Blood pressure and sugar?
 

This may be off on pn little. I just am trying to figure out if my dizzy/out of it/breathing issue is something due to the pn,fibromyalgia,etc or something seperate. In my blood work and when I go to the docs my gluocose levels I was wrong it is 79 and 105/80 blood pressure. Could any of this be contributing to my weird feeling? I asked the endo because in the past I was told I had hypoglycemia and she said that is not a real issue and just when you go too long without eating. I eat though every few hours. Any idea?Could this in any way effect my pain probably not but who knows so I thought I would ask. What are ways to bring up these levels too? Or are they fine and some are just low in these numbers?

I will leave this one for one of the experts, but do you drink plenty of fluids ?

Daniella:

I can tell you about the blood pressure reading. 105/80 is not low.

I go to Cornell once a month. My blood pressure is around 102/59 or over 65, and everybody gives a thumbs up and says "wow, look at that blood pressure reading. I'm in a cardiovascular diabetic program that monitors both diabetes and blood pressure. It's two protocols actually!!! It seems that when you have diabetes you are at risk for getting strokes, heart attacks, etc. So this protocol (they are gathering information over 9 years), well, they want to find out what cause and effect is.

I've been on blood pressure meds since I'm 26 years old. For hypertension. I don't even remember what my blood pressure was way back then, but I was almost 300 lbs.

At Cornell, the doctors said they have changed the information on what your blood pressure should read. It should be lower than the 120/80 (as it has been believed this was normal), for the past years. Well, the guys at Cornell don't seem to think this particular number is what a person should strive for.

I actually didn't understand anything they were talking about when I joined the protocol but after almost 3 years, I get to listening and understanding a bit more. So they've changed my blood pressure meds over the past 2 years, adding a water pill and then reducing it because it dropped my pressure too much.

So when I go and they put me in this cuff attached to this computer thing,and it takes three readings, and then averages it out. (They also do the manual thing too). And when they see 100/59 (which caused me to say "oh my god, isn't this too low"??., and the doctors said "are you kidding, these numbers are perfect".

So what the heck did I know???? lol Oh, I just remembered you are way younger than I am. Maybe it's different when you're young??? I have no idea


Melody


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Thanks. None of the docs have been concerned. I just was reading about dizzy and out of it and people were talking about blood pressure or low blood sugar.The docs can't figure out why I have this on and off weird feeling. I drink a lot of fluids. Another unsolved mystery just like the leg pain other then pn who knows. I'm like an allien from outer space.Thanks guys.

Dizziness can also be a sign of Vertigo (Alan had that, and he had a bad case of it). He has menieries (an inner ear thing).

This happened quite some time ago.

Does the room spin around (for no reason at all), or is it just when you get up fast??

melody

I went to the ear doc and talked to the gp at my phsycial. I only had an ear infection actually 2 and the gp thought it was allergies so gave me nose spray. It still happens though.No its not a spinning or when I get up its just random. Its like a hard to focus and like drugged feeling. I used to think after a high pain day it would happen cause it seemed to be the pattern. Thanks again.

Are you on any pain meds?? Maybe this dizzy thing is a reaction to a med you are on??

It's a possiblity.

Melody