Dizziness

 Hello everyone, I am not sure if this has anything to do VSG or not, but I am super duper duper dizzy.  It started last night,  I checked my blood pressure and it was 140/80.  Got up during the night and almost fell, turned over in bed and my eye seemed to keep moving on their own.  Tried to get am appt with my pcp today but she's all booked up. My daughter made me an appt with Care Now so I am waiting to here from them so I can go in.

Are you taking any blood pressure meds?  That too would be my first thought. Did you take your bp when you were dizzy or when you were feeling better?  I'm glad you are going to see someone,  My surgeon told me when I start to feel dizzy or lightheaded to stop taking one of my bp meds.  Be sure to let us know what the outcome is.

Blessings,
Jeanne

 I do take Bp meds but only took one of them, verapamil.  Not feel better at all and will let you all know what the doctor says....hummm numbness in my fingers too...oh well!!

When did u have your surgery. Possible dehydration. Happened to me and it was the worst. My doc had me drink broth for the electrolytes and water and felt better the next morning. I literally drank every fifteen minutes for seven hrs. I was so dizzy I was walking like I had had too much to drink. I also looked at my tongue and it was white and that's a sign of dehydration also. Good luck. Praying for you

 Surgery was on Oct 18th so barely 2 months ago, I thought about dehydration as well.  I am so nauseated its hard for me to drink and or eat anything right now. My tongue looked fine this morning when I brushed my teeth!
 Thanks for your prayers !

I agree with the poster about dehydration... when I don't get enough to drink after a few days I will wake up like that too... Then I will have to try and catch up but sometimes it's too late and you need IV fluids.  Good luck

 Wondering if I need to call my surgeon then ???

Your welcome I would call to just ask questions if u can. When I had that incident happen he also stated I may need blood work if doing what he told me to do didn't work. I was fortunate it did work. Dehydration snuck up on me and wow that was nothing to mess with. You may have something else going on and just my opinion but I would call. Keep us posted please

The eye movement you mentioned is most likely nystagmus and is not caused by elevated BP or dehydration.  Although nystagmus is caused by a variety of other things, when it is triggered by rolling over in bed and you actually see the room spinning for less than 1 minute, it is most likely BPPV (benign paroxysmal positional vertigo), a common inner ear abnormality.  If you have it, the spinning can also be triggered by looking up, bending over, lying back in bed, or looking quite  far to the left or right.  Although it often goes away by itself, the treatment for this is simple. It is called an Epley maneuver and some PCP's know how to perform the maneuver. If not, most ENT physicians can treat you.  BPPV is frequently seen in the ENT office I work in after almost any type of surgery.  It has to do with the otoliths (also called "crystals") in our inner ear being displaced due to the positioning of our body during any kind of surgery.  Although YouTube shows you how to do the maneuver yourself, I would not recommend it because if you do it incorrectly and lift your head during the wrong time while performing the maneuver, the otoliths will move from the posterior canal to the horizontal canal, which is much more difficult to treat.   If you are not having the spinning, then it is most likely what others have suggested - elevated BP or dehydration. Take Care. ( PS:  My 1st post - hope I did it right!)

Did they run labs right after surgery? If so get the results, see if you are anemic.

My doctor said severe anemia will cause dizziness AND a girfriend of mine suffers from chronic vertigo due to severe anemia.

Anemia is caused from blood loss during surgery. Some of us bounce back and replace the blood quickly, others do not. 2 months post op, I went out and rode a bike and nearly fainted 3 times.

Severe anemia can take as much as 2 months to recover from. I get it regularly, I had it with my first pregnancy so bad I was almost hospitalized. If you find out you are anemic just be sure you are getting your iron in. My doctor had me start on iron after 1 week because he said so many women get it from surgery.

Also, calcium taken with iron will bind with the iron and you will not get the vitamins. Vitamin C taken with iron makes you absorb it better. My doc always said "iron with a glass of orange juice".

Hope it's resolved easy!