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07-07-2004, 07:56 PM

I would definitely get a heart rate monitor before your next ride. See
your regular doctor as soon as possible, perhaps call and see if you can
get a recording EKG hooked up and do your riding to record the event.

Dwayne wrote:
>
> I've been cycling for the past 2 years about once or twice a week for
> about 2 hours at a time, around 25 miles each trip. For about the
> last 4 weeks I get really dizzy and slightly nauseated about 30
> minutes into the ride and I have to stop and sit down for a while or I
> feel like I'm going to get really sick. After about 15 minutes of
> sitting down, standing doesn't help, I get slowly better and then I
> seem to do ok no matter how hard or how far I ride after that.
> Usually I eat a banana or two for breakfast with water. I've
> sometimes had a honey bun with coffee and I've been dizzy with either
> type of breakfast. I come home and check my BP and its about 125/75.
> I've had some high BP in the past but never to a point the Dr. wanted
> to put me on meds. After I began cycling 2 years ago the BP readings
> have been consistently low. Could it be that while cycling my BP gets
> too low? Or could it be getting too high during the ride, when I
> can't check it? I've also been riding in the mornings when its
> cooler. I live in Alabama and the summers are awful. 95 degrees with
> 90 percent humidity. I ride in the mornings when its about 75 degrees
> and about 80 percent humidity. Could it be the high humidity? Other
> riders wtih me, wife, brother in law, others do not experience the
> same thing. I am 41 years old and slightly overweight, 205 lbs. 6 ft
> 2 inches tall. My ideal weight is about 185 - 190.
>
> Any advice?

07-07-2004, 08:17 PM

Dwayne wrote:
> I've been cycling for the past 2 years about once or twice a week for
> about 2 hours at a time, around 25 miles each trip. For about the
> last 4 weeks I get really dizzy and slightly nