• saltesc@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    I have low blood pressure and am fairly tall so this happens most times I get up. Some times I black out completely and hit the deck.

    A doctor said it’s a good thing because by the time I’m old, my blood pressure will be like a normal adult and risk of stroke will be basically nothing. I just got to make it there without splitting my head open.

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      If your heart bpm increases by 20 when standing, get checked for POTS. This is not normally

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        4 hours ago

        Yeah, that gets done every so often in my check ups. Usually an “in case we missed it last time” thing.

        Dunno why someone downvoted you; POTS is common and one of the key symptoms is black outs getting up too quickly. It’s kinda like that with and fatigue or dizziness/balance, you get checked.

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          I always remove my own default upvote because I’m weird like that. I like things starting at 0