Dizziness

[leulamax]

Hey all,
I have a question. I have noticed the whenever I do any heavy exercise (climbing on a bike or uphill hiking), if I have to stop, my heart feels like it is fluttering and beating heavily and I get dizzy and almost naseaous. I am not out of breath really, because I am in decent shape. If I walk around a little bit or put my head down, it will pass within 5 minutes or so. I don't notice this when I am actually doing the exercise, just when I stop. I have my blood pressure checked regularly and it is normally low around 100/65. I don't know if this is something I need to be concerned about or not. Thanks for any input.

[Kalidurga]

Your symptoms sound very similar to what I experienced a few times last year. I was alarmed, but chalked it up to not being used to climbing, heatstroke, bonking, whatever. Since then I've had milder symptoms when at rest, so I'm now having tests done for a heart arrhythmia.

You may want to join in on the Atrial Flutter (http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=29866) thread that easterbird began last week, so that we don't have multiple threads on basically the same topic.

[Zen]

When you're actively cycling most of your your blood flow (and therefore oxygen) is directed to your legs. When you stop cycling you need that oxygen in other places but if you stop suddenly it's still mostly in your legs so you may be getting dizzy form lack of oxygen.
That's why we cool down in spin class or before getting off a treadmill.

This should last only a brief time though. If it takes a while to go away or if there is pain involved I would certainly have some testing done.

[redrhodie]

http://ezinearticles.com/?Dizziness-in-Athletes&id=106991

I read this article a while ago. I'm not sure it's what you're describing, but I thought it might help.

I get dizzy sometimes when standing up, but never while exercising.

[Zen]

I like Dr. Gabe almost as much as Dr. Drew (Dr. Drew is kind of hot:p)

[Kalidurga]

Well, damn, it's a good thing I didn't read that article two years ago when I had vertigo, I would've convinced myself I was having strokes.

[tctrek]

Do you have ear infections or do your ears ring? Could be fluid in your ears or some mild nerve damage to your inner ear.

[ny biker]

I get dizzy sometimes when standing up, but never while exercising.

This has been happening to me much more often over the past couple of years. I think in my case it might be migraine-related. I've been cutting down on the dosage of the daily meds I take to manage migraines during that time, and when I stopped taking them completely a couple of months ago, the lightheadedness got much worse. I went back on a low dose of the drugs and that helped.

[redrhodie]

This has been happening to me much more often over the past couple of years. I think in my case it might be migraine-related. I've been cutting down on the dosage of the daily meds I take to manage migraines during that time, and when I stopped taking them completely a couple of months ago, the lightheadedness got much worse. I went back on a low dose of the drugs and that helped.

That could be--I've had migraine issues for years.

I'm lucky that I discovered that routine chiropractor adjustments really do the trick for my migraines, but the dizziness still comes every so often, usually upon standing up in dim lighting (now that I'm thinking about it, it's probably an early warning sign I'm due for an adjustment).

I fell once and hit my head on a steel shelf (due to the dizziness--not a cause of the dizziness) and got a concussion, so that's definitely something to be concerned about if you're having dizziness. I now know to stop moving, lower my head, and hold onto something stationary. That was what led me to a chiropractor to begin with, that middle of the night fall. After a couple of treatments, I realized the migraines stopped. Back then, I was taking Imetrex, and it wasn't really helping me very well. I guess the fall was a good thing!

[smilingcat]

I haven't really gone out for a training ride since February. Partly not enough time for a ride, partly lack of enthusiasm, and partly because I've been having minor dizzy spells.

In place of riding, I've been going for easy walk with my partner. And during my walk, I been getting dizzy for no apparent reason. Just all of sudden dizzy for a second then I'm fine. occasionally, my peripheral vision goes gray for a second. I do have to stand up or get up slowly but nothing out of the norm. But the dizziness while on a leisure walk??

So today, I went and saw my doctor. He has in his chart of my BP but he asked anyway. Mine is normally 60/100 or there abouts. Today he said mine was 56/104. And he said my heart rate is really low as in low 50's :eek: :eek: 20-30 years ago when I used to train seriously my heart rate was down around 52-54 and with bit of concentration, I could force it to skip. :D My doctor didn't think funny back then. I'm no spring chicken, I haven't been training like I used to and I thought my HR was up in the 70's how could his reading be so different then mine where I just take mine the old fashioned way?? pulse of my jugular with my index finger. I trust my doctor's reading more than mine. but still??

he gave me the green light to start training again :D :cool: He knows my training regimen and thought it was okay. One of his former patient went to the national. So he is very familiar with our commitment and training schedule. (I'm no where near just too old)

So hopefully I can get back up to where I need to be. As for dizziness, maybe I just have a temporary irregularity in my heart beat but never when I'm working out hard.

Nothing to worry about I guess. Yahoo just get out of the doldrum and ride baby ride!!

[NoraBelinda]

Last week 4-27-09 I went on a long 40 mile ride with climbing over 1,500 feet in elevation. Felt great the next day did a weight work out and hiked for an 1 hour. Since I have been experiencing dizziness to lesser & greater degress. Has anyone else experienced this and any ideas for minimize? :confused:

[tctrek]

Last week 4-27-09 I went on a long 40 mile ride with climbing over 1,500 feet in elevation. Felt great the next day did a weight work out and hiked for an 1 hour. Since I have been experiencing dizziness to lesser & greater degress. Has anyone else experienced this and any ideas for minimize? :confused:

Blood sugar? Are you eating enough during and after all this work?

[Photoflygirl]

What you describe is how I have felt after a couple of rides where my heart rate was pretty high, probably 80-90% of max. The only other times I have felt this is after a stress echo test. This goes away in a day or two. I can't really describe the feeling in my chest that lingers, it's kind of like that exhiliration feeling you get after exercising, except it is really intense. Like I said, it goes away in a day or two and the doctor says its nothing to worry about. It should get better over a period of time as I continue to exercise.

[Photoflygirl]

I had this feeling again after a ride this week and decided to go to the dr. to see what was up. She suggested I had exercise induced asthma, and gave me an inhaler (Proventil) to use 20 min before cycling. Two other tests she did on me were negative. I tried the inhaler and felt much better after my rides. This only happens when my heart rate gets really high. I researched this on the Net and found that this is really common in athletes and will possibly go away with conditioning. That is what I am aiming for! I absolutely hate to take medicine, but will do it when necessary.