Not enough calories or low blood pressure?

mangogirl272727

I have low bp and try to deal with it by eating a lot of salt (usually double the recommended , sometimes more) and drinking a lot of water. This is what my physician and i have worked out for me, I won't necessarily recommend going above like 120% of your daily value until you see the doc though as sodium is harmful to many medical conditions. Make sure you're getting enough electrolytes in general (sodium being one of them). And if you're losing weight that quickly it's a sign you need to be eating more. Increase your calories until you're losing like a pound a week not a pound every two days! That's really too fast to be advisable from a health standpoint or a sustainability standpoint.

WalkingAlong

Rule out dehydration first because it's easy to rule out and is very commonly the cause.

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/orthostatic-hypotension/basics/definition/con-20031255

dbmata

So here's some of the factors I'm seeing:
1. Nothing is being tracked. Not weight, not macro/micro mix.
2. There is a history of heart issue (arrhythmia)
3. Significant weight loss in a short period of time
4. MrM27 is paying $80 a month for insurance
5. MarziPanda has a rare blood disorder

Ok, based on this. I would think:
1. Track things. Weight, average BP over a period. Micro intake. Macro intake. Keep a journal of how you feel and when. This will all be useful for your GP.
2. BP tracking, and heart rate tracking over multiple times of the day and a long period of time. This will allow you to figure out what your baseline is.
3. Slow up, boss.
4. I pay 4x that, envy.
5. Don't become blood with MarziPanda. You'll end up a zombie.

Alluminati

snoringcat wrote: »

MrM27 wrote: »

Thank god I live in America. No waiting on a list for months for something to be diagnosed in 10 minutes. You're welcome socialized Healthcare.

Well at least we don't have to pay for it.

You get what you pay for, yes?

Alluminati

OP,
I went through something similar within the last year. I was getting wicked vertigo and went to the doc who checked me out, did blood tests etc with a normal verdict. He recommended me to go to a specialist cause it might be something related to migraines or my inner ear. I never did go cause the symptoms went away for a few months then came back for a few weeks. On and off.

Point is, it could be anything at this point until you get checked out.

WalkingAlong

dbmata wrote: »

4. I pay 4x that, envy.

Exactly what I was thinking.

SkepticalOwl

MrM27 wrote: »

dbmata wrote: »

So here's some of the factors I'm seeing:
1. Nothing is being tracked. Not weight, not macro/micro mix.
2. There is a history of heart issue (arrhythmia)
3. Significant weight loss in a short period of time
4. MrM27 is paying $80 a month for insurance
5. MarziPanda has a rare blood disorder

Ok, based on this. I would think:
1. Track things. Weight, average BP over a period. Micro intake. Macro intake. Keep a journal of how you feel and when. This will all be useful for your GP.
2. BP tracking, and heart rate tracking over multiple times of the day and a long period of time. This will allow you to figure out what your baseline is.
3. Slow up, boss.
4. I pay 4x that, envy.
5. Don't become blood with MarziPanda. You'll end up a zombie.

I work for one of the largest health systems on the east coast. The amount we contribute to have insurance is really nice. The best part is that if I go to any one of our many hospitals for a work related or non work related issue, this bill gets written off. My partner at work just got operated on to treat diverticulitis and C-Diff, 3 weeks in the hospital plus surgery, no bill.

You do realize that not everyone in the US has such good access to quality care or such good coverage, right?

tracylbrown839

MrM27 wrote: »

Thank god I live in America. No waiting on a list for months for something to be diagnosed in 10 minutes. You're welcome socialized Healthcare.

This is a pretty weird thing to say, quite frankly.