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sorry, I sounds like a terrible ordeal.

I'll be thinking of you.

Sara,

I want you to know that I have seizures due to low BP- like you have said. I thought I was conscience because I am aware that there is movement but my memory is of- say 5 seconds. The events -people tell me are about 2 minutes. I have also seized (quick body jerks) and passed out during my all 4 TTT. Each time I grayed out and knew I was going but thought I recovered as soon as I was supine. I did not know I was out or seized.

Anyway ,to everyone who thinks they remember seizures or any event that includes collapsing to floor, I doubt it.

Hi,

For me the inner tremor was related to proper rest, needing 8 hours consecutive sleep. I was working nights and sleeping 4 hours at a time. (Still getting8, no good as it turned out). I have had periods of dizziness, hours ,not days. But I think its possible that you are losing muscle tone in your eyes. We all lose muscle tone when we faint. The eyes will roll back. They are possibly related. Various inner ear p[roblems involve the eyes. With vertigo you feel like the room is spinning, with Meniere's there is NYSTAGMUS.

Common Causes

Nystagmus is a symptom of many different disorders. Your health care provider will take a careful history and perform a thorough physical examination, which will emphasize the nervous system and inner ear.

Questions asked in a medical history may cover the following areas:

* When was it first noticed?

* How often does it occur?

* Has it ever happened before?

* Is it getting better, worse, or staying the same?

* Are there side-to-side eye movements?

* Are there up-and-down eye movements?

* What medications are being taken?

* What other symptoms are present?

Diagnostic tests that may be performed include:

* CT scan of the head or MRI of the head

* Electro-oculography: An electrical method of measuring eye movements using tiny electrodes.

Are you dizzy laying down?

good luck

Hi James,

Cymbalta apparently helps with anxiety and serotonin and norepinephrine all 3 can be issues for people with autonomic regulation issues. If this is a good fit for you I can easily see how you would crash going off it. We are sensitive in general to things that support or unbalance the autonomic system. I had a bad crash from not drinking enough water. I was tired of getting up at night for the bathroom and backed off the amount of water I drank. Not a good idea. I experience

derealization (brain fog) whenever my BP drops low enough, this not happen when I'm laying down. You say it happens at night, are you laying down?

Its strictly my experience that headaches are from tension -which does not mean that is the case for you.

this might be helpful to you.

http://www.ndrf.org/NDRFHandbook.htm

"We" all hate stairs here. Of some help- for me is to use my arm strength on the handrail and pull ,using less of the leg muscles, it helps me alot. But avoid stairs if you can.

I suggest also that you continue to address your panic/anxiety issues in whatever manor you were previously. You might also look into biofeedback as I think you can learn to recognize the source of discomforts and separate anxiety symptoms from postural phenomena.

GOOD LUCK!

Count me in as well.

I'm sorry Ernie- must be very hard on everyone.

Perhaps.

Remarkable polyp, tumor HBX,cauterized.

HBX is a multifunctional protein. It modulates the sensitivity of cells to cytokines and growth factors, transactivates multiple cellular and viral genes, and forms complexes with different cellular proteins, such as the p53 tumor suppressor protein. In addition, it alters the cell death program.

http://www.nature.com/onc/journal/v22/n19/full/1206539a.html

Its important to remember that polyp removal is effective treatment. I have had a "remarkable" polyp removed also.

check this out its not about blood volume, but.....

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/menopause...ressure/AN01463

Does menopause affect blood pressure?

- Susan / New York

Mayo Clinic breast-health specialist Sandhya Pruthi, M.D., and colleagues answer select questions from readers.

Answer

Yes. Blood pressure increases after menopause and so does the risk of high blood pressure.

There has been some debate about whether these changes in blood pressure are truly due to menopause or are a consequence of age and weight gain. But after taking these factors into account, researchers have found that postmenopausal women are at higher risk of high blood pressure than are premenopausal women. This suggests that estrogen may play a protective role in blood pressure.

Before menopause, women have slightly lower diastolic pressure and systolic pressure than men do. After menopause, systolic pressure in women increases by about 5 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg).

Menopause-related increases in blood pressure can be attributed in part to increased salt sensitivity and weight gain that are in turn associated with hormone changes during menopause. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for menopause also may contribute to increases in blood pressure. Women older than age 50 who take HRT may have a small increase ? usually 1 to 2 mm Hg ? in systolic blood pressure. These women are also 25 percent more likely to have high blood pressure than are women who don't take HRT.

You can take steps to control high blood pressure after menopause. Lifestyle changes can help avoid, delay or reduce the need for medications. These include:

* Reducing sodium in your diet

* Increasing physical activity

* Achieving and maintaining a healthy weight on the DASH eating plan

* Limiting or avoiding alcohol

* Avoiding tobacco use

However, sometimes lifestyle changes aren't enough. In such cases, medications such as diuretics are very effective in reducing blood pressure. In addition, a European study published in June 2006 in the journal Hypertension suggests that a new hormone therapy ? which combines drospirenone (DRSP) and 17-beta-estradiol ? may reduce blood pressure in postmenopausal women who have high blood pressure. However, the dosages used in the study are not yet available in the United States.

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interesting. thanks.

I'm bad, I go in when I want to, or when they refuse to renew prescriptions- til I do.

So, I saw the MD and asked him this- he wondered if the Norpace may have done it but thought is was probably hypovolemia during perimenopause and now

with no period the BP has risen.

Radha,

I agree with the others, your Dr. needs to know about this.

good luck!

Don't mess with your antiarrhythmic dose , could be bad news! I take Norpace it may do something different then flecainide but if I miss it-

look out .

Why don't you try calling the Drs. office before you make changes on your own? Be carefull!

Please do make sure your Dr. knows about this, and let us know what he/she says.

Thanks Ernie

and

Happy Birthday

"Amby" lives in AZ. You can do a search for one of her posts and send her a message.

good luck

Ernie,

I so sorry to see your news, also.

A cup of bouillon is the ticket for me. no fat no carbs 5 calories and 1100mg of sodium.

I am hypothesizing and am an NCS patient also on antiarrhythmic- no POTS. However NCS wants to lower the HR, midodrine wants to raise the BP, perhaps they are at odds. If the

midodrine is raising the HR the NCS condition "wants" to lower it. With the antiarrhythmic saying no- not going there- the symptoms proceed unabated. I would also conjecture that when you faint the NCS won that battle.

Just a wild guess. I don't know midodrines physiologic effects.

http://www.righthealth.com/Health/What_Cau...%25252F000210-s

have a look at that, low blood flow to liver- among other things

no less then 3200mg for older adults. I would not exceed that without your Drs. advice.

My Dr. told me no less than 4000mg but I was 45 at the time. I have no experience in regard to ?

"maximums".

I work Weds nights but I'll do my best to participate @ 7 from work.

The poor thing!

And poor mom!

The muscles need oxygen and so does the brain. We have impaired blood flow. With Tach the heart is beating so fast it doesn't fill or empty fully. With brady its slow. There is blood pooling also , so less blood circulating.