pshaw_raven: (Good Medicine)
P'shaw (she/they) ([personal profile] pshaw_raven) wrote2021-05-22 10:56 am

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I wondered why I've lately felt dizzy and weird when I stand up, so I recently started taking my pressure again (still trying to find a good way to integrate this with my blood glucose data and thinking I need to just make my own spreadsheet) and it was 96/54.

Which is pretty good I guess? At least I'm not dead.

I'd love to be able to talk to my doctor about going off BP meds, but my anxiety gets so bad every time I go in that I get normal or slightly above readings. Last office visit it was like 120/79 because I was nervous. When I'm in my natural habitat it tends to run very low.

My doc seems pretty laid back, so I wonder if he'd be open to looking at my self-collected data. I know there's a degree of inaccuracy in testing one's self for these things, but inaccuracies aside I think it might give him a more accurate picture of my health stats than when I'm in his office and despite knowing that there isn't any reason to be worried, worrying anyway.
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[personal profile] cdayzee 2021-05-26 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, given that factors have changed & your weight is lower would be a good reason to re-evaluate. You becoming lightheaded and/or dizzy upon standing could point to your body saying its BP is now too low. I personally wouldn't mess around with it as it's not ideal. Another issue could be low iron :shrug: I'd rather be safe <3 I know you're a properly functioning adult; I don't want to offend you lol. I just care about people.