#lightheadedness

[jezunya]

Anyone with experience taking trazadone (and/or with POTS)

Do you have tips on handling lightheadedness? I don't mean occasional dizziness when getting up, but like I've been sitting here all day, feeling fuzzy and dizzy and vaguely nauseous even when unmoving

My doctor added 25mg of trazadone at bedtime to my meds a few weeks ago, and it was okay at first, but the lightheadedness is getting out of hand. I'm trying to eat salt and drink electrolytes and plenty of water, but I can't seem to get ahead of this now

Any tips from other spoonies, dietary or otherwise, would be much appreciated

[promptsforyourwhumpfic]

Whump Prompt #1126

Submitted by Anon - thanks!

Fantasy/medieval setting where Whumpee (preferable nobility or royalty) is being slowly poisoned. While dancing at an event, they feel fatigued and lightheaded, their lover is worried they're overworking themselves and tells them to slow their rhythm. They only realize something is wrong when Whumpee feels too dizzy at the ball and need to be supported out of the hall to keep their dignity and finally collapse in the hall/their room. Cue all the worry, protective rage etc.

[thechaotichorselord]

blackouts

[speak-now-girlies-unite]

ok idk if asking this is a genius or a horrible idea because tumblr is 50/50 BUT

so im in my schools marching band and drill team (+ i do studio dance outside of school). i eat well, get 6-7 hours of sleep, i drink 2 1/2ish bottles of my 24oz water bottle a day. i take of myself mentally, i make sure im okay before taking on a new responsibilty and im rarely ever actually badly stressed.

and yet. when im out in the sun moving around for longer than an hour, i feel sooo horrible. idek know how to describe it, my head starts to hurt and i feel lightheaded and dizzy and my vision gets brighter and overexposed, my hands start shaking and if it goes on for long enough my ears will start to ring. i usually end up sitting down when my vision started to whiten.

at first i thought it was dehydration, but ive increased how much water i drink and i think i drink a reasonable amount (24oz by 4pm, more during my practices) and then i thought maybe it was my sodium (idk ok im just a kid idk wtf is up with my body) and so i started to eat more foods with salt, but nothing has really changed at all.

it doesnt happen every time im outside for a practice, and when it does, it only takes a few minutes of me sitting down to feel okay again, but i just dont understand what is going on with me. im the only person i know who gets like this, and i dont understand bc i know there are so many more kids who dont take care of themselves at all, barely eat barely sleep, but they can push themselves through 8hrs of school followed by 4 hrs of practices and i cant???

idk. i dont think somethings wrong with me, its probably just my body being quirky or smth idk. im just asking if anyone else has experienced this? was it a medical issue, was it mental, was it nothing? what helped it stop happening??

basically, idk whats going on with me, does anyone have any tips or advice of any kind

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[fyr-rphub]

at that level of heat where my body forgets how to work.

[lonelyinkcap]

i still have a couple minutes

huh

it feels

strange

not spending all my time

trying to escape myself

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[shr0mwzrd]

And if you have POTS or some other conditions, you may need significantly more salt than other people!

I don't have an official diagnosis yet bc the *intake* appointment with my cardiologist was scheduled like 6 months out from when I called and is still yet to occur, let alone the tilt-table test specifically ordered by a cardiologist which is needed for concrete diagnosis 😅 but based on my symptoms, my primary doctor is pretty sure I have POTS. Some of the main symptoms I have which relate to this are lightheadedness and/or dizziness (esp when going from sitting to standing or moving around a lot (thus the 'Postural Orthostatic part)), fatigue, brain fog, muscle cramping, and irritable/inconsistent bowels. One of the main diagnostic criteria for POTS is a heart rate increase of 30 BPM or more within a minute or two of standing, which I have had confirmed at my general doctor by having my pulse taken immediately after walking from the waiting room to the exam room and then again A few minutes after I had been seated again - you can easily recreate this basic test at home!

All this to say, if you have a POTS diagnosis or experience most/all of the above symptoms, it's likely that your salt needs are higher than average!

There's a good way to test for this at home as well! Obviously we should all strive to get water and electrolytes generally, but if you find yourself particularly lightheaded one day, you can do the Salt Test. Basically, get your little salt shaker/container, pour a tiny little pinch (we're talking like small fractions of a teaspoon here) into your free hand, and then lick it all up at once. If you have enough salt, then the salt will taste...salty lol. BUT!!! Crucially, if you're LOW on salt, then those little licks will taste almost savory - definitely a pleasant taste and not "oh yeah I just put straight up salt in my mouth." If a tiny lick of salt tastes really yummy, you just basically keep doing those small licks until it stops tasting yummy and starts tasting like "just salt" - the transition between the last two licks you take will be very noticable. It's ESSENTIAL that you take water before and after this as well for proper absorption and hydration. All that being said, doing this has definitely made a lot of dizzy days significantly better for me VERY fast, and as a result I started taking 1000mg salt pills every day with my morning meds / breakfast, which has made a huge deal in how often I get particularly bad dizzy spikes!

So yeah, everybody please hydrate and get your electrolytes! And for those of us who have or might have POTS or similar conditions, I would strongly recommend doing a bit of research / consult with your general practitioner about increasing your salt intake! Doing the Salt Test as described above really shouldn't have any major health implications if you try it once or twice just to see or have to do it occasionally (1-3 times a week maybe) to help with lightheadedness, but I would advise everyone to make sure they're sure before significantly altering their salt intake, as that can have negative effects of you have a significantly higher salt intake than you need.

Stay safe and stay hydrated!

it's incredible how much better I feel now that I've had a gatorade

[the-doov]

Sooooooooo

Don’t have the gf anymore which means no blahaj

And also I’m like super lightheaded so thats fun

[treanim123]

My comic page 1-4 light headedness

[yamimichi]

Earlier this morning I got out of bed to go to the bathroom (sorry for tmi), and I staggered trying to get there. I'm so glad I didn't fall. I've been relatively okay since. I don't want to go to the ER unless I have to, but the vertigo and dizziness and lightheadedness just isn't going away.

[the-doctor-and-the-asshole]

Just started a new medication that has a side effect of making me less hungry

Just started my period

Symptoms:

Low blood pressure

Low blood sugar levels

Low blood iron levels

Less able to be hungry (can't notice low blood sugar)

Lightheadedness and nausea ( low blood sugar)

Emotional (hormones)

Homesick (hormones and emotions)

Events that I have to attend:

Birthday party at a Gigantic farm that's 2 hours away from home

So, I am lightheaded and nauseous and emotional and far away from home, and I can't leave.

But I'm going to be okay because I have a friend with me to make sure I take care of myself.

God hates me rn I'm convinced

[tj-crochets]

Okay in the interest of actually going to the darn post office and mailing things, I think I am going to not make that bird for that baby gift set, but that does leave me sort of between projects, so it is once again time for

*those are the colors she requested, I have the fabric, and I think I even have a pattern in mind (that baby quilt one I originally intended for beach quilt scraps)

[geee-three]

(searches up symptoms of chronic fatigue) hm. oh well. (continues to push through until i pass out)

[illusion-reality-steve]

Sorry guys, I don't think I can do this. I'm feeling a bit lightheaded right now. (my Minecraft character is wearing Light Steve's head in the helmet slot box)