POTS got me like
Entering hyperspace
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LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
peopleproblems@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
I want to point out that Orthostatic Hypotension is normal to some degree.
If you experience it changing positions while sitting, or notice exercise and heat intolerance, talk to a doctor. In the short term drink enough fluids and get a bunch of sodium and potassium in you.
bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 7 hours ago
The joys of getting old(er), issue 67: There is now a “getting up to fast.”
Reyali@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Oh? I’ve had this issue as long as I can remember. Teens for sure, probably before.
It’s actually gotten better as I’ve aged because I eat more consistently and now know I need to eat tons of salt.
peopleproblems@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
POTS?
I actually had to start taking salt pills. I still greyout, but I don’t lose muscle strength anymore.
scytale@piefed.zip 1 hour ago
That’s also the same reaction I have when I suddenly stand up and a sharp pain on my lower back hits.
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 8 hours ago
aka … diabetes
ceenote@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Wait, is frequently getting a head rush when you stand up a sign of diabetes?
Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 hours ago
No it’s not necessarily because of diabetes. It’s called Orthostatic Hypotension and it just means you have a temporary or chronic condition that relaxes your blood vessels too much so that more blood is in the lower half of your body than the upper half when sitting. When you stand up, there’s a drop in blood pressure that drains a little blood from your brain and causes you to get lightheaded or in more severe cases, faint. It’s a similar condition to what pilots get when they’re pulling high g turns that pools blood away from their head. An easy solution is to keep your blood pressure up by squeezing your bottom leg and butt muscles as you get up to keep blood in your head.
magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 7 hours ago
I believe it’s more a sign of blood pressure problems or dehydration, but I’m not a doctor.
FerretyFever0@fedia.io 7 hours ago
Maybe??? I think it's a blood pressure thing too.
unknown@piefed.social 6 hours ago
And also me when I've been standing for too long. I do not exist comfortably on the vertical plane
peopleproblems@lemmy.world 5 hours 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 4 hours 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.
Zwiebel@feddit.org 5 hours ago
Go see a doctor mate
unknown@piefed.social 5 hours 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.
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Been there. The Dark is your friend.
sundray@lemmus.org 6 hours ago
“Standing up ain’t like dusting crops, boy!”
avg@lemmy.zip 13 minutes ago
I used to get this but the hypertension came to balance me out.