Go see a doctor mate
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unknown@piefed.social 1 year ago
And also me when I've been standing for too long. I do not exist comfortably on the vertical plane
Zwiebel@feddit.org 1 year ago
unknown@piefed.social 1 year ago
I appreciate the concern but I already know what causes it, it's a dysautonomic dysfunction. The other person who replied guessed it spot on, haha.
peopleproblems@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Does really hot weather seem to cause it?
Do you seem to eat less salt than other people?
Do you have persistently low blood pressure but a heart rate that is easy to spike?
If you stretch just right will it happen?
I don’t want to just say “go see a doctor” but having collapsed at very bad opportunities, it is not worth finding out until it’s too late that you have to make some lifestyle changes to function.
unknown@piefed.social 1 year ago
Aye, spot on on all counts, it's dysautonomia.
Doctor wasn't much help tbh, compression socks, lots of salt and try to sit down before you fall down, were basically all the advice I got. The nhs is a bit shit tho.
peopleproblems@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Well, bro, I got some bad news on that front.
I’ve been to two of the best hospitals in the world (not on purpose, just coincidentally and they wanted to check it out in their specialty clinics) and went through some unpleasant testing (one is called a thermoregulation sweat test that they cover you in color changing sand), and that’s the exact same thing I have to do.
I take 4 salt pills, drink 3 liters of water, Gatorade or Pedialyte and a beta blocker. I do cardio. The one thing I am starting to get better at now is lower body strength - my legs are pretty dinky and along with increased blood volume, bigger leg muscles can help ease the symptoms.
The beta blocker thing I got unlucky with though, there’s a few of them that are better for pots but I can’t metabolize them (or maybe I rapidly metabolize them so they don’t work at all, I cant remember).
unknown@piefed.social 1 year ago