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• peopleproblems@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨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.

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• bleistift2@sopuli.xyz ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The joys of getting old(er), issue 67: There is now a “getting up to fast.”

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  • Reyali@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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    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.

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    • peopleproblems@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      POTS?

      I actually had to start taking salt pills. I still greyout, but I don’t lose muscle strength anymore.

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  • scytale@piefed.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That’s also the same reaction I have when I suddenly stand up and a sharp pain on my lower back hits.

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• LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  POTS got me like

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• pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This might just be me, but when this happens does anyone else have these weird existential thoughts during the head-rush, like “I am really alive right now” or “I’m going to remember this moment forever”?

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  • adhocfungus@midwest.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I always get the thought, “This can’t be normal. Guess I’m dying.”

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• avg@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I used to get this but the hypertension came to balance me out.

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• ininewcrow@lemmy.ca ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  aka … diabetes

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  • ceenote@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Wait, is frequently getting a head rush when you stand up a sign of diabetes?

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    • Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨15⁩ ⁨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.

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    • magic_lobster_party@fedia.io ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I believe it’s more a sign of blood pressure problems or dehydration, but I’m not a doctor.

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    • FerretyFever0@fedia.io ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Maybe??? I think it's a blood pressure thing too.

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• unknown@piefed.social ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  And also me when I've been standing for too long. I do not exist comfortably on the vertical plane

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  • peopleproblems@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨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.

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    • unknown@piefed.social ⁨12⁩ ⁨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.

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  • Zwiebel@feddit.org ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Go see a doctor mate

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    • unknown@piefed.social ⁨13⁩ ⁨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.

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• sundray@lemmus.org ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  “Standing up ain’t like dusting crops, boy!”

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• Sam_Bass@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Been there. The Dark is your friend.

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