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kebakat 
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Posted: 09 January 2009 at 12:43pm |
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I have low BP apparently and I'm taking maxolon which has the side effect of causing light headedness.
Is there anything I can do to bring my BP up and/or get rid of some of the dizzy spells I'm having?
Everytime I stand up whether it be slow or fast my head spins and theres been a few times where I've thought I might faint. I've never had low BP before so its weird
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pomikiwi
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Posted: 09 January 2009 at 1:02pm |
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Get stressed out, lol! Isn't that suppose to raise BP?
Hope it sorts it self out soon for ya hun.
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Posted: 09 January 2009 at 1:22pm |
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I've always had low BP and can easily get a faint/dizzy feeling. I find not getting too hungry helps, so maybe eat more often if you feel up to it
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Posted: 09 January 2009 at 1:27pm |
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Drinking lots helps a bit too. I had it with both kids and actually fainted a few times with Ella. My midwives advised me to drink lots and lots of water and not to do anything strenuous if possible.
Hope you feel better soon!
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kebakat
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Posted: 09 January 2009 at 1:27pm |
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I've already divided lunch and dinner into 2 meals. If I eat much more often I'll be constantly eating lol
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Posted: 09 January 2009 at 1:28pm |
I'm not doing much strenuous anything thanks to ms and I can't drink water it makes me  which is sooo dumb. I'm drinking lots of milk. Does that work the same? Hope so!
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Posted: 09 January 2009 at 1:54pm |
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black licquous (sorry not thinking bout sp) im sure you will guess what I mean, also try snacking on dried fruit - eg sultanas, mango, pineapple maybe some nuts just have some make up like a scroggin, will help keep your energy up just not too much at a time to avoid the sugar high then drop, hopefully will get better for you soon, I was a bit the same for a while
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Posted: 09 January 2009 at 2:30pm |
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Yep, food and rest is about all you can do. I had low BP especially around the 18-24 week mark and couldn't go on long drives to see my customers as I feel asleep at the wheel on the way back to Palmy from Ohakune. Very scary.
I hate water with a passion too. I have a squeezy bottle, lots of ice cubes, Roses lime juice and water. The lime makes it quite nice especially with the ice in this weather.
Milk is fine but I think you're only supposed to count 2 non-water drinks in your daily water intake. Just hope you don't get an intolerance to dairy lol.
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Posted: 09 January 2009 at 3:30pm |
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I have low blood pressure too. I fainted in the shower at about 8 weeks because it was too hot, then the same day on the bus I fainted again when I was standing in the aisle, it was very crowded and I couldn't get any air. Now I have cooler showers which must help because I haven't fainted since then (still have low BP though).
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Posted: 09 January 2009 at 3:37pm |
I also have low BP and have found the dizzy/faint feeling much worse in my 2nd trimester. Haven't fainted (yet) but there have been a couple of close calls 
I second just the regular eating thing, lots of fluid ((sorry that probably does mean water!) and you could also try either iron pills and/or food naturally high in iron...dried apricots etc?
Good luck dealing with it cos it's not a nice feeling!
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Posted: 09 January 2009 at 3:40pm |
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I was always told that dried apricots were high in Iron. I had a look and it turns out they're not. I was a bit disappointed as I used to much on them all the time!
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Posted: 09 January 2009 at 4:05pm |
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I'm going to get some flurodix hopefully over the weekend to deal with the iron thing. I'm a vego so chronically lowish in iron, doesn't seem to matter what I eat I've always had this problem but flurodix works wonders (pity its expensive lol)
Hopefully my BP will come up over time because it totally sucks ass. I didn't have this problem with Daniel and it makes running after him and interesting experience sometimes!
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Posted: 09 January 2009 at 4:52pm |
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I'm vego too. Always had high iron though and I have no idea why! I HATE vegetables.
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