I have low blood pressure too. I also take midodrine, they are 5 mg tabs I
usually take three per day. Another thing I was given to combat low blood
pressure was Sudafed I can take up to 30 mg four times a day. Ask your doctor
about Sudafed. I still wear Ted hose and a waistband. I feel so much better
when my blood pressure is above a hundred systolic. When I need a midodrine I
know it's about 70 systolic or lower. Good luck.
Debbie
C4 incomplete/April 2005
--- On Sat, 8/2/08, ~LittleQuad~ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: ~LittleQuad~ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] serious health questions
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], quad-list@eskimo.com
Date: Saturday, August 2, 2008, 11:22 AM
haha, 84 lbs now....i take 10mg 3 times day.
t crook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hey Lil'-
Long time no hear from. I have been going through the same thing (except the
UTI's, I did have a bad one a couple of months ago, it was only my second UTI
in almost 20 yrs) and am now on midodrine also. I am feeling better until the
midodrine wears off after 3 hours. My blood pressure has always been low; but I
have had alot more lows with near passing out with always feeling tired and
light-headed. My lab work came back good, and so did my adrenal gland test. I
am and always have been lean, but I am wondering if the atrophy I have had has
something to do with it.?
Kind of sounds like we are in the same boat, as I recall you are just a
lil'-thing... haha!
How much midodrine are you taking?
Tim
--- On Fri, 8/1/08, ~LittleQuad~ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: ~LittleQuad~ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [QUAD-L] serious health questions
To: "Quad-list post" <quad-list@eskimo.com>
Date: Friday, August 1, 2008, 9:08 PM
i have really low bp, like 50/30s and started med for it but not helping, plus
i'm fainting at least 2 times a days.(i have fainted all my life, when scared
real bad or hurt but never daily unttil last few months) then i'm so exhausted
from that i don't want to do much. my son (10 yrs old) has been gone while this
problem has become so invading and i'm worried what he'll think we he realizes
it, he worries about me a lot anyway, never admit it though.
my pcp had mri brain, cervical area, ecg, and vascular ultrasound of neck done,
all results were normal. so referral to cardiac doc and he ran ekg, seemed ok,
but put me on 24/7 heart moniter for 30 days, several spells in 3 days. he
doubled the midodrine* plus referred me to a Electrophysiologist (the names are
getting weirder). it is really scary cuz i was the youngest patient in 4 story
building by 20 years!!!! i'm only 28!
i keep getting uti's, will cure one 2 weeks later its on the way back. my
urologist and rehab doc don't like each other or agree on what to do and i
don't know which to go with. the rehab doc wants to fight the uti's by
inserting some bacteria, he says iss new procedure, my uro says the rehab doc
is young dodo for nice terms. ugh so i'm going to go see uro again to see what
to do.....
anyone else have similar probs?
thanks....littlequad
