totally Freaked out!

 ok so normal routine, daily stuff, planned meals.. nothing out of ordinary. was putting groceries away, then sat down to pick a rotiserre chicken to put in fridge to snack on.. all a sudden got woozy, lite headed, felt a wave of like warmth come over me.. knew i needed to go lay down.. made it half way on bed, hubby had to lift/throw me rest of way on bed.. blacked out for like 2-5mins.. duno.. was totally unresponsive.. he was gona call 911 if i hadnt come too..  felt fine 5 mins later....had doc appt. next day..  was new doc so full exam heart lungs blood pressure, etc... was explaining what had happend.. he had me lay down on exam table checked blood pressure.. was 118/78 then had me stand up an in less then a 2 mins of standing my blood pressure dropped to 68/? unreadable... he was  i nearly passed out again.. he had me lay down on table..but strange thing again  is i felt fine in like 5mins..   anyhow he took me off blood pressure meds.. that were a very low dosage to begin with but no longer needed.. according to him.. an i have to go for uber amounts of tests on monday morning..  for now just said... drink more an eat as much salt as i can tolerate.. to get my pressure up a bit..  anyone else experience black outs? or fainty spells? i had dizzy spells  before surgery.. from doing to much.. at such a high weight.. but nothing like this ever... 

Yikes, Peggy...that is alarming. I hope that stopping the bp meds will help and am glad you're having a full range of tests. Ironically, at my six-month appt. Thursday, my nut asked me if I had been experiencing the symptoms you described (I haven't); maybe research this or post this on the RNY and main boards too for input? For the nut to ask this question makes me think that the condition's prevalent/heard of for RNYers. Feel better; be careful! I've suffered from terrible bouts of vertigo over the years and know that horrible unsteady feeling; made me nervous to do many things, even lean my head back to rinse shampoo out of my hair! Sending good energy up to PA, directly to your doorstep. Let us know how you're doing.

~Linda in S. Fla

Wow that is scary! I hope everything turns out ok

How totally scarey. I mean, it's getting on to Halloween and all, but yikes!

I'm so glad that you are OK and got in to be checked out ASAP.

I've been having dizzy spells in the last 4 weeks that I didn't have at my higher weight and my meds haven't been adjusted yet ( I just made an appt yesterday). You've lost much more, much faster, so I bet that whalloped you but good.

Thanks for warning folks about this.

Oh, and yes, my spells happen most often on days I workout or do a lot of chores, don't hydrate well and forget to eat.

Hi Peggy

Did you eat before you ran your errands?  Just a thought.

About 2 weeks after my 1 year post op followup, I had to see my PCP because I have been taking potassium, lasix (40 mg) and levothyroxone.  Up to this point, I was able to spend a lot of time on the treadmill and after recovery from a blood blister, I went on the treadmill and started getting dizzy and to the point that I had to stop the treadmill.  This was in the evening and I take my meds in the morning.  I went up to the fitness center desk at the gym and asked that my blood pressure be taken.  It was something like 98/60 and stablized after I drank some water and took some deep breaths but it was something I addressed with my PCP as well as feeling dizzy if I got up too fast.  My PCP cut my potassium and lasix in half and I have been feeling better.  Tried other things than the treadmill--I think I got motion sickness or something.  I may try it again at one point but I like the elliptical, weights, bike and zumba better anyway.

I also think as we lose weight, our center of gravity changes.  We are used to centering a higher weight and it takes adjustments to get our balance back.  

You are doing great--hang in there.  The doc will address those dizzy spells.  

Sylvia 
 

 

was doing everything as scheduled, eating , drinking an so on... just came out of  no where... im tryin harder to drink more.. an eating some extra salt pre docs orders... havent been dizzy since wednesday so im thinkin coming off that med helped plus doing what im told as well an have been mostly resting in bed (fall risk) till we figure out whats wrong.. doc said try to stay off my feet for a bit..

I'm hoping it was just your BP meds causing it. I've had the same issues in the past with my BP dropping and having spells like that! hope it's nothing serious!

In case you want to do research on the web.... What you are describing is called orthostatic hypotension. 

Hope you are feeling better soon. 

 thank u donna lookin it up now...