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Dizzy spells

Has anyone else experienced dizzy spells or light headedness, two weeks post op?

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I'm 1.5 weeks post-op, and I have. To me, it feels the way I used to get when I was hungry. I have never been a "tummy growling" person. My body gives me headaches when I'm hungry.

I've noticed the last 2 days that I'm feeling hungry again (didn't feel hungry AT ALL last week), and the corresponding headaches are back.

Yes OMG I was getting crazy dizzy all the time. They surgeon & nurse said it was because I was not drinking enough water, and my potassium & electrolytes were low. It has gotten a lot better. I am a month out and I only get dizzy in the morning when I get out of bed.

I also experience dizziness & have since about 2nd week postop.. I was told to try upping my water intake &i Idid, but I still get dizzy when I stand up. I am 3 mos out & had my thyroid checked. I have never had a thyroid problem until now. It's hyper & one if the signs is dizziness. I am scheduled to see an Encronoligist next week.

At just over 5 months out I still get dizzy quite a bit.

Whenever I try to stand up from a reclined or laying down position I get dizzy. Enough that my vision goes black and I have to hold onto something to stay upright. I have found that if I sit upright for 30-60 seconds before standing that this doesn't happen. I still forget at times (alarm clock, phone rings, etc...), but otherwise I can control it.

Every once in a while in the evening if I haven't had enough Fluid through the day I get a little dizzy. Not to the point I do when standing up, but still noticeable.

I also recently started one of those DVD workout programs and notice with some of the stretches and exercises, they cause the same dizzy feeling. I don't yet know exactly what/why, but whenever it comes on, I opt to skip that step and wait for the next.

@@winning_by_losing I noticed I was getting dizzy on tuesday when i was exercising too but I think it is because I was not taking deep breaths. More like rapid shallow breaths so I think that might have had something to do with it.

I get dizzy every time I bend down and stand back up, never happened before surgery. I have heard this is a common problem after wls so I have not put much thought to it, but I don't like that feeling at all, but I can live with it.

I am, as well as nauseous.

Turns out I had my thyroid checked with blood work and I have hypo-thyroid. Dizziness is one of the leading side effects among weight gain. Encronoligist gave me a pill to level my thyroid and I will have blood work again in October. FYI, thyroid levels are not checked in routine blood work unless you ask fir them to be checked.

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