im a very picky eater..and i dont get enough iron or vitamins..and i dont like to eat meat that much..and ive been geting really dizzy..and ive had to give blood becuase i almost fainted..and i keep on geting really dizzy when i get up or when i start walking around..and im not sure if i need to be eating more iron and take vitamins..or if im anemic..my mom has ask the doctors and they dont no what it could be..
i want to no if anyone else has had this problem?

fj

It could be that you have two problems.

1. dizziness when standing up out of a sitting or lying position
2. anemia

2. If you had to be given blood for the anemia, and you do not want to eat meat, you should take an iron tablet, unless there is another cause for the anemia (e.g. blood loss, for example when you are a woman).

1. dizziness at getting up is called orthostatic hypotension and can go together with seeing little stars or dots before your eyes, fainting or vision blackouts.
Recent research suggests, that drinking lots of fluids (2 liters) during the day can solve or lessen the problem in most cases. This is a simple and cheap remedy. Choose drinks that you like (chocolate milk, fruit juice, mineral water, tea)

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ladyandjan

Are you by any chance living w/the feeling that you weigh too much and just don't eat? That is anorexia. Should this not be your problem then I would get another opinion from another doctor to rule out any serious medical conditions.

Shidoshi

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Shidoshi

I have dizziness in the morning or immediately after I eat something ... if this is your case then you must check with your doctor for gastro-intestinal problems. It seems that I have an incipient gastritis ...

Doug Crf

How do you know you do not get enough Iron? I once found out I had to much Iron.The way I found out was I was going to donate blood and they do an Iron count check first.Mine was to high.Well I found out the reason being that I was taking a multivitamin not listed for men.I did a little research and found that most all mens multivitamins have no iron.
Women get rid of Iron in there blood when they are on there ......period so there multivitamins have iron.
I am not saying I know why you are low on iron and I do not even know if you are a female but I do know that if you are low on iron it would be crazy not to start by taking an iron supplement to start with.That would be like having a car overheat and saying I know it is low on water but do you think that is why it's over heating,Well put water in it and find out! I really myself do not know if iron can even cause dizziness but there is a range that your iron should be within and you should try to keep it within the range.
Sometimes I will go to a doctor and for a problem and it sounds like they know how to fix my problem so the perscribe me somthing or tell me somethings to do to solve the problem and I leave the doctors only to find out a bit later that what they perscribed or told me to do is not working.Well be persistant and go back and if after the second time the same thing happens then go to a deffernt doctor becouse doctors are far from having the same exact knowlage.
I donate blood every once in a while that is relaxing and I get my iron and vital signs checked and even a free t shirt to get greasy at work all for free.
Take care of yourself and if you know your lacking something in you body start by fixing that problem first.And do more research online I find out alot of stuff on hear but be carfull not to research all your time away I catch my self doing that pretty often.
Again take care of youself
Doug

Shidoshi

Wow. Thanks Doug. Its amazing how much stuff one has to know in order to keep his body healthy. I wonder how our ancestors lived without doctors
In fact, after my last post, I went and tested my blood.
I found that my levels of calcium are very low and I should get a treatment from my doctor really soon. I didn't test for iron though.

fredg

Hi,
I am so glad you went to a doctor that had a blood sample taken. This is the first thing that should have been done; checking various levels of Iron, Calcium, Red and White blood cell count, etc.
A good doctor would have done this first thing.
Best of luck,
fredg

Shidoshi

You are probably right. A good doctor would not talk about your symptoms without your tests paper in front of him/her.