Me too!! I have always had low BP to the point while pregnant it is normal to go high...mine went into "normal" ranges......
I had drop attacks and had vertigo, got dizzy, had balance issues....blurred vision....I was never told my BP was partly to blame.....98/63.....it is not under 90...but low regardless.
"selma"
My blood pressure has been on the low side for as long as I can remember. I dont know the "exact" numbers but whenever I go to the dr they tell me its a little on the low side
I do get dizzy if I stand up too fast, and sometimes get that tipsy little whoa! wobble to the side once in a while. Never knew why. I remember waking up on the floor twice when I was a little kid - confused but never told my parents. Otherwise no passing out or drop attacks as an adult (except when I had a nose job in 1983 & lost too much blood internally - passed out & cracked my head on the bathtub... but that doesn't fit this category.)
That said - turning 45 took care of the rock solid lower blood pressure for me! It went up to 120/80 so I increased my swimming to stay on top of it. Then, when my mother-in-law was on hospice last September, my blood pressure skyrocketed to scary levels. Been on Bystolic ever since.
Lisa
hahaha.... sorry I'm not laughing at you - BUT I was in the same situation. ENT told me I had menieres and to lower my salt!! Then I went to a better ENT and he ruled out Meniers but decided I had migraines with no headache so gave me a medication that is typically used to lower bp.... baaah!!!
So anyways now I have seen a regular neurologist as well as a neuro at the Chiari Institute and they both have encouraged me to drink more fluids for my low bp (which was 115/55 when I checked in, but then 110/60 when I was in the Dr office)
I also have a mild form of EDS which can also cause low BP... I have not been given a dx of Chiari b/c I do not have headaches (well I think I've had maybe 3-4 chiari type, but they aren't a huge prob).
So just wondering what others are struggling with and how BP my effect that...
thanks!
Relatively Low... I have never been told I had low bp until a few months ago... and I've been an athlete all my life so 110/8 would be considered normal... which is right around where mine is now - BUT I have not been doing anything athletic for a while now b/c of my symptoms so I'm not sure if I should really still have a "lower" bp.
From what I've read BP is considered Low (causing symptoms) when it hits 90 - so 100-110 is considered low but normal.
Do you have dizziness, blurred vision, balance probs, drop attacks, or fainting...? just wondering
I haven't been diagnosed with Chiari- still in the process of finding answers. One of the avenues i've been pursuing is my low BP. It averages 94/62 , often dropping below 90/60. They thought this was the cause of my dizziness, but i'm not convinced. I do feel it drop when I stand up too quickly, etc. but I don't think its my only problem & as far as I know, it wouldn't cause the major headache at the base of my skull.
I too have been told the same.. to increase sodium & fluid intake. On the other hand, an ENT has told me I have Menieres disease. Treatment for that? to LOWER sodium & decrease fluids in your system. ugh... can't win.
What kind of "low"? Mine used to run 110/68. On the low end, but not too low I think...
Lisa