Dizzy!

[Alexandra 55]

Well it's back. About six months ago I mentioned to my doctor that I was feeling dizzy on occasion, especially when I stood up quickly but sometimes just for no reason. That's when she sent me for an echocardiogram which showed there was nothing wrong.

Now it's happening again. Any ideas? I can't imagine my blood pressure is low, and I think I'm well-hydrated, so I'm ready to try any old wives' remedies. It's scary, and I'm terrified it will happen while I'm driving!

[Lisa*in*NJ 0]

Hi Alex, of course I am not a Dr. but maybe it's as simple as an inner ear thing. I also know that when I don't eat for awhile and my sugar gets too low I feel very dizzy and almost outside myself. Weird. Hope your able to find out what's causing it.

Lisa

[vinesqueen 2]

Don't stand up while driving. That, I think everyone can agree on. Just don't do it.

Why can't you imagine your BP is low? I tend to the low BP side of things. (Always very funny when a new nurse takes my BP ... They always go and get a different cuff when mine comes back low. The expression on their face... priceless. A fat middle aged woman with low BP??? unheard of!)

I have the same sort of thing going on, even to the point where I sometimes fall. The tests show nothing, so obviously, there isn't any problem... I find it is very important to make sure I drink more Water than I think I need.

Good luck!

[Mita 2]

I have been getting the dizzy feeling alot before last week. I would say have to grab something to steady myself or if I had been standing for awhile I would kind of tetter to one side. I upped my Water intake and my protien now, so it has kinda subsided not gone completley.. One thing I did notice a couple weeks ago was a stabbing pain behind my left ear and horrible itching from inside. When I got a kleenex to poke at it I had a little blood. So maybe inner ear problem for me but I have not gotten it again. Who know I just started taking my Vitamins more regular now cause I was skipping them..

Now when you get the dizzy feeling is your eyesight getting blurred as well?? Any cold clammy feeling??

[Alexandra 55]

Don't stand up while driving. That, I think everyone can agree on. Just don't do it.

Now why didn't I think of that?

Why can't you imagine your BP is low?

Well, because it's NEVER been low. I've always tended to the high side. It'll be a shock if that has changed; even with all the weight loss it's still borderline high. (Well, 120/80 which used to be called "normal.")

I have the same sort of thing going on, even to the point where I sometimes fall. The tests show nothing, so obviously, there isn't any problem... I find it is very important to make sure I drink more Water than I think I need.

Well, I'm reassured that the tests show nothing, for you and me both. Maybe it's something about being 43? Donali? How are you feeling?

Seriously, you think it's hormonal?

[leatha_g 4]

I'll go with the inner ear theory. With my band, I tend to have ear/sinus problems, especially when my fill is fairly restrictive. I sometimes stand or get up from a lying/sitting position and can hear my blood pounding through my ears like a tumble dryer for a few minutes and get pretty dizzy too. Every time I get a new fill, I can feel it in my ears and sinuses. Go figure..

[Alexandra 55]

Hmmmm, maybe it is inner-ear related. My younger daughter just got over a virus, so maybe I've caught it and it's messing with my sinuses. Time for the allergy meds!!

[QWINNER 0]

Hi Alex, I've been having the same problem as well. It can simply be the heat and humidity coupled with low blood sugar. OUr bodies tend to get funky in this heat and huumidity I'll bet it is nothing. My Dr. said that occassional dizzyness for a usually healthy person is quite normal. Good luck and get up slowly.

[ReneBean 3]

I get the inner ear thing too. Allergies kick up. My head isn't stuffy or aching or anything - I just get dizzy sometimes when I stand up to quickly.

The first time it happened - I went to the doctor and found out it was an inner ear infection that I didn't even know I had.

Since then, I just check with my husband to see if his allergies are giving him *#&$ and go on about my business.

If it lasts for more than a few days, you might want to have your doctor check it out, just to be sure.

[Penni60 45]

Have you been tested for anemia? I get that way sometimes and I know my blood level is low. Then I go to see the Dr and the lab supports that. So I do some Iron pills and all is well in a few days. Just a thought.

[DeLarla 22]

I get dizzy and/or vertigo from anxiety. Also, maybe it's time to get your eyes checked?

[HotLikeHer 0]

A person on the other board was dizzy too and they told her her potassium might be low....

[Alexandra 55]

I just had a total blood workup done in advance of my two-year checkup on the 17th of this month. So they'll know if I'm anemic or low on any particular nutrient at that point. In the meantime, I'm chalking it up to allergies, hormones, or the weather.

[donali 57]

Before I had my band removed, I told my doc that I had been having dizzy attacks for a couple weeks, but that they had since resolved before I could get in to see him. Because I'd had that intense concussion in November I was afraid that it was some sort of residual thing.

He told me that he'd had a rash of dizzy complaints around the timeframe I had mentioned, so not to worry about it. He said it's common to have large groups of people complaining about dizzyness at one time, and he didn't know why (I am assuming they were all checked for some sort of inner ear thing).

I suggested some sort of shift in the earth's electro-magnetic field, and he said it was possible... Maybe he was just humoring me??? lol

The earth's electro-magnetic field has to be strong enough for birds and sealife to navigate, and we have those unexplained whale beachings, etc., so maybe they were dizzy at the time??

I love being such a source of concrete and helpful information... lol

[kellymoos 4]

Leatha, that is to weird cause I feel it in my left ear when I get a fill or eat to much....Dr thinks that I am crazy:

see my thread called this is weird back from 2003!