Re: Light headed from Gleevec?

[Guest guest]

This sounds like low blood pressure to me. I get the same thing

occasionally. Do you know what your BP is? I've had mine go as low

as 90/50 at the doctor's office so I can only imagine how low it goes

when I'm sleeping or sitting quietly at home.

Tracey

>

> The other night I woke up in the middle of the night to pee. As I

stood

> there I started to get light headed and before I knew it I was

laying

> on my back on the floor. I just blacked out for a couple seconds.

>

> I've felt mild dizziness when standing up quickly and have felt

> slightly light headed getting out of bed in the middle of the night

> before.

>

> Is this something to worry about?

>

[Guest guest]

At 03:13 PM 9/21/06 +0000, you wrote:

>I've felt mild dizziness when standing up quickly and have felt

>slightly light headed getting out of bed in the middle of the night

>before.

Hi,

If you have some anemia, this could contribute to you getting light headed.

Also, changing positions from lying to standing also contributes. It would

be better in the middle of the night to first sit on the edge of the bed

for a couple of minutes to allow your blood pressure to adjust to the

position change before standing up. And at night, you might want to pee

from a sitting position?

C.

[Guest guest]

My BP was checked 2 weeks ago and was normal. Is low BP a side effect

of Gleevec?

> >

> > The other night I woke up in the middle of the night to pee. As I

> stood

> > there I started to get light headed and before I knew it I was

> laying

> > on my back on the floor. I just blacked out for a couple seconds.

> >

> > I've felt mild dizziness when standing up quickly and have felt

> > slightly light headed getting out of bed in the middle of the

night

> > before.

> >

> > Is this something to worry about?

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Hi

I had about 6 weeks of dizziness about a month ago. The room would spin

crazily and I couldn’t drive for the whole period. The Doc diagnosed excess

fluid around my middle ear probably due to the oedema from the Gleevec.

Glad to say it has gone. I would get it checked out though.

JANE