Well it's back. About six months ago I mentioned to my doctor that I was feeling dizzy on occasion, especially when I stood up quickly but sometimes just for no reason. That's when she sent me for an echocardiogram which showed there was nothing wrong.

Now it's happening again. Any ideas? I can't imagine my blood pressure is low, and I think I'm well-hydrated, so I'm ready to try any old wives' remedies. It's scary, and I'm terrified it will happen while I'm driving!

Having temporary low blood sugar may be the problem. When you eat your starchy or sugary items, if you eat them with some Fiber or protein(to a lesser degree) it will help moderate your blood sugar levels and prevent temporary low blood sugar. The dizziness will usually happen several hours after a sugary/startchy meal or after several hours past your normal meal time if you haven't eaten it that day. Also if you have worked particularly hard without much food intake in the day.

Some things to check out at least....

T

DeLarla, I'm just a little dizzy. What you're describing sounds a bit more, um, dramatic. That said, we do have a cold front moving through this evening, and maybe I'm feeling that changing air pressure.

Donali, I love your theory!! We're all tuned in to the cosmos, man.

Hi Alex, of course I am not a Dr. but maybe it's as simple as an inner ear thing. I also know that when I don't eat for awhile and my sugar gets too low I feel very dizzy and almost outside myself. Weird. Hope your able to find out what's causing it.

Lisa

Alex, my best friend went through horrible dizzy spells & they did all kinds of test on her. She even would get sick to the point of throwing up. Turns out it was a bunch of wax in her left ear. I mean a HUGE bunch of wax. After they flushed it out she was nearly 100% better. The other problem she was having were headaches which seemed to go away after she stoppped using the patch Birth-control. Go figure!/?

Dramatic? Who, me? GUILTY!

If it's an ear thing, have you heard of Ear Candles? My weirdo herbal friend introduced me to them. I thought she was kidding, but she really shoved this long candle into my ear and lit it. I had to lay there on my side as she monitored the thing because I was afraid my head would catch on fire. I'm not sure how it works, but it's supposed to draw out all the wax. You look really stupid during the process, but they make my ears feel pretty good afterwards.