Just wondering if anyone else is suffering from this and noticing a correlation with their fitness state. My siblings both suffer from mildly compromised autonomic systems. My own dip in that collective gene pool seems to be a legacy of more frequent than usual lightheadedness spells on standing up …

you may be becoming hyponatremic. Add some salt to your recovery drink and it will likely help.

Here’s a short summary, with some refs to follow. [image] Exercise training and orthostatic intolerance: a paradox? There’s probably been a bit more research since then but I haven’t looked into any of it.

I have this as part of EDS and regularly get very lightheaded when standing up (always have done). Not sure if it’s worse when I’m fitter but I could believe it. I would like to say I’m careful and don’t stand up quickly but I frequently forget until it happens and I’m about to faint. I just crouc…

I’ve noticed this after hard workouts. The last two workouts, I tacked on 15 min mid zone 2, and it doesn’t seem as severe. I usually find myself squatting fairly often the rest of that day, but not so much now.

I do. Whenever I’m consistently training I appear to be at risk for it. I used to workout for several months and then just stop or get very inconsistent. Generally it would go away during these times. Another big trigger for me is alchohol. And anytime I’m outside doing yardwork that requires squatt…

Yes, add salt it has really helped me to increase my salt intake. athletes need more salt then the average person. Only a few hundred grams though.

[image] DennyD: Only a few hundred grams :man_facepalming: milligrams… I’ll slam 1/4tsp or 1/2tsp before hard or hot/long workouts, whatever that weighs.

I’ll get this after hard days. I hop up from the couch and hop up the stairs and by the time I’m walking, I’m feeling light-headed. Wears off in a sec. Never worried about it.

I have it pretty severely. It is worse now than when I was younger. 46 now. I am also more fit now than in any time I can remember. I get it basically any time I go from squatting to standing. I am currently refinishing a front doorway and going low/high to follow the brush stroke is the worst. As i…

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critpig June 11, 2020, 9:12am 10

I get this daily when i workout and it always goes away with hydration. Never been worried, doctor agrees.

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