This has been happening to me for years, since I got out of the Navy. Today I completely collapsed in the grocery store. It's scary. My doctor just tells me to stand up more slowly. Great advice.

I hate this feeling! Never used to get this just started up in the beginning of August. Hope everyone in the comment section heals too 100% & can resume their normal lives! Many blessings to you guys! We can overcome this 💪🏼

Why... why can't more videos be like this... This was perfect! Thank you!

Usually, when I stand up too fast I just start seeing black spots and they grow in size, I stumble back and nearly fall over but I can get my consciousness back within seconds.

My mom:ITS BECAUSE OF THAT DAMN PHONE

I’m 21 I’ve always had a slightly below average blood pressure but was assured it was a sign of good health. I thought it was normal to get out of bed feeling dizzy where I loose some consciousness and become limb in a moment that lasts less than a minute. Recently I woke up feeling like I just stepped off a roller coaster ready to throw up but ended up fainting. According to my doc there is a higher chance of orthostatic hypotension leading to fainting if you are dehydrated which I was. I hope everyone in these comments live a long and healthy life and DRINK WATER DAMMIT!!!

Of all the presentations I‘ve seen, yours is the absolute best. Thank you so much.🙏👏🏻👍🏆🤸🏼

For those who don't know, small fiber neuropathy that affects the autonomic system is also a cause of orthostatic hypotension. Studies now show that c*vid and the c*vid vax can cause these symptoms due to small nerve fiber neuropathy. A neurologist can do a skin punch biopsy to check for SFN, as well as a qsart test for diagnosis. An autonomic specialist (like my cardiologist) does autonomic testing to diagnose orthostatic hypotension due to SFN.

I have NEVER seen others with this condition also speaking about their experiences with it. Its making me see that my symptoms are actually common and normal for this condition. I fall a lot, and i have this issue regardless of if I'm standing or not sometimes. Sometimes all it takes is for me to stretch my arms over my head. Or whenever i turn my head/move too suddenly or swiftly. I can't breathe fully anymore, I always feel exhausted. My heart rate will speed up dramatically, then slow down suddenly. I'm trying to learn more about it finally, after 5+ years of knowing, but i suspect I've had it my whole life. Its gotten a lot worse. I'm 22.

When i stand i get these but my vision goes completley blurry and i stumble over. Alot of the times my mind goes blank and i dont know Whats happening.

I really appreciate being able to find such thorough information all in one video. Thank you for yet another very helpful video!

It's important to see your doctor if you have frequent symptoms of orthostatic hypotension, because they can signal serious problems. It's even more urgent to see a doctor if you lose consciousness, even for just a few seconds.

That's more helpful especially when you connect physio+path+pharma... Ofc that's the goal! Thank you

my whole life ive loved the feeling of this phenomena, i usually feel it coming before it starts and just give into it and let everything go to black then slowly fade back into view, im not sure way but it feels amazing to me have it come over my body and engulf me

I heard of orthostatic intolerance when Greg Paige, the original yellow Wiggle, left the band. He had a heart attack a year ago during concert but was lucky to be alive thanks to a cardiologist there off duty. As a Wiggles fan I hope Greg can cope with this disease.

This was an excellent video. . Nice calm clear voice together with excellent graphics made it very accessible. Thank You

Great video! Very informative. I usually experience a weird headache paired with flashing lights and dizziness when standing up from bed. Also unable to squat or do any postural exercises due to feeling dizzy and lightheaded/confused. Very annoying. I finally have a cardiology appointment and hoping I can get some type of medication to resume my normal exercise routines. Ive been battling these symptoms for over 3 years.

Appreciate the detailed explanations on causes, especially the list of meds

I started getting this after taking lisinopril.

I was admitted in the hospital for this when I was 15 after suffering a bad fall resulting in me hitting the back of my head. They gave me and IV drip and jugs of water to drink. 2 days later little to nothing changed when they decided to discharge me and I continued to make the blood pressure machines to continuously beep when standing or sitting and I still remember a doctor speed walking in confused to just see me standing. I still experience these growing blacks while sitting and currently I’m mostly worried about the effect it has on my brain

very interesting. I've had it for years , made worse by medications and never addressed by healthcare professionals. It seems to be up to me to navigate between adaptations and declining medications to find a way to cope.

