Kevin Tarr wrote:
>
> At 10:57 PM 1/18/2003 -0600, you wrote:
> >Deborah Harrell wrote:
> > >
> > > --- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > <snippage>
> > > > Enjoy the low blood pressure, but *really* watch out
> > > > for going off
> > > > caffeine cold-turkey; you might start fainting a
> > > > lot! (Happened to someone I know.)
> > >
> > > I'd heard of headaches, but not *fainting.* They must
> > > have really consumed a lot of coffee/cola!
> >
> >Just 2 or 3 Cokes a day, but with naturally low blood pressure, having
> >that caffeine taken away all at once instead of gradually made the
> >difference between occasional light-headedness and fainting a couple of
> >times a day, especially when getting out of bed in the morning.
> >
> > Julia
>
> I can relate. I drink no coffee, but soda. I've had days with
> lightheadedness after not drinking soda. What's funny is plenty of days I
> can get almost diabetes like symptoms, but I don't have diabetes.
You might have hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), which, if you're not
careful, can lead to diabetes. Or, at least, so I've been told. (My
mom has hypoglycemia and is fairly careful with her diet, especially
since both her parents developed mild diabetes in their 70s.)
Julia
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