Do Not Want: Evening Light-headedness

[netmouse]

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.

Comments

[stfg.livejournal.com]

Hi there - I'm a lurker reading friends' friends lists and also a family practice doctor. I would recommend eating something salty, which causes you to retain fluid and raises your blood pressure.

Hope you feel better!

[vylar-kaftan.livejournal.com]

I don't know about pregnancy, but when I get dehydrated from my medical conditions, the best way to rehydrate is Gatorade or Pedialyte. Try drinking some of those and see if they rebalance you better. Water sometimes dehydrates me more when I overdo it.

[alicebentley]

I second the Gatorade comment - it's one of the only times in my life that I found the stuff tasty, but it was like my body was saying Thank You!

I was really good about drinking lots of water while pregnant, but it was the electrolite-stuffed sugar water that helped the woozies.

[zoethe.livejournal.com]

Thirding the Gatorade. Particularly if you don't have air conditioning. Drinking lots of plain water when you are perspiring can mess up your electrolytes and that's not good for you or the squirt. Lightheadedness is a symptom of low blood potassium and other minerals that are readily replaced by Gatorade.

[jeffreyab.livejournal.com]

Banana and milk smoothies?

Try to mix up your liquids avoiding the diuretics like tea.

Foods with lots of liquids in them like fruits help you absord the fluid slower.

Sodium in general raises your blood pressure I notice there is a lot in my processed breakfast cereal.

Gerosteiner wonder water +rambles

[(Anonymous)]

Gerosteiner water from Germany was a huge help with both my 'morning' sickness and low blood pressure dizziness. It is so much tastier than filtered when you are drinking a half gallon a day. The easily absorbable calcium is a plus.(yes I know that transporting water so far is horribly inefficient but it is worth it in this case.)I can not stand gatorade so that is the rehydration choice of last resort. Herbal teas did not seem to leave me as blah as just H20.If you do not mind the taste an occasional hard boiled egg with salt an hour before your lightheadedness sets in might help. Salt+ protein+ something to drink= less dizzy for me.

Before my first pregnancy I had chronic low fluid balance which led to the dizzies and graying out way too much and other fun symptoms. After several MD/DO/neurologists and a MS & lupus scare I was told to eat more lox,pickles& black olives. It worked! I learned to cook low salt because my dad had major heart issues but I did not need that diet.