I was used to orthostatic hypotension. Thankyou for this video 🙏🏽

Wonnderful video - I can't wait to explore the physiology more.

This was such a thorough video and very easy to understand. Thank you so much. 🙏

Thank you for such a very good comprehensive yet concise video!

My father had a bad internal bleed from high dose pain killer and that lowered his blood pressure. He didn't realize when he was going #2, it was mostly blood. He ended up getting blood transplants and after week or two it finally solved it but the doctors couldn't find exactly where the bleed was, despite various tests and scans and making him swallow some device which he never found in his doody. Father also has various comorbidity issues, like congestive heart and kidney failure. My hubby sometimes wakes up in middle of the night to pee and instantly faints for a second. He works out hard at the gym, he is nearly 60. He drinks a few coffee and teas a day but not too much water. I think his may be from dehydrated, maybe some electrolyte issue, as he sweats a lot and sometimes gets cramps. I give him enough protein meals but maybe magneisum.

Thank you for the information I just stood up and completely blacked out and came to with a gash in my arm

I often experience this but it's usually mild. It was a different case a couple of minutes ago though, I was hunched over the sink suffocating and hallucinating and my parents tried calling me back (I was so out of it). It's my first time experiencing that and it was so scary. I have anemia but not as worse as when I was a kid and am not currently taking any medications. Maybe it's time to visit the doctor.

Just now I got out of my chair and stretched. I fell to the floor with the back of my head first and bit my tongue which now is bleeding.

When I stand up from siting my vision goes dark,my head feels heavy and hurts a little,I get very dizzy and sometimes I fall,it was gone for about a week but it came back

Im 16 and this began at the beginning of 2020 When I stand up i get nauseous, walk in a weird way and my vision gets blurry (sometimes even black) I passed out 2 times with this after helping my father unload groceries from his car I was athletic and lifting weights before this whole thing started and I really want to start exercising again Is there any way I can stop that so I can exercises without feeling like passing out?

When I stand up I get extremely dizzy and sometimes go completely blind

Gr8t.made very simple. May you plz do Propioception🙏(South Africa)

sometimes i get up and my vision blacks out for a whole like 5 seconds then reverts back, ive always wondering why is does this. thank you for telling me :)

I did consulted my doctor about this and he says that I’m fine. When I stand up my head feels dizzy&heavy and my vision gets bright&black. It doesn’t matter if I sit/lay down for a long time, just sitting down and standing up makes my head feels heavy. It feels somewhat like when I’m having my carsick. I was born with carsick. It started with that, and later happens often when I’m showering. I remember once it got so bad, that my eyes went from completely brightness to darkness, i lose strength on my limbs, I got tinnitus and then I couldn’t hear anything. I think I almost lose all consciousness, before my mom dragged me out of the shower, where I was half way to the ground. She said that my lips turned purple, and then I got better laying on bed. I think the showering has to do with just the standing up&feeing dizzy, but they might be different conditions. I’m honestly not sure.

I'm 14 and when I stand up too quickly, my vision goes completely black and I get really dizzy. I either stumble around like I'm drunk (usually bumping into things because I can't see) or black out. When I black out, I can feel myself falling, but other than that I'm unconscious. Do I have this? And if I do, who should I tell in case it happens? Should I tell my dance teacher or school teachers?

Thank you, I tried using 2 pillows and getting up slowly and it works.

I workout everyday . I haven’t rested on a while . And today it’s been crazy but I do pee a lot and swear a lot. I am a healthy individual but this is scary and it’s been happening to me lately

I can't tend to my garden anymore because of this. It's very uncomfortable and causes me to fall over when I'm not holding onto the cinderblock wall, and no, unfortunately, getting up more slowly hasn't helped. I hate it! 😐

Excellent presentation- Thank you.

This only happened to me once back when I was 18 (29 now). I remember I was sitting on my bed at night doing my homework and I got up quick to put my paper at the standing lamp to see better. Next thing I know, everything was going dark and I realized I was falling over. Then I was fumbling the lamp before knocking it over and falling to the ground. I thought it was because of the bright light. Now I realize it’s because I got up quick.

