Dizziness

[CAJ1]

For the last few days eveytime I bend down and then stand up I've been getting dizzy. I could see 'stars' going round my head yesterday (hope you know what I mean!). I'm not standing up any quicker than I normally would. What is wrong with me?

[bri44smith]

See a Doctor and get your blood pressure checked

[smudge]

I had this problem for a little while CAJ. It was down to low blood pressure & was soon sorted out by my gp.

Good luck.

[CAJ1]

What makes your blood pressure change?

[shylock73]

Beautiful girls do it for me.

[CAJ1]

I meant is it something to do with what you eat/stress/lack of sleep/illness etc?? Or can you be healthy and have your blood pressure just go up and down anyway?

[sqad617]

Many questions.
1 Are you taking any medication?
2 How old are you?
3 is there any rotational element to your dizziness? e.g does the room spin around?
4 Are the attacks always associated with movements of the head.
5 In my opinion low BP as a primary cause of dizziness is extremely RARE,

[CAJ1]

1. Only the pill (Femodene)
2. 24
3. Yes (and sometimes my eyes cloud over with black and white fuzziness like you get when you can't get a channel on the tv)
4. Just when I stand up (I can move my head about when Im sat down and not get it

[smudge]

This explains a bit about low blood pressure, although your dizzy spells may not be due to that:

http://www.medicinenet.com/low_blood_pressure/ page4.htm

Always best to get it checked out by your gp.

[CAJ1]

I had a stomach bug last week so maybe its because of that although I thought I was over it.

I can't get an appointment at docs tomorrow as I can't get away from work in time. Then I go on hol on Tuesday, will have to see about an appointment on Monday.

[smudge]

I hope do you manage to see your gp before your hol's CAJ.

Have a great time.

[CAJ1]

Thanks smudge. I think I will try to as I don't want to be ill on hols! Hope you sort your eye problem (I saw your post but had no advice!)

[smudge]

You're welcome CAJ.

[Rosetta]

CAJ1, you may have difficulty getting a GP appointment on monday as its Bank Holiday. Are yousure you cant get tomorrow

[sqad617]

If you have read the website given by smudge, you will see that low BP is always secondary to something else, which doesn't seem to be the situation with you. I would hazard a guess, that BP high or low has nothing to do with your symptoms. So what is the cause?No idea and as it has only happened for the past few days I should do nothing and just wait and see what transpires.

[smudge]

As I said in my earlier post, I was told the reason for my dizzy spells was due to low blood pressure.

This isn't of course the only cause, it could be a manner of things.

Again, good luck at the quacks & have fun on holiday CAJ1.

[Eve]

I tend to have normally low blood pressure, runs in the family, but it it drops even lower eg when I'm very run down or have been ill, I get very light headed which improves with my blood pressure improving.

You should have your blood pressure tested both standing and sitting to see if there is a difference caused by standing.