So, I’m 17, 110 Ibs, and have been diagnosed with hypotension – low blood pressure. It’s better than high blood pressure, but there’s some pretty bad symptoms that come with it – when I’m sitting down for even a few minutes, and then go to get up (however slowly), it feels like all the blood rushes to my head, and I can get fairly dizzy. I can also see the capillaries behind my eyes when this happens. It feels like my head gets all tense and heavy.

Went to the doctor. "Oh, just get up slowly, drink lots of water…"

Uh, yeah. That’s not helping. I want a cure for this condition, or explanations as to why I got it in the first place, not a treatment tip that won’t work.

The hypotension started in November 2010.

I did take prozac as a pick-me-up, small dose once per day, for the past two years. I stopped taking it in January, a few months after the hypotension started, because I thought it was a side-effect. I also developed hypohidrosis (excessive sweating) at around the same time I got the hypotension. Both these symptoms are symptoms of prozac use, but I don’t think it’s because of the prozac – after all, shouldn’t they have gone away by now? And why did they start so late into the treatment time?

Thanks for any help. Serious answers only please.

A 21-year-old noncompliant female with a history of type I (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus was found in a coma. Her blood glucose was high, as well as her urine glucose, urine ketones, and serum ketones. Her serum bicarbonate was < 12 mEq/L. Her respiration was exaggerated and his breath had an acetone odor. Her blood pressure was 90/60 and his pulse weak and rapid (120).

What is the cause of the dyspnea, hypotension, and tachycardia?

I am really struggling managing symptoms for something that is supposed to be really good! Any help would be greatly appreciated….

In addition to postural hypotension (which can be managed by sitting/lying down) I also get dizzy and lightheaded, my skin gets clammy and I feel nauseous. I am also tired all the time, despite eating greens, jogging every other day, sleeping the requisite 8 hours and drinking plenty of water.

What’s going on???