Can nicotine cause orthostatic hypotension, i.e. a sudden fall in blood pressure and feeling dizzy when you stand up from a sitting or lying position? I've been using too much nicotine recently, and I'm getting those strong dizzy feelings, but I'm not sure if it's because of the nicotine or a medication that I take.
Nicotine and orthostatic hypotension
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Standing up fast can cause the symptoms you described whether you use nicotine or not. Stand up slowly and wait a minute before walking.
Drop your nicotine levels.
Nicotine causes hypertension not hypotension.. but it can leave you feeling dizzy if you have too much.. so decrease the amount of nicotine your using.
Nicotine causes hypertension not hypotension.. but it can leave you feeling dizzy if you have too much.. so decrease the amount of nicotine your using.
My non-professional guess is, it's the meds. Is it for blood pressure? My BP meds make me light-headed (well, I was told they could -- I'm prone to it already, and so I always stand up slowly anyway, but I was warned these could make it worse. HCTZ, is what they've got me on.)
No, a combination of antidepressants. I'm also prone to orthostatic hypotension, have had it in the past for different reasons, but the recent cases have been well correlated with the nicotine consumption. Tomorrow I will significantly decrease the amount of nicotine consumption and will post the results here.
You're right, but Wikipedia also adds: After the initial stimulatory phase, a later period of depressor effects can occur and may include symptoms of hypotension and [...].
Symptoms of hypotension is not hypotension itself.. meaning, while you may become relaxed (a symptom) it's not actually due to low blood pressure...
But all this depends on amount used.
Caffeine is a stimulant.. yet in a higher quantity you can drink a caffeine product like coffee before bed and sleep great... it becomes symptomatic of a depressant in that regard, even though it's a stimulant.
So, if you are admittedly using too much nicotine, you will get sone effects of hypotension, but it's related to amount used, not hypotension itself.
Your best bet is to lower your nicotine amount, and if the symptoms continue or are concerning then see your doctor.
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I read that as "symptoms such as..." not "symptoms that mimic the effects of...".
I'm now almost sure that in my case, high nicotine consumption has a key role. It could be that I'm prone, or an interaction between nicotine and the medications that I take, but the correlation is definite. (Yesterday I measured my BP while being dizzy several times, and it was horribly low)
The underlying cause of my orthostatic hypotension was Paroxetine. However, the amount of nicotine consumption was making a big difference in the severity of symptoms.
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