cugila said:Socrates.
Welcome to the Forum.
You mention this happening when you have been to the toilet, does this happen at any other times when you stand up from sitting ?
Do you know what your blood pressure readings are ?
Ken
noblehead said:Socrates,
Those bp readings are quite high, I would go and see your gp.
Nigel
noblehead said:Socrates,
Was the bp reading taken at home before going into hospital, or taken whilst in as a patient?
Not that it matters though, what is important that they are treating you and advising on your bp. I don't know anything about this problem I'm afraid, so can't share or offer any advice, I was just alarmed when I seen that your bp reading was way above normal.
Try and tell them everything in detail, and I hope you find the cause of your problem and make a speedy recovery soon.
Nigel
Dobbs said:hi socrates,
I started getting the same kind of lightheadedness about a year ago, about six months after diagnosis as T2, but with me it happened after I bent over to tie my shoelaces, not on the bog. Never had anything like it in my life. Didn't feel "serious" but certainly wasn't pleasant. Anyway, after a few months it passed. (In the interim I began low carbing and brought my blood sugar levels down). I get occasional milder relapses of it now from time to time, but I can't work out any pattern in the occurrences. My BP tends to be around 125/85 most times I check it.
My doctor didn't have any explanations. But like I say, it came and (sort of) went. I hope yours is the same. Try to press your doctor to talk with you about it, as hanadr says, if you can.
Dobbs said:hi Nigel,
yes, he always says "it's fine". I know 85 is possibly a bit high - sometimes it's more like 82 and other times more like 87. Ho hum.
Pardon my ignorance, but because I live in Amsterdam and am on a blood pressure pill there called "Micardis Plus" which is not a name that seems to ring any bells in the UK, I wondered: what is the "standard" blood pressure lowering pill generally prescribed in the UK? Or isn't there such a thing?
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