Hi All, Is there a chance your recently lower-than-"youir"-average BP and fainting could be related to the summer heat or humidity? Or are you in A/C all day... including not waiting for a vehicle A/C to cool off? My BP drops every summer and even more if I go out in the heat. (It makes work in a geenhouse... uh... "interesting" to say the least.
Best of luck! --Tod ---- Debbie Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have low blood pressure too. I also take midodrine, they are 5 mg tabs I > usually take three per day. Another thing I was given to combat low blood > pressure was Sudafed I can take up to 30 mg four times a day. Ask your > doctor about Sudafed. I still wear Ted hose and a waistband. I feel so much > better when my blood pressure is above a hundred systolic. When I need a > midodrine I know it's about 70 systolic or lower. Good luck. > > Debbie > C4 incomplete/April 2005 > > --- On Sat, 8/2/08, ~LittleQuad~ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: ~LittleQuad~ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] serious health questions > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] > Date: Saturday, August 2, 2008, 11:22 AM > > > haha, 84 lbs now....i take 10mg 3 times day. > > t crook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hey Lil'- > Long time no hear from. I have been going through the same thing (except the > UTI's, I did have a bad one a couple of months ago, it was only my second UTI > in almost 20 yrs) and am now on midodrine also. I am feeling better until the > midodrine wears off after 3 hours. My blood pressure has always been low; but > I have had alot more lows with near passing out with always feeling tired and > light-headed. My lab work came back good, and so did my adrenal gland test. I > am and always have been lean, but I am wondering if the atrophy I have had > has something to do with it.? > Kind of sounds like we are in the same boat, as I recall you are just a > lil'-thing... haha! > How much midodrine are you taking? > > Tim > > > > --- On Fri, 8/1/08, ~LittleQuad~ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: ~LittleQuad~ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [QUAD-L] serious health questions > To: "Quad-list post" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, August 1, 2008, 9:08 PM > > > i have really low bp, like 50/30s and started med for it but not helping, > plus i'm fainting at least 2 times a days.(i have fainted all my life, when > scared real bad or hurt but never daily unttil last few months) then i'm so > exhausted from that i don't want to do much. my son (10 yrs old) has been > gone while this problem has become so invading and i'm worried what he'll > think we he realizes it, he worries about me a lot anyway, never admit it > though. > my pcp had mri brain, cervical area, ecg, and vascular ultrasound of neck > done, all results were normal. so referral to cardiac doc and he ran ekg, > seemed ok, but put me on 24/7 heart moniter for 30 days, several spells in 3 > days. he doubled the midodrine* plus referred me to a > Electrophysiologist (the names are getting weirder). it is really scary cuz i > was the youngest patient in 4 story building by 20 years!!!! i'm only 28! > i keep getting uti's, will cure one 2 weeks later its on the way back. > my urologist and rehab doc don't like each other or agree on what to do and i > don't know which to go with. the rehab doc wants to fight the uti's by > inserting some bacteria, he says iss new procedure, my uro says the rehab doc > is young dodo for nice terms. ugh so i'm going to go see uro again to see > what to do..... > anyone else have similar probs? > thanks....littlequad > >
