Dizziness question

Hey

 

Need your input!! Since day one of surgery, I have felt light headed pretty much every day for a few seconds then it goes away. I have tried everything even eating more but it never made any difference!

Now it is getting worse. Since friday. On friday I had to stop working out cause I would have fainted. I had to go lie down in the change room for 5 minutes to wait for the dizziness to go away.

Today I almost fell after getting up(was watching tv). I walked like a drunk for a few seconds!!!
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I do not feel hungry, nor tired! I have to admit I never felt so good!

I did have my period on friday, but not today(finished 2 days ago).

I do have a tendency to low blood pressure but I was training (so hearth beathing 160) on friday. So it seems like resting or moving is the same.

Any idea????   Had my 3 months post op blood test, everything was fine, blood sugar, iron, b12, etc...  A really light deficiency in vitamine A but nothing worth worrying about as per my GP

 

My doctor told me it is just a "side effect" of major weight loss. I delt with daily dizziness from May until November. I even passed out in my shower at one point. I had all sorts of testing done, but nothing was found to be off...

Ironically, post plastics, Ive only had a few bouts of dizziness immediately after surgery and when I take my compression garments off - but the daily dizziness/lightheaded feeling I had disappeared. Seems like my body was shocked back to normal lol. 

Hi Karine,

I think it's our bodies trying to catch up with the rapid weight loss. I have it too. I feel very light headed about 1-2 times per day. It is usually when i bend over. I also have low blood pressure for the first time in my life. I was borderline hypertensive prior to the surgery due to high weight and inactivity.

I would try to get my blood pressure checked just to make sure.

Hugs,

Sharon

there were a lot of great comments on this thread. I started having the same problem about 3 weeks out. I'm a full time vocalist and mine seem to really kick in when i got to about the 15 minute mark of my performance. Good Luck!

I just came back from the dictor's office. We will do my 6 months labs thursday. She doesn't think it is a deficiency as my 3 months lab wad nearly perfect.

It could be blood sugar levels varying during the day but considering my history of low blood pressure, plus the fact that I had just started some anti anxiety pills that lower the blood pressure a few days before it got worse, she thinks it's my BP. So she tested me and my pressure does go lower just by standing up. My resting pressure was 100/67. And after standing up quickly it dropped to 90/60. I have been testing myself fir 4-5 days also and BP never goes above 136 while training. Oh and I have learned that low blood pressure people do get dizzy when exercising cause their hearth do not like or react well to fluctuations.

I guess this is the price I have to pay for the rapid weight loss and being healthier.

The only solution: add some salt and be carefull. For now! I stopped the anxiety pills of course. But I have stopped them like 4-5 days ago and BP is still really low.

I guess I should be thankfull cause the lower the BP is the healthier your hearth is!!!

There is not much that can be done. When I feel dizzy I should stop. No more baths( yeah sure!!!!) ot hot showers(that I can deal with! An almost cold shower is perfectly fine for me!!!!)