low blood pressure

[shootingstar]

I've always had a tendency to start blacking out when I get up from a sitting position, but recently it's almost every day and is getting a bit annoying. I've never actually fainted though I have spent plenty of time on hands and knees

My blood pressure usually measures to about 100 over 65, which I've been told is low but not extreme. I'm pretty sure my normal blood pressure is lower, cause I always get a bit psyched up about going to the doc and measuring stuff like this.

But I think the blacking out thing has more to do with how I deal with a sudden drop in blood pressure than the numbers in general, am I right? And does anyone have any handy tips on how to deal with it, apart from "don't get up quickly"?

- getting a bit bored of having to crawl around the weight room at work...

Daily? Hope you have seen doctor recently....

I was warned nearly a decade ago to simply not get up too quickly from a lying down/prone position. I keep on forgetting my blood pressure which has changed a different times.

[Kano]

[QUOTE=bunny_ninja;515800
just don't overdo the increased water consumption. I'd just follow the standard formula for ounces, activity, and body composition + a liter.

You might also increase your electrolyte intake.[/QUOTE]

My blood pressure seems to be lower in summer, when I'm active outdoors in the hot weather. Staying hydrated helped, but it was electrolytes that truly made a difference for me. I had a whole lot less problem with the dizzy thing. At least the physical kind of dizzy!

I did talk with my doctor about my numbers -- she said no problem!

Karen in Boise

[redrhodie]

lph, I remember from a thread a while back that you use an inversion table. Are you still using it? I would think that would help.

Thread high jack! I got an inversion table about a month ago, and it has had no effect on my dizziness, but I feel great in many other ways. My ankles and toes, which were always swollen (and I didn't even know it because it was constant), are not anymore. I also haven't had a headache and my neck feels great. My massage therapist can't believe how all my usual knots are gone. But, like I said, the dizziness is the same.

[indysteel]

Like Eden, I've noticed a big connection between hydration and light headedness. I, too, have low BP. I only get faint when I'm dehydrated. I've had some scary the-room-is-spinning moments.

[trista]

+1 for hydration being a factor. I'm a 100/60 person, and I am susceptible to tunnel-vision and dizzy spells, but I really do not think my BP is the culprit. I notice a direct correlation w/ my hydration level and the dizzy spells. The more hydrated I am, the less likely I am to see black when i stand up. I also try to keep up on my iron intake and B12. It seems like the additional iron helps as well, but I can't know for sure. But I do know i *really* have to keep up with my hydration to keep the dizzy spells at bay.

[FlyingScot]

+1 for electrolytes. Hydration is obviously the key but too much water will only make it worse. We are the lucky few who don't have to worry about sodium intake. My BP runs 80-90's/40-50's. Freaks my co-workers out. I have to increase my sodium intake in the summer and before long rides. Orthostatic hypotension is a daily thing for me. I've learned to switch positions slowly and I cannot ride if it is near 90 or above because then I just get dizzy no matter what my position. There are medications you can take. Your doctor may want to do a "tilt-table" test to determine if you need them.

[rocknrollgirl]

My BP runs about 90/60...and I only get the dizzy spells in the summer when I am dehydrated from training. That is probably the connection.

[bunny_ninja]

So I was at the doctor yesterday for my migraines...
I had 4 espressos in the morning, a large energy beverage at 10am, and a diet dr pepper around 1pm.

My pulse was 60 and my bp was 104/70. I feel out of shape!

[nscrbug]

Don't know how I missed this thread when it was originally started, but...I too, run on the low side with BP. Usually low 100's/60, but my last doctor visit last month I was 104/47...which is the lowest that I can recall for me. My doctors never seem to be too concerned about it. Back in February, when I had a colonoscopy...I kept setting off the alarm on the heart monitor machine because my HR kept dipping below 39... It freaked out the nurses at first, but then they just increased the alarm threshold so that I wouldn't keep setting the darn thing off. When my doctor came in, he asked if I was an "athlete" with such a low resting HR... I just laughed and said "hardly".

I get the lightheadedness and faint feeling all the time, too. Lately, it's been happening after I get off a piece of cardio equipment, like the treadmill or elliptical. I'm guessing it's hydration-related, as I tend to not drink too much when I get up in the morning since I don't really like that "sloshing" around feeling in my tummy when I start my cardio.

[NbyNW]

Blood pressure high or low because of some condition.Such as blood pressure high if someone use to have more salt in his meal.And Blood pressure goes low because of low vitamin in your body.So try to have green vegetables in your food.

I've always had plenty of green vegetables in my diet so I think there must be some other reason for LBP in my case. I think it runs in my family somehow.

The only thing that has pushed my BP up to "normal" numbers is sustained, high levels of stress.