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netmouse ([personal profile] netmouse) wrote2010-06-03 11:06 pm

Do Not Want: Evening Light-headedness

On Monday my blood pressure clocked in at 84/56. We took it again. 96/54. Definitely lower than normal for me. The comment was that this could be due to dehydration: my blood supply has now increased by 45 to 50%; I need to drink more water.

I'm trying, I really am. In the meantime, every night since then I've started to feel positively woozy, and it's not a sensation that I particularly like. In fact, I don't like it one bit. Moving around more helps. Eating and drinking help but only a little bit. I really feel not-well in this condition. Advice is welcome.
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[identity profile] netmouse.livejournal.com 2010-06-05 12:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Cool. I went to Indigo Forest and asked for advice and ended up with some little packets made by the people who make emergen-C that look very similar and have electrolytes in them but not all the sugar. I also hit whole foods and got a couple of things to try, like their electrolyte water and Essentia, which is also electrolyte water.

Good news: no wooziness last night.

I also got some pregnancy tea at Indigo Forest, which I'd been needing anyway. :)