Not drug induced head rushes, but rather the ones you get from getting up too fast or after a coughing fit etc…
I love’em. But I’m weird like that.
I’m tall with naturally low blood pressure, so I’ve been getting them all my life. They’re an annoyance, but my feelings don’t rise to the level of hate, I guess.
In as much as they’ve been more and more frequent, and my last doctor didn’t seem to think they were worth looking into, I have begun to hate them. Nearly fell over at work yesterday when I stood back up after picking something up off the floor. I’m seeing a new doctor soon, though, so hopefully we can find out why.
I hate them as a harbinger of physiologic decrepitude, an omen of things to come, and as a warning sign that something ain’t right.
This is only true if they happen on a regular basis, right?
Not necessarily.
Hate 'em, 'cause they accompanied the tussive syncope I suffered from 3-4 years ago.
Don’t mind me, I don’t know what DCF stands for either.
Carry on.
They’re starting to increase, though they’re still relatively rare. Do not like them, or other dizzy spells. They can mess me up for most of the day, sometimes.
OK, now I know what you’re talking about. It’s Orthostatic hypotension, right?
My cardiologist has set my upper limit for blood pressure at 140, because he believes that at my age (78), the risk of passing out, falling, and breaking a hip outweighs the risk of a cardiac event related to somewhat elevated BP.
Several years ago I saw that my gym had a blood pressure cuff, and decided to see how low my blood pressure got when I felt light-headed after lifting weights, so the next time I felt it I checked: 70/40.
Needless to say, that was low enough to me to worry, so I went to a cardiologist. They put me through a tilt table test- basically they strapped to a table and let me relax there for about five minutes, then tilted the table up so that I was “standing up”, but still strapped safely to the table.
I passed out so fast that they had to do it again to get the measurements they wanted. The nurse said it was the first time she’d seen somebody faint so quickly.
Anyway, it turns out I’ve got Orthostatic Hypotension- basically, my body overcompensates for standing up. I hate it- I can kind of work around it by not compressing my core quite so much, but I still get light-headed at least once a week or so, even more if I’m really pushing it in the gym. I’m surprised that I’ve never actually fainted in real life.