Dizziness

[Maggie-NJ 0]

Hi - I'm Maggie and I had a Realize band done on May 18th. I had my first fill yesterday. During the fill, I got really dizzy, and the dizziness is continuing. Has anyone else experienced this? Thanks so much!!!:bored:

[hopeful41411 0]

I had it pretty bad for several weeks. It's still here, but not as bad. I talked to my doctor's office and they assured me it wasn't from my band.

Did you lose quite a bit of weight on the pre-op surgery? I personally think the rapid weight loss for me was a huge part of it.

Hope you feel better soon!

[Maggie-NJ 0]

Thank you so much for your reply! I did go to the doctor, and he had xrays and blood work done. He said it doesn't have anything to do with the band. I guess I'll wait a day or two and see if it gets better. Thanks again! It helps ease the fear to know I'm not the only one!

[Hel 0]

I hope you are able to find the cause of the dizziness.

Your Dr. probably checked this already, but has your blood pressure dropped? Mine dropped fairly quickly between the pre-op diet and surgery, shortly before surgery I started getting dizzy and realized my blood pressure medication was making the bp drop too low.

Let us know how it works out for you :thumbup:

[BillOh 13]

Are you on blood pressure medicine, like I was, and many overweight people are? After surgery my blood pressure went down even faster than my weight so I had dizziness issues until he adjusted my dosages down, and eventually eliminated the meds totally.

[hopeful41411 0]

I am on bp meds too. Maybe that's the problem!

[BillOh 13]

I am on bp meds too. Maybe that's the problem!

It might be worth talking with your family doctor then. I was about 30-40 down when it started for me. I was on Verapamil, and a combo of Hydrocloriside(sp)/Linsopril. On my first visit, he cut the verapamil in half, next one in half again, and then elminiated it, then cut the other in half and told me when it ran out to keep an eye on it. (I have a home BP machine which I verified was close to the same readings he was getting.) I think its been almost a month with no BP meds and all is well.