Mike83IRL Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Just curious,getting some low numbers agaon today,what's the lowest systolic/diastolic anyone here has gone while still being concious? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigskyfam Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 80/48 after exercise a few months ago at cardiac rehab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lejones1 Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 50/30 for at least 5 min on a tilt table test. Then it actually started to rebound. My doctor was surprised I didn't pass out. Luckily if I take in enough salt and water I don't have blood pressure problems in "real life". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katybug Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 86/60....but I was sick with a terrible virus and this was before I had POTS symptoms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim5204 Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 70/40 was sick at tne time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike83IRL Posted May 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 Wow.i hit 85/45 while standing today.chest pain makes it extra unsettling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 Whilst in hospital I was 65/32 at my lowest for four days of low BP and no one batted an eyelid. The doctor on the neuro ward said later that they only get worried if it goes below 99 systolic and I told him how low mine went and I was giddy, barely able to stand let alone walk. He looked at my previous chart readings from when I was in obs and was shocked how low they had gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike83IRL Posted May 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 Yeah alot of docs seem fixated on the idea that with BP lower is ALWAYS beneficial,..not true for us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hearts Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 Hey everyone, Im new here but have always had a copy of this BP chart and found it helpful. It shows typical symptoms at different BP measurements and how low is too low. Hope this helps. http://www.vaughns-1-pagers.com/medicine/blood-pressure.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissy21 Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 Anything lower than 90/60 is considered hypotensive but it depends on the person how low they can go before having symptoms or passing out. I think I was at 84/48 on the tilt table when I started to lose consciousness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynnie22 Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 My lowest often happens in the late evening just sitting around, drinking plenty of fluid to try to keep it from sinking. 74/48 has been my lowest. Didn't feel very well, head all fuzzy, lightheaded. Happens rather frequently. Doctors say I should just go to sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katybug Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 Hearts,That is a great chart! Thanks for posting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 According to the chart I should have been in a coma! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkd Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 This is unrelated to dysautonomia but when I was pregnant with my daughter, I was having premature labor and in the hospital. They tried to give me a medication to decrease the contractions, but it's something that increases heart rate so if your heart rate reaches a certain level, they can't give you anymore medication. I can't remember exactly my HR, but I remember my BP being 70/35 and I asked the nurse "how low does it have to get before you die?" She didn't give me an answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjensen Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 70/40. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midatlanticdinetuser Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 60/40 and hr 40 and passing out with sweating and crying at 45 minutes with no IV meds at all to induce symptomswhen they stopped my TTT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuneFlower Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 60/30 and then also no reading at all but my daughter announced-I don't feel good and I had her sit down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katybug Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 Thanks for mentioning that, June. I sometimes can't get readings and I also error out the automated machines all the time. My current PT takes my pulse in between each major transition and she often can't feel my pulse going from laying to sitting and then again from sitting to standing. I get very thready. She panicked (silently but I could see it in her face while she felt around my wrist) the first time. I told her I get really thready and she might have to wait up to a minute to feel my pulse again. It's my bp going, going, oh, there it is again! Lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Libby Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 70/22 on my TTT.The nurse was impressed. She literally said, "I don't know how you're still conscious."Practice. LOL. She also said that most people were begging to be put down long before they got to that low a BP. The only reason that I wasn't was that I honestly forgot it was an option.My hr dropped from 155 to 60 right around then too, so they ended the test. Thankfully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 It amazes me how my BP can be say, 104/57 when I am sitting down and my heart rate is 95 and then after standing for a while it can shoot up to 178/85 and my heart rate is 138. Very dramatic and certainly shows how these changes can effect the body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted May 11, 2014 Report Share Posted May 11, 2014 Documented at 36/24 on a TTT at CC and didn't pass out. The cardio said it had to be machine error but the next day they did it again and I went to 42/26 without passing out. Her response was "You REALLY should be passing out with numbers like this!". On my first TTT (locally) they lost my BP totally for quite awhile while I was still aware. I remember the nurse saying she "heard 1 beat at 30 but that was all and you couldn't possibly have still been alert that low." Apparently I could. I've had orthostatic hypotension most of my life so maybe my body has just adjusted over the years? That's my POTS neuro's interpretation anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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