Getting Dizzey When You Get Up

It used to happen to me when I was younger. I doubt that it's anything serious, it'll probably fade away by itself.

Go get that checked out if its really happening very frequently. If it gets severe then you have vertigo which can be caused by something a little more serious like damage to an ear drum, low blood pressure, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, or a brain tumor.

My mother fought with vertigo for a year until doctors finially figured out it was diabetes. She would just get dizzy about once or twice a week. You're young so its probably nothing too seroius, but if I were you I'd definately get it checked out by a doctor. It never really hurts to have a doctor check up on you.

It's ok - it's a pretty normal occurence.

There's even a name for it; I forget, but it was in Birdsong which I was reading a couple of days ago. Anyhow, don't worry about it.

Something like this used to happen to me to. I'd get up real quick, i'd have this heat/blood like rush through my head, a numbness then be disorented for a few second.

I say go get a check up and get some blood tests done. Could be something with your circulation.

Every time? I'd check it out.

How is the heat there? If it's warmer, you should drink even MORE than usual, so if you're drinking less than before, that works doubly against you. Not only that, but most of your water comes from food, so if you're also undereating, that's a big issue.

Thanks guys, I'm not on any medication and dont have any diseases that I know of, and last time I checked my blood pressure was good. I guess it's just there, however if it gets any worse I'll be sure to see a doctor about it

Why don't you get mommy and daddy to buy you a hovercar so you never have to get up.

I used to get that all the time...I think it happens to people who are underweight and have low blood pressure...

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Originally Posted by NApOLm321

I was wondering if any of you knew what contributed to the dizzeyness and or loss of vision when you get up. Now this used to happen to me on rare occasion, but for the last few months its been happening everytime I get up! At my friends house I hit my head on the top of his couch (Which is solid wood mind you) just because I went out of it for a second, which is beggining to make me think something odd is making this happen, since it just started. I mean im 15 and fit, so I dont see why this is happening. Could it be contributed to eating less (which I've been doing recently) and/or not drinking enough fluids (Ditto)?

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Are you diabetic? If you go to a cardiologist, s/he will probably tell you that you have a condition called syncope or near syncope, which is an imbalance of those chemicals your kidneys produce (for some reason, the word eludes me and I know it's really simple) making you faint or almost faint. I had this same condition when I was your age and first they test you for diabetes. If your family has a history of diabetes, you don't necessarily have to have it to have the syncopes. After some tests, they discovered why I was blacking out and my cardiologist prescribed a drug called Atenolol, which I took for several years. No more blacking out, fainting or anything. Hope that helps. Here's some links.

http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/drb...otension.shtml

http://my.webmd.com/content/healthwise/187/58877

http://www.sunderland.ac.uk/~hs0dad/...l/atenhmpg.htm