Everyone I’ve asked around keeps saying it might be my blood pressure dropping low, and I don’t have insurance, if anyone could give some advise would be greatly appreciated.
Anywho, you know when you stand up too fast sometimes you get the ‘bloodrush’, and you feel slightly disorientated and slightly blackening vision? Well, it’s been coming to me more than usual, and I would like to say.. about 6 times, spread out over the past couple of months, it gets… really scary.
It starts out as a usual blood rush, but I could be sitting still watching TV or something (and more dangerous, it usually happens when im driving), then about 2-3 minutes after, it comes back, my vision blacking out, and any sound (IE music, the TV) slows down to almost a crawl and sounds like its under a metallic-repeating DJ mixer set.
The ordeal last probably 10-15 seconds, when its over the vision comes back gradually and the sound very quickly goes to normal.
I don’t know if this means anything or not, but the couple of times it’s happened when I’m driving I can focus enough before it gets too bad to memorize traffic and any immediate turns i need to look out for. (so I can avoid making matters worse by swerving in the road, heh). My limbs tend to… float a little bit from where I try to keep them still, which my friend told me the one time he was with me in the car when this happened.
I used to smoke (quit a few months ago), and I try to eat the right nutrients, 6′2 at 160lbs(max weight 180, age 21), I have tried taking my pulse with my fingers while these extreme head rushes happen but I cant really feel it during. Afterwards everything seems normal + my pulse is normal. No previous record of high blood pressure.
Answered by: Maria/MD Health Forum.com Team
Orthostatic or postural hypotension is a form of low blood pressure that happens when you quickly stand up from sitting or lying down. When you stand up, gravity causes the blood to pool in your legs. This decreases blood pressure because there’s less blood circulating back to your heart. Since most of the blood are in the lower extremities, the blood supply to the brain is lesser than normal, this can cause a number of symptoms including: dizziness, blurry vision, lightheadedness, weakness, confusion, nausea and headache. Postural hypotension occurs when something interrupts the body’s natural process of counterbalancing the drop in blood pressure. Conditions that may cause postural hypotension include: heart diseases, diabetes, disorders of the nervous system and dehydration.
You mentioned, however, that you experience vision changes and other symptoms while you are sitting. I think that you should consult your doctor to find out whether your symptoms are related to blood pressure changes or something else. Even though the ‘ordeal’ lasts only for a few seconds, it shouldn’t be ignored as your safety and quality of life maybe seriously affected.
Your symptoms are present in many medical conditions. Black outs, episodes of staring and hearing odd sounds are among the indicators of epilepsy. People with painless migraine also experience decrease in hearing ability, blurred vision and confusion during the aura phase. Your health history and physical exam result will help your doctor rule out other disorders of similar symptoms. Your doctor may also request for diagnostic test like imaging procedures to confirm diagnosis.
This blog entry is for your general information only. I recommend that you discuss your symptoms with your own doctor.
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