Chakolate wrote:

BTW, if you should start feeling light-headed, for instance when you stand
up too fast, that's probably your bp falling below about 100/70. It's not
dangerous, you just sit back down again. If you actually lose
consciousness, though, go straight to the doc.

I've had low blood pressure (100/50 and that's when I pump it up)
all my adult life.

Another way to deal with the position changes is to pump up the
blood pressure before you get up. Tighten your muscles, particularly
the abdominal and gluteal (butt) musles and hold your breath, then
stand up. Voila! No head spin, no dizziness. If you have chronic low
blood pressure, it gets to be habit. I don't think I know how to
stand up (or sit up from a prone position) without doing this anymore.

Shirley

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