Subject: RE: Dizzy -- is this swimmer's ear? When I swam in Highschool and before, I noticed the same thing... getting up fast would cause me to blackout just a bit or feel dizzy. I was out of shape for several years, and just recently have gotten back into the kind of aerobic shape I was in back then. My mom used to tell me that this was from low blood pressure, and that she had the same thing when she was growing up, and was into athletics. I never verrified what it was with a doctor, but it seems like dehydration or low blood pressure could be plausible explinations, although I'm almost always pretty well hydrated.
I should mention that it's a different feeling than the one right after getting out of the pool or lake after an intense swim - that's a more "pure" dizzy feeling, but I never have a sense that I'm on the edge of passing out after swimming.
I'd love to hear if others have similar experiences and if so, suggestions for fixing it.
It's not bad deal, it just looks silly to my co-workers when I jump up to go to lunch and then have to grab a wall 5 seconds later.
~Keith |