Re: Jacob Drollinger's Hypotensive crisis

[Jeremy Browne <Jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jacob. You write:
> It had been a while since I've had one, and I guess I've always attributed
> them to one of the drugs I was on at the time (Permax, Sinemet, Parlodel),
> none of which I am taking now. But this past Monday it happened again. I was
> ...
> when all of a sudden, my blood pressure began to drop. I know this
> feeling because I have felt it so many times before. The second they stuck
> that needle in me, it started. It is so frightening! You can actually feel
> your heart slowing down, you begin to sweat, and, I have been told, turn
> white as a ghost. It feels as if your heart will stop.

Are you taking Pergolide in any form? I've been suffering
light-headedness quite a lot since starting it, and loss of control of
my body is another symptom. Never to the extent you describe it, though.

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