So, something is out of whack here. I've known for about 8 or 9 months that I have lower than normal blood pressure, but apparently it keeps dropping. Over the summer when I had a series of fainting spells and an ensuing series of doctor's appointments to try and figure out what was wrong with me, I found out that my blood pressure was 92/72. (Normal BP is 120/80. If your BP is lower than 90/70 you are considered hypotense.)

Over the past couple weeks I've been taking my blood pressure at home - my mom has a handy dandy wristband device - and three weeks ago it was 98/63. The other day it was 92/58.

Both my doctor last summer, and WebMD recommend caffeine in the mornings, standing up slowly, more salt, and more fluids. (WebMD also says to avoid straining on the toilet. Noted.) When I've fainted on the subway in the past I've been told to keep hard candies in my purse to get sugar into my blood.

Well, I haven't fainted in a while, but in the past two days I've been getting flowery vision at certain points of the day. Like right now. (And yet I'm still blogging!) It can't be a lack of sugar - I just had a chai latte and a cookie. I've had plenty of salt today, and I had coffee this morning. I have neither stood up quickly nor strained on the toilet. I'm drinking water now in hopes that it will right itself... but I'm not liking how this is going. I'm a freak!!