|
Off Topic Off Topic - General non-Corvette related discussion. |
|
Share | Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
10-28-2019, 11:39am | #1 | ||||||
Latin American Goat Roper
Barn Stall Owner #101 Bantayan Kids '13
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Orange Park Florida
Posts: 60,811
Thanks: 32,964
Thanked 11,584 Times in 5,715 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $1138393
|
Dizzy/blackout....??
age 75 here, and for sometime now been getting slightly dizzy for a second or two, not enough to cause any falling/pain, just a distraction, and a slight loss of balance, only notice it when standing/walking, not in bed or setting here on the puter, lounge chair....where I spend too much time....
the arthritis is bad, spine and even between shoulder blades, slightly lower, and in middle of chest I get a twinge that is directly in front of the one in back in the spine.... BP is pretty consistent at ~135/80 or so over the last few daze.....I did have a scare on BP being 210 something over 120, but been on med every evening for about 1.5 years now.....Losartin 100 mg 1 tab long about 8 every night....causes drowsiness......I also take Tamsulosin .4 mg for prostrate so I can pee more normal.....again causes drowsiness.... so one tab same time..... about 2 daze ago, I went to get up one morning I sleep on my right side mostly, and straightened up, blacked out, right side of neck/shoulder/head got odd feeling, and I fell over on right side, eventually rolled over in bed on my left side, for several minits, then got up feeling numb on right face/etc.... more I moved around I felt more or less normal, except for dizzy once in a while....but not the one second bursts I used to.... next morning, like this AM, got up more slowly, and rolled over before it did for a few seconds.....everything seems normal.... but the arthritis still a PIA....ibuprofen and I got some of that super beta prostrate on a 'free' sample.....which helps with the peeing a bit more..... anyone any clue as to WTF is going on?? |
||||||
10-28-2019, 11:59am | #2 | ||||||
Sparkles Flambeaux
Barn Stall Owner #4 Barn Raising I,II NCM Supporter '13,'14,'15,'16,'17,'21 Bantayan Kids '13,'14,'15,'17
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Santa Fe, NM
Posts: 61,505
Thanks: 11,791
Thanked 33,105 Times in 14,186 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $17500122
|
go to the doctor and get checked. today is best, this week is good.
|
||||||
10-28-2019, 12:13pm | #3 | ||||||
Barn Stall Owner #55
Island14 Cardio Team
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: A sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory
Posts: 14,829
Thanks: 3,773
Thanked 9,234 Times in 4,393 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $23236
|
Orthostatic Hypotension.
Can have a number of causes, including medications. The fainting isn't necessarily the danger, but the falling can cause great damage. Get it checked asap. |
||||||
10-28-2019, 12:16pm | #4 | ||||||
A Real Barner
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Northern California
Posts: 33,993
Thanks: 14,302
Thanked 12,309 Times in 5,942 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $2214590
|
The wife (retired RN and cardiac pro on her third pacemaker and a veteran of just about every heart med ever made) says it could be a reaction to the Losartan, even though you've been taking it for awhile. Her doctor just took her off of it because he said there's been a recall. She doesn't know the details, she just stopped taking it.
Something you can do right away is when you get up, get up slowly. If in a prone position, don't go to standing right away. Rest a bit in a sitting position before standing up. Do it slowly in stages. I'll send you the bill at the end of the month. |
||||||
The Following User Says Thank You to MrPeabody For This Useful Post: |
10-28-2019, 12:17pm | #5 | |||||||
A Real Barner
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: NorthernNY! (A little town on the shores of the Great Sacandaga Lake) in the peoples republic of NY
Posts: 10,499
Thanks: 5,616
Thanked 3,458 Times in 1,897 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $2115673
|
Quote:
FWIW as said above a lot of blood pressure meds can give you that effect, it did it to me. |
|||||||
10-28-2019, 12:45pm | #6 | ||||||
Bantayan Kids '17
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Stoughton, WI
Posts: 2,936
Thanks: 1,251
Thanked 828 Times in 476 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $1102825
|
Go see the Doc, as we age we need to pay attention to all that shit we ignored when we were younger.
