dizziness

[broomt 1]

I am almost 6 weeks post op and I just started having temporary bouts of dizziness.

It started Saturday during pilates, not while I was working out but after while I was laying on the reformer talking to the trainer. It has persisted off and on since then, mostly when I lay down.

Has anyone else had issues like this? I have serious sinus/allergy issues as so it very well could be that???

[Dave_NW 92]

How's your blood pressure? Very low blood pressure can cause dizziness. That happened to me. I was taking two meds for it, and my BP went so low after I was banded for awhile and had lost a lot of weight, I felt like I was going to pass out. Doctor took me completely off one of them and reduced the other, and now everything is fine.

Good luck!

Dave

[SageTracey 608]

Definitely sounds like blood pressure. Suggest you visit your doc for a check up. I am seeing my GP on Wednesday for exactly the same thing and am hoping to come off my last BP med. Good luck - it's a really encouraging benefit of weight loss.

[MustangMama 2]

It could also be an inner ear issue... maybe an infection.

[Jachut 487]

I had bouts of extreme diziness and faiting during the pre op diet (which I didnt actually have to do but I wanted to try to get a kick start). Lapband doc told me to stop doing it, as he never told me to go on it anyway, and that fixed that problem.

Recently I've fainted several times, incuding once in the bathroom where I almost knocked my teeth out on the towel rail. DH put the blood pressure cuff on me, yeah, 88/52 and a pulse rate of 45, lol. For me, I've got low blood pressure anyway and at that stage, I still had the ileostomy and had had diarrhoea for a while and was still pushing myself to run and do body pump, so low pb and dehydration were to blame. Havent had a problem since I had the ileo reversed.

When you're dieting and exercising hard, its usually going to be low bp and/or dehydration. If you're having troubles, drink gatorade instead of Water when you work out.

[suzahhn 19]

I get dizzy when I stand up, after bending down for more than a minute. My doctor told me it's because I'm not eating enough and lately I have a minimal appetite so I forget to eat. I increased my calories and it has improved.

[roziecakes 20]

I've also been having this problem, and I was concerned as well. I figured I would address it with my doc, I'm going in for my first fill in a little over a week. It didn't start happening until about a week ago (I'm a little over 2 months post-op). Glad I'm not the only one.