signal strength and this and that. Just when I was getting somewhere he says: "Call them back tomorrow, Deal or no Deal is coming on."

Oh, guess what else happened today, My free Showtime went off and I politely asked her for an extension and she said "sure no problem, you can have two more months".

I DO LOVE Direct TV. Now Alan on the other hand can be a pain in the you know what!!!!

mel

MEL BEFOR YOU CALL DIRECT TV DO TWO THINGS ONE UNPLUG THE BOX WEIGHT 60 SEC AND THAN PLUG BACK IN THIS SHOULD REBOOT THE SYSTEM WEATHER IS THE ONLY CONCERN I DONT KNOW HOW LONG YOU HAVE HAD DIRECTV BUT THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL KNOCK THE SYSTEM OUT UNTILL IT PASSES I HAVE HAD DIRECTV FOR 4 YRS SO I CAN WATCH THE YES CHANNEL AND THIS HAS BEEN THE ONLY PROBLEM

DOUG
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