Wonder drug?

[stuckmotor]

I've experienced dizziness in varying degrees off and on for several weeks. The other day it left and hasn't returned after I ate something special....... a rack of ribs.

 

[1 Old Man]

Thank you for that health tip.

 

[stuckmotor]

I'm on a trial dose of blood pressure medication. My theory is that the dose is too high causing me to get dizzy when I first stand up. The ribs might have raised my bp enough that my bain now gets enough blood to keep me from being dizzy.

 

[MossRoad]

I've experienced dizziness in varying degrees off and on for several weeks. The other day it left and hasn't returned after I ate something special....... a rack of ribs.

The secret is in the sauce...

 

[ponytug]

I'm on a trial dose of blood pressure medication. My theory is that the dose is too high causing me to get dizzy when I first stand up. The ribs might have raised my bp enough that my bain now gets enough blood to keep me from being dizzy.

The medical phrase is, I think, "orthostatic hypotension". There are a number of causes, and treatments, such as adjusting your blood pressure dosage. If it were me, I would let my doctor know. But I'm not an MD, and don't play one on TV...

In the interim, I would be careful standing up and changing positions from the horizontal to vertical. If I felt myself getting faint, I would try to get myself on the floor in a controlled way before falling, but that's just me.

All the best,

Peter

 

[MossRoad]

The medical phrase is, I think, "orthostatic hypotension". There are a number of causes, and treatments, such as adjusting your blood pressure dosage. If it were me, I would let my doctor know. But I'm not an MD, and don't play one on TV...

In the interim, I would be careful standing up and changing positions from the horizontal to vertical. If I felt myself getting faint, I would try to get myself on the floor in a controlled way before falling, but that's just me.

All the best,

Peter

After surgery last month, they told me not to look at the floor as I stood up. Look down, place your feet, then look forward as you rise. Seems to work pretty well. I still do it.

But it's imperative to get it checked by a Dr.

 

[stuckmotor]

Thanks Peter.
I have an appointment with.the doctor in a few days and am keeping a bp chart if I remembered the date I had the ribs correctly, th bp spiked on the day I had ate them. I was craving ribs and it might have been because my body knew they'd help.

So far the.room hasn't been spinning and I haven't needed any more ribs.
Stuck

 

[RayIN]

I'm on a trial dose of blood pressure medication. My theory is that the dose is too high causing me to get dizzy when I first stand up. The ribs might have raised my bp enough that my bain now gets enough blood to keep me from being dizzy.

Dizzy when immediately standing up from bed or chair is one sign of low blood pressure. Poor balance while walking is another.
My Dr. just weaned me off one BP med, my heart rate was in the 40's to low 50's, once it was 38 and I could barely walk/stand without falling sideways.
I wore a bluetooth (wireless &waterproof) heart monitor for a month, made by Boston Scientific, the results, to put it in the Dr.s language "it isn't pretty, It's a wonder you're alive".
It didn't hinder me from anything i wanted to do. Medicare paid for all but $250 of the rental cost.
Buy yourself a BP wrist cuff from WM or a drug store, take a reading daily. It will store each result, then you can show it to your heart Dr. to remove any doubts they have.

 

[deserteagle71]

I'm on a trial dose of blood pressure medication. My theory is that the dose is too high causing me to get dizzy when I first stand up. The ribs might have raised my bp enough that my bain now gets enough blood to keep me from being dizzy.

My theory is that a lot of us who are on blood pressure meds really don't need them. "White coat syndrome", plus other factors, make blood pressure rise. Myself, I live here out here in a rural area where it is quiet and peaceful and my body gets used to it. When I have to drive to the city to see my doctor I can feel my blood pressure rising as soon as I get to city limits - the traffic and general chaos that I'm not at all used to. By the time I get to my doctor's office I'm all tensed up...and that's when they take my blood pressure. I think a lot of people are that way - going to a doctor is always stressful. Plus, I'm old. I can remember from my EMT training 40 years ago that blood pressure rises as a person gets older. So why are they trying to keep my blood pressure at 120/60, a good reading for someone 20 years old, when I'm 80 years old?

 

[Bocephous]

Most commonly accepted "medical" advice given out the last couple of decades in regard to salt, sunlight, cholesterol, and saturated fat, for the majority of folks, has been flat out wrong. Keep eating the ribs.