Lightheadedness when launching?
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RE: Lightheadedness when launching?
ORIGINAL: TommyV8
My blood pressure is fine. As for vertigo, is that when heights makeyou completely lose your sense of balance and orientation and you feel as though you're being pulled over to the edge of whatever you're standing on, even from just a few feet up? I get that very badly. I dunno aboutmy blood sugar.
I don't get nervous or worked up very easily at all, always on an even keel. And I've been down the 1320 many times, very routine for me.
I was thinking that sitting for a while (nice air last night so it was pretty crowded) and then moving was maybe like standing up really fast after a nap or something.
My blood pressure is fine. As for vertigo, is that when heights makeyou completely lose your sense of balance and orientation and you feel as though you're being pulled over to the edge of whatever you're standing on, even from just a few feet up? I get that very badly. I dunno aboutmy blood sugar.
I don't get nervous or worked up very easily at all, always on an even keel. And I've been down the 1320 many times, very routine for me.
I was thinking that sitting for a while (nice air last night so it was pretty crowded) and then moving was maybe like standing up really fast after a nap or something.
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RE: Lightheadedness when launching?
Stop worrying. I used to get it a little too. It's just a huge rush of adrenaline overreacting in a stationary body. The same thing can be felt by people afraid of heights on the roller-coaster on the way up the ramp. Or just before a big exam (be it SAT, MCAT, or for me, FE and PE exams), many people have that moment of anxiety. It's normal, and all you need to do it be more confident at the line and concentrate on specific actions.
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RE: Lightheadedness when launching?
How old are you? Sounds like you have vertigo at least. It could be transient hypotension, possibly related to blood sugar, possibly related to anxiety, or it could be the early signs of a heart or vascular problem. May also be a screwy inner ear. You should see a doctor though, we humans are like cars, our body usuallygives us signs for a while before something fails majorly. It's prolly not anything serious, but it never hurts to get checked out anyway