Light-headed, dizziness, etc.

[TheWeirdOnes]

Okay for about a month i've been having random dizzy spells where i go really light headed, everything goes bright, i go all disorientated and i occasionly pass out. I havnt been eating very much lately. but just so i'm not asked, i havnt been taking any new medication, i also havnt cut in about a month so i dont think it could be blood loss? I really have no idea. it doesnt seem bad enough to tell anybody but i think i should get somebodies opinion? it also happens whenever i stand up or sit down (not just the occasional standing up quickly and it makes you dizzy) every time.


somebody give me some idea.

[Aidee]

The name for what you are experiencing is orthostatic hypotesion, which means that when you change position your body doesn't compensate quick enough to adjust your heart rate and blood pressure so you feel dizzy.

In the short term, don't move quickly. Don't stand up straight for lying down, sit in between.

In the long term, you need to make an appointment with your GP to determine what is causing this and see if there is something you can do to fix it.


AD

[TheWeirdOnes]

thanks :)

[Amadeus]

I would start by eating more, for one thing. If it's been going on for a month it sounds like something serious. But then again, it could just be from not eat enough. Are you getting enough liquids i.e. water, not soda? I had something like this (it was from medication), my doctor sent me to the hospital to get an EKG, it was normal and all, so if you haven't been on any new drugs, I would just go and eat a good meal.

My suggestion: pizza.

[ickle-duckling]

My doctor told me that if you don't eat enough, that can lower your blood pressure, hence causing orthostatic hypotension that AD spoke about. If you can manage to eat a little more each day, that may help? But yeah, speaking to your GP is the best course of action.

Em x