|
||||||
10-28-2019, 12:57pm | #7 | ||||||
Chief Meat Gazer
Charter Member Barn Stall Owner #98 Barn Raising II,III,IV
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Ohio
Posts: 51,171
Thanks: 23,570
Thanked 33,916 Times in 12,356 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $5135124
|
|
||||||
10-28-2019, 1:16pm | #8 | |||||||
Sparkles Flambeaux
Barn Stall Owner #4 Barn Raising I,II NCM Supporter '13,'14,'15,'16,'17,'21 Bantayan Kids '13,'14,'15,'17
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Santa Fe, NM
Posts: 61,505
Thanks: 11,791
Thanked 33,105 Times in 14,186 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $17500122
|
Quote:
|
|||||||
The Following User Says Thank You to DAB For This Useful Post: |
10-28-2019, 1:26pm | #9 | ||||||
A Real Barner
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Northern California
Posts: 33,993
Thanks: 14,302
Thanked 12,309 Times in 5,942 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $2214590
|
|
||||||
10-28-2019, 1:50pm | #10 | |||||||
Latin American Goat Roper
Barn Stall Owner #101 Bantayan Kids '13
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Orange Park Florida
Posts: 60,811
Thanks: 32,964
Thanked 11,584 Times in 5,715 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $1138393
|
Quote:
|
|||||||
10-28-2019, 1:56pm | #11 | |||||||
A Real Barner
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Northern California
Posts: 33,993
Thanks: 14,302
Thanked 12,309 Times in 5,942 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $2214590
|
Quote:
It doesn't sound like this particular problem would be causing your symptoms, but the larger issue is any drug comes with a list of possible side effects. Ask your doctor about it. I went through several different Cholesterol drugs in varying doses before we found one that didn't cause something. |
|||||||
The Following User Says Thank You to MrPeabody For This Useful Post: |
10-28-2019, 2:17pm | #12 | |||||||
Chief Meat Gazer
Charter Member Barn Stall Owner #98 Barn Raising II,III,IV
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Ohio
Posts: 51,171
Thanks: 23,570
Thanked 33,916 Times in 12,356 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $5135124
|
Quote:
|
|||||||
10-28-2019, 2:56pm | #13 | ||||||
Bantayan Kids '17
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Stoughton, WI
Posts: 2,936
Thanks: 1,251
Thanked 828 Times in 476 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $1102825
|
|
||||||
10-28-2019, 3:42pm | #14 | ||||||
A Real Barner
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 12,237
Thanks: 5,836
Thanked 3,202 Times in 1,785 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $1232517
|
Yeah, check that funny feeling out.
I am thinking of taking cbd oil tablets for back arthritis. |
||||||
10-28-2019, 4:23pm | #15 | |||||||
Latin American Goat Roper
Barn Stall Owner #101 Bantayan Kids '13
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Orange Park Florida
Posts: 60,811
Thanks: 32,964
Thanked 11,584 Times in 5,715 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $1138393
|
Quote:
Good luck..... I also have a tube of Diclofenac Sodium topical gel....for arthrongus and it does not work, hands are better off with Aspercream....overnight relief pretty well overnight because I don't have to bother washing it off while me snoring.... |
|||||||
The Following User Says Thank You to mrvette For This Useful Post: |
10-28-2019, 9:26pm | #16 | ||||||
A Real Barner
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: sweatin' on the oldies
Posts: 13,855
Thanks: 8,266
Thanked 3,872 Times in 2,231 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $1000483
|
FWIW my father had similar symptoms and it turns out he wasn't drinking near enough water because of the diuretics he's on and didn't want to be in the head every 30 minutes... well he was badly dehydrated. He's on PRESCRIBED water intake now and has to pee a lot but he seldom falls down any more unless he cheats on the water intake.
Something to try and see if it helps. |
||||||
The Following User Says Thank You to markids77 For This Useful Post: |
10-29-2019, 2:39am | #17 | |||||||
Latin American Goat Roper
Barn Stall Owner #101 Bantayan Kids '13
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Orange Park Florida
Posts: 60,811
Thanks: 32,964
Thanked 11,584 Times in 5,715 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $1138393
|
Quote:
|
|||||||
The Following User Says Thank You to mrvette For This Useful Post: |
10-29-2019, 8:49am | #18 | ||||||
A Real Barner
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 17,389
Thanks: 4,961
Thanked 23,999 Times in 9,980 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $315482
|
I was discussing this with a friend who takes enough pills he knows most side effects.
First thought he had was the prescription (pills) were wrong... Might not hurt to both Google the pill and or talk to pharmacist. He gets wrongs pills couple times a year (dozens of scripts). The one BP med they had himmon had horrible side effects for him including dizziness. He suggested talking to doctor as didn't sound good. |
||||||
10-29-2019, 6:51pm | #19 | |||||||
Latin American Goat Roper
Barn Stall Owner #101 Bantayan Kids '13
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Orange Park Florida
Posts: 60,811
Thanks: 32,964
Thanked 11,584 Times in 5,715 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $1138393
|
Quote:
Makes me wonder if I didn't screw up and take two of the BP meds so 200 mg instead of 100, got out of routine one night and now I wonder......I forget to remember the stupidist shit, walk to the tool box for instance, and forget one critical tool out of the handful.....that kind of crap..... but I been back to normal now the last two daze, even managed to fix two pesky issues on the vette today.....110% humidity and ~85f soaked up a T but good....briefs too...... |
|||||||
10-30-2019, 6:38am | #20 | |||||||
A Real Barner
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 17,389
Thanks: 4,961
Thanked 23,999 Times in 9,980 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $315482
|
Quote:
One make sure to use a pill caddy(i use one just for migraine pills) and two there is an awesome app for pill reminding which has helped him a ton. Medisafe pill reminder and medication tracker (i will verify this is one he uses). He uses free version. Kind of a pain to setup initially he said but worked wonders for him. As for forgetting tools and stuff.. Who doesn't do that. |
|||||||
The Following User Says Thank You to Rodnok1 For This Useful Post: |
|
|
Support the Barn: |
Download the Mobile App; |
Follow us on Facebook: |
||