• saltesc@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    I have low blood pressure and am fairly tall so this happens most times I get up. Some times I black out completely and hit the deck.

    A doctor said it’s a good thing because by the time I’m old, my blood pressure will be like a normal adult and risk of stroke will be basically nothing. I just got to make it there without splitting my head open.

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      8 hours ago

      If your heart bpm increases by 20 when standing, get checked for POTS. This is not normally

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        7 hours ago

        Yeah, that gets done every so often in my check ups. Usually an “in case we missed it last time” thing.

        Dunno why someone downvoted you; POTS is common and one of the key symptoms is black outs getting up too quickly. It’s kinda like that with and fatigue or dizziness/balance, you get checked.

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          I always remove my own default upvote because I’m weird like that. I like things starting at 0

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      10 hours ago

      Or have low blood pressure, low blood sugar, are affected by some types of medication (some antidepressants, muscle relaxers, etc)… if it’s new talk to your doctor, but it’s probably easy to deal with. I got told to eat more salt to deal with it, since I already stay pretty hydrated.