I forgot to mention today was a terrible day. Suffered from a bout of A.D. which had my BP at 172/99 only to see that dropped to 60/38 about an hour later when I got up into the wheelchair. It did bounce back, only to drop once again after I ate.
Suffering from A.D. and orthostatic hypotension is a monster. :-) On Sat, Oct 15, 2016 at 10:47 PM, Quadius <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes Bobbie I have been lower, but I take my blood pressure pretty > regularly and it gets quite often. I, however, take midodrine as well as > drink Mountain Dew in order to try to keep it from dipping too low anymore. > I try to keep mine at around 80/50 or above, but sometimes when I sit up > after eating or when I first get up, it will dip into the 50s over the 30s. > > If you were that low and didn't feel the effects, that could mean that > your running pretty low most of the time. > > I was admitted to the hospital a couple of different times and it wasn't > until I saw that I hadn't urinated more than 5 mL in four hours that I > realize how dangerous the low blood pressure can be. They explained to me > that your organs shut down when the blood pressure gets too low and it can > cause lasting effects if this happens too often or too much. I ended up > spending two weeks in the hospital a couple of years ago to see if they > could determine why my blood pressure fluctuates between extremely high and > exceedingly low. The specialist decided they would rather it be slightly > high than too low. Therefore I take quite a bit of midodrine often on. > Quadius > > On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 10:40 PM, Bobbie Humphreys < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I went to the Doctors today and my BP was 54 over 48 >> Anybody else have low BP? >> Bobbie >> >> "You must fail in order to succeed" >> >> >