I have bouts of this, always first thing in the morning. I get up and start moving around making my breakfast or whatever and just feel like I could pass out, and my heart rate seems elevated. Sometimes if I get up real fast I have chest pain, and once my heart rate went to like 120 bpm. I go and lay back down for a few moments and it goes away. But even minor movements do it, like if I'm asleep, and move from my side to my back, my heart rate increases by like 20 beats until my body settles again. A lot of time I think I'm dehydrated at night. I'm skinny too, 5'11 and 140 pounds. I know a lot of skinny people who say they experience the same thing.

6 days ago I passed out from this and hit my back on a door frame, my back got quite bruised and just today my back has been hurting when I move my arms.

When i get up suddenly my vision goes blind sometimes and then comes back after a few seconds

simplified and easy to understand. tq sir!

Happened to me for the first time after getting the 2020 or 2021 flu shot when I was 14 or 15. I was in the doctor's office still, waiting for my mom to schedule the next appointment when I just felt really tired. I leaned against the wall and then my knees gave out and the brought me in to lay down on a bed. Since then I've found out I'm anemic. It doesn't happen everytime I stand up and it's usually just 3-8 seconds of blindness but one time I fainted. I went blind, held my arms out like I normally do, reached for my door frame and then just fell. Maybe 5-20 seconds later I woke up thinking woah... That's not good.

I watched this video because I have been experiencing symptoms of orthostatic hypotension like when I stand up I can see at all because of a huge neon green color with some purple taking up all of my vision and I end up either nearly falling or I do fall and usually it’s not to bad but it really gets annoying recently because it has been happening just randomly now with out me even getting up. Thank you for this video I’m going to try to drink more water and get up slower and see what happens.

Nicely explained thank you ☺️

when I get this from getting out of bed too fast, it lasts for a long time, and I legit feel like/ think I'm dying. I have to lay on the bathroom floor and hope I'm breathing 🥺

This happened to me mostly when getting from lower position to higher one like standing up , my vision get black out my eyes open but few sec i will not see anything and a little lost of balance. It got me worried but now i get it

The spins. I get this from time to time. Only recently did I get scare, wound up in hospital for a few hours.

This doesn't concern me since i found a technique of lying down in my knees wherever this happens to me, but later i found out that you have higher risk of dementia if you have this thing that scared the shit of me, since my grandma suffer dementia before she died.

I have this when I stand all day at work

Very great lecture sir Thanksgiving

What should i do if it's because of prolonged bed rest? And now i can't sit and stand for too long?

Is the clonidine listed in Medications the same clonidine that is used for hypertension?

i'm 13 years old and i've had this for as long as i can remember, and when i stand up after sitting/lying down i go blind for 10-15 seconds, and sometimes i have nausea too. is it okay to leave it alone and ignore it? thanks

Hey what does this mean if this happens atleast once to me everyday. Litrely it happened today. Yesterday. And on and on and on

Rhis has happened to me since i was 14. 2 years after i started smoking. I quit 6 months and it didnt happen and now im smoking again and it happened. Im use to it and i sit immediately and either lay down or grab a wall. I dont fully pass out often but it has happened. Hope this helps any of you

My blood pressure is excellent lying down but elevated while sitting or standing

Why do I get Ortho Hypo when I stand up suddenly when I've been sitting in a squatting position for a few minutes?

I'm only 18 and i use to suffer from this ever since the pandemic started

I’m only 14 and this has been going on since I was 12 and I don’t know why. I usually feel dizzy after waking up, sitting, but I’ve only fainted 3 times.

Excellent explaination 😍

This has stayed happening recently and I’m noticing it’s getting worse. I used to just get a bit light headed and my vision blurred, but now my vision is almost completely gone and if there isn’t a wall or something to lean on I can’t even stay standing. This last for about 20seconds. I don’t know if I should go to the doctor about this or not.

I experience this now a days.. my constant sitting on computer lifestyle is the reason I am sure... just exercise you all.. this will go away...

great visuals! thanks fir the vid!

