Re: IMPORTANT! Rock and a Hard place But I am so tired today!

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What BP meds were you on? You shoudl probbly supplement with some sea salt til

you get th epressure up a bti more. Thyroid NORMALIZES BP btu lwo cortisol dips

it too low. Havign been on BP meds it is impossible to say what is doing wht but

a good bet is that you no longer need BP meds.

>

> I woke up in the middle of the night with enormous terrible dizziness. I

still feel it a little. I checked my

> blood pressure medicine to see if it causes dizzy ness. Sure enough it does.

I called my friend and she

> asked me my symptoms and told me to put my head between my legs to see if I

feel/felt better. I did.

> So she said she thinks I have low blood pressure and she brought her blood

pressure cuff/machine over

> and sure enough I do. I ranged from 99 for a low top number and 52 for a low

number. Both those numbers

> are very low and below normal. So finally my thyroid medicine has worked

and I am

> instructed to not take blood pressure medicine and rest all day with my feet

up and hug the walls if I walk

> anywhere. I have done that all day and am improving. It was quite a

scare! Teri left her machine with me

> and told me keep checking my blood pressure regularly and often so I will do

that as it is changing.

> And she said when I go to sleep tonight do not sit up or get up suddenly as

even sleep lowers the blood

> pressure. In the night it was light I was spinning one direction and the

room another. It was so strange,

> I never imagined I would get low blood pressure. Maybe now I can get off

blood pressure medicines! But I am fatigued today! Could It be that I don't

need blood pressure medicine anymore? What about Thyroid?

>