Low Blood Pressure

[Lebim 381]

So I haven't spoken to a doctor yet but I think I now have low blood pressure 5 months out. If I'm sitting or lying down and get up I feel like I may fall over and this is 10x worse after I've smoked shrubbery because that in itself lowers your blood pressure. I also have been getting dizzy spells in general which are severe until I lie down. I'm also cold all the time which I wasn't when I was this weight 4 years ago. All signs point to it in my opinion. Anyone else experience this?

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- Kaylee Ann ~ Surgerversary 6/11/2012

[worm2872 635]

You may have low BP. Are you still on meds? Also the cold could be the rapid weight loss or low Iron. I'd call your dr. :-)

[Lebim 381]

You may have low BP. Are you still on meds? Also the cold could be the rapid weight loss or low Iron. I'd call your dr. :-)

Well I did chat with them about being cold and they said that's just part of not being insulated by fat anymore and that they're cold all the time (they're all thin).

If by meds you mean my Vitamins, yes I am still religious about those.

Yeah I'll chat with a doctor about it... It's just really hard to know if I have low blood pressure because every time I get that cuff on my arm I get anxious (I hate the feeling of it squishing my arm) and so it automatically jumps up no matter what so it's never accurate :/

- Kaylee Ann ~ Surgerversary 6/11/2012

[jodimc 117]

You need to have an ortho static blood pressure check. They will check it lying, sitting, and standing. This will give you a more accurate picture of whether or not your BP is bottoming out.

[Lebim 381]

You need to have an ortho static blood pressure check. They will check it lying' date=' sitting, and standing. This will give you a more accurate picture of whether or not your BP is bottoming out.[/quote']

How is that performed? And thanks for the info!

- Kaylee Ann ~ Surgerversary 6/11/2012

[jodimc 117]

They either do it on a tilt table or on a regular bed. They just take the BP while you're lying down, immediately after you sit up, and then again immediately after you stand.