A few questions PLEASE HELP

Definately 3 questions for a doctor

Start taking some vitamins, and eating more. Sounds like you aren't eating enough. Def. go to the dr.

the headache/pressure sounds neurological...see your doctor asap - these things aren't normal!

not uncommon to stand and get what I call a "black rush", something about getting up to quickly and amount of blood flow to the brain... I don't believe it's any thing to be alarmed about, but not a dr.

You may be anemic but it could be something more sinister.

Please go to the doctors.

Headaches and belly problems can be quite common when starting a diet, especially if you are cutting out a food you have eaten for a long time or reducing caffeine for example but go to the docs!

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Some of these are simple and some are really worrying.

Before I begin, let me sat I drink nothing but water, and my sugar and salt intakes are generally on the low side.

I have three questions, one of which is urgent.

First of all, what could be causing these headaches I've been having?
It's not all that uncommon for me to get a headache every week or two, but recently I've been getting them every other day, and sometimes several days in a row.

Secondly, I sometimes get the most awful cramps in my lower abdomen. Ladies, they feel kind of like menstrual cramps but more widespread. I should also probably add that mine aren't very severe.. I wonder if that's abnormal too... What could either of these be?

And third.. this is the concerning one.
If I bend or stand too quickly, the edges of my vision go black for a minute and I get the slightest bit dizzy, or I get a huge headache that makes me feel like tons of pressure is building up on my poor brain. Sometimes it's both at once. Thankfully, they fade quickly, but I can't help but be concerned that something is neurologically wrong with me.

A fourth question... Could any of these be related to me going on my diet? None of this has ever happened before then.


Anything, even a word of encouragement, would be nice. Thanks for reading.

Absolutely, talk to your doctor!

I personally have had my vision go black (especially when I first get up in the morning, quickly) and my son has the same issue. We know that we both have low blood pressure... I crave salt in a family that tells me NOT to. My doctor told me and hubby, that I should NOT be afraid to eat salt... My body needs it to survive...who knew?!

Just because people on this forum have same symptoms - can be totally different causes. Call your doctor!

Could be migraine, could be a deficiency, like iron - I am sure it is nothing to worry about but check yourself out with a doctor:)

I didn't think it'd be that much cause for concern.. Now I'm really worried. I don't have a doctor (the reason I posted here) but I'll do what I can to get one.

Do you have a CVS near you? At the very least try the minute clinic. If they cant diagnose you mabe they can get you a referal to get you into a doctors office

You need to go to a doctor and get a check up.

When I started on this I was getting headaches and like a trapped wind feeling. I take a multi vitamin now and the problems have gone. Now I dont know whether they have done that or its simply I am used to the new way of eating but its worth a try. But once again, go the doctor.

I have been having similar issues. I went to my doctor and after seeing my weightloss and my low blood pressure he put me through some tests, found out I have a VERY low B12 count. Maybe you are the same??

May I ask what a B12 is?

Straight up from Wikipedia. You can read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_B12

But here is a summary:
itamin B12, vitamin B12 or vitamin B-12, also called cobalamin, is a water-soluble vitamin with a key role in the normal functioning of the brain and nervous system, and for the formation of blood. It is one of the eight B vitamins. It is normally involved in the metabolism of every cell of the human body, especially affecting DNA synthesis and regulation, but also fatty acid synthesis and energy production. It is the largest and most structurally complicated vitamin and can be produced industrially only through bacterial fermentation-synthesis.

Vitamin B12 consists of a class of chemically related compounds (vitamers), all of which have vitamin activity. It contains the biochemically rare element cobalt. Biosynthesis of the basic structure of the vitamin is only accomplished by bacteria, but conversion between different forms of the vitamin can be accomplished in the human body. A common synthetic form of the vitamin, cyanocobalamin, does not occur in nature, but is used in many pharmaceuticals and supplements, and as a food additive, because of its stability and lower cost. In the body it is converted to the physiological forms, methylcobalamin and adenosylcobalamin, leaving behind the cyanide, albeit in minimal concentration. More recently, hydroxocobalamin, methylcobalamin, and adenosylcobalamin can also be found in more expensive pharmacological products and food supplements. The extra utility of these is currently debated.

Vitamin B12 was discovered from its relationship to the disease pernicious anemia, which is an autoimmune disease in which parietal cells of the stomach responsible for secreting intrinsic factor are destroyed. Intrinsic factor is crucial for the normal absorption of B12, so a lack of intrinsic factor, as seen in pernicious anemia, causes a vitamin B12 deficiency. Many other subtler kinds of vitamin B12 deficiency and their biochemical effects have since been elucidated.[1]

If you're eating less than 1200 calories a day then it's likely tha you're not eating enough.
However, I would still definately see a doctor just to be sure

Melissa x