What's with the headrush?

[visceral_instinct]

No problem.

Would my liking for Red Bull have anything to do with getting headrushes easily? O_O

 

[Enmos]

No problem.

Would my liking for Red Bull have anything to do with getting headrushes easily? O_O

Hrm.. caffeine does cause higher blood pressure.
This I know..

 

[visceral_instinct]

Wouldn't that mean caffeine would act against the headrush, not cause it? O_O

 

[Enmos]

So caffeine would prevent 'em, not cause them?

I don't know.. I read somewhere (while looking for evidence that low bloodpressure causes nosebleeds) that high blood pressure can also cause dizziness.

But never mind really..

 

[visceral_instinct]

I haven't had any today though...I was a good girl and stayed away from what my mum not so ironically calls 'Essence of Diabetes'

It's not actual dizziness though, just a headrush specifically when standing.

Meh.

 

[CharonZ]

Headrush from standing are almost always caused by low blood pressure. Or more generally it takes a bit longer for the blood circulating efficiently again, after you have sit (or lie) down (blood settles down and the flow has to increase when you stand up).
Caffeine may let your heart pump faster and thus let it flow better again. But although it is not a diuretic (as it was believed) a number of conditions (like Morbus Meniere) have been associated with extreme caffeine consumption.

 

[visceral_instinct]

I don't get that much caffeine. O_O

 

[visceral_instinct]

And ya, probably that. I had a can of Red Bull earlier, haven't had a headrush at all.

 

[visceral_instinct]

My mum says you can get headrushes from having too much adrenalin in yer system. Why would that be?

 

[Enmos]

My mum says you can get headrushes from having too much adrenalin in yer system. Why would that be?

I doubt adrenalin alone can do that.

 

[CharonZ]

No it would be a secondary effect of adrenaline, of course. But it would be quite different as in this case the the blood flow would be increased, so the rush would be kind of the reverse from what was initially described.

 

[visceral_instinct]

So it would be the "comedown" from the adrenalin?

 

[Enmos]

So it would be the "comedown" from the adrenalin?

VIS get your ass over to the Mafia Game and sign up !

 

[visceral_instinct]

Don't get ya...???