I recently stood up and fell down as I lost my vision. Hit my back of the head and i didnt shout as i didnt know what happened. This happens regularly but not as bad as this one. Should I ignore or consult a doctor?. Everytime I stand up it happens and I lose control. I'm 15

Nice and informative video. Like it

Does anyone else's vision go bright white and have ringing or sounds like people are further away? I had this happen to me today, I really thought today was my day. Luckily.. Sitting in my car with he ac helped me, I might have been over heating too

it always happens to me even if i’m not laying down or seating idk what’s the prob with me

Hey guys, I used have this extremely rarely, like once or twice a year, but I was quite overweight.. Fast forward six months I have now dropped some fat, around, ahem, 24kg and feel way more healthy, but now I experience this Hypotension thingy like 5 times a day, each time I stand from my chair.. Can this be because of relatively fast weight loss ? I'll get my blood pressure checked today. Thank you.

Mine doesn't do it when I stand up its after standing up for several minutes or walking. does anyone else have this that takes amlodipine?

I thought clonidine reduce sympathetic outflow from CNS, even it can stimulate the local receptors to cause vasoconstriction. Eventually, which effect will win ?

I have Neurogenic Orthostatic Hypotension and Labial Hypertension .. how does those go together??

Ok, but what if your fine when your standing or active, but wheni sit down or lay down start either fainting or having chest pain like heart attack, standing back up makes it go away

Brlliant video.....

I’ve had these blacks after standing up for a while now, but today I actually passed out and fell, it was really confusing

I feel it when I sit down and get up and walk or after I have a shower

Are there any doctors in the Houston Texas area that could be seen for this diagnosis?

clonidine is an alpha 2 agonist reducing the sympathetic tonus, that doesn't make sense, in fact clonidine can be responsible for orthstatic hypotension

Almost every time I stand up my vision goes completely black for a few seconds and I get super dizzy and sometimes to the point where my body collapses as if I’m fainting but I’m still conscious as I then get up again 5 seconds later and go about my day….but as well as that it sometimes happens if I’m in the shower for instance and briefly turn my head or when I’m walking and the sun is bright in my eyes……..

This is a wonderful job wow, thank you so much for this. I am wondering, is immobilization and bed rest a causation for ORTHOSTATIC HYPERTENSION as well?

I honestly thought everyone had this I thought it was normal

can you exercise against this?

im scared am i going to die??

I still get symptoms laying down sometimes

is there a part of the body that would cause this if it had some type of pressure against, like a tumor or a scare of tissue build up that would create pressure on something??? neck area? back of head? forehead ?temple?

im 13 and i stand up or stretch and either feel dizzy or actually pass out. ive been to the doctor about it and they did some blood tests and nothing has happened and im pretty sure this is it

i got this right after covid.. already month and nothing changes.. will it ever get better on its own? :(

I have this along with other issues... currently on fludrocortisone to try and help it x

Thank you so much sir

This happens too me multiple times a day and I just sit down for 1 second and I'm fine but if I stay standing my vision will go "black" and if I don't sit down it will get worse until I fall over. Im 15 years old should I go visit a doctor? I would really appreciate a reply it started again recently. I have stopped smoking weed frequently I went from everyday of the week for 2 months too Friday and Saturday recently is that possibly playing into it?

I was so scared I just disconnected from my body and fell to the floor and I was in a state like I just woke up from sleeping

I am 43 year old while I sit in squat position and stand immediately then I feel like fainting and dizzy. Is there any treatment for this note: I am a regular active person daily I am walking and running for 1 hour my bp remains normal 126/80 maximum

Super 🔥🔥

Alright, good to know it's fairly normal. Just stood up from a chair and lost consciousness for a minute, luckily I fell back on the chair.

I’ve been dealing with this ever since I was a kid, I’m 24 now and it’s becoming more frequent. I almost always blackout for a few seconds when it occurs and sometimes collapse to the floor if I don’t feel it coming. Has anybody found solutions to it? My doctor told nothing can be done….

Once I passed out once cuz of this once (like got tunnel vision and fell over)

I am 33 today i got diagnosed by same. I take midodrine and increase salt level. Will see if it improve. Can't get back to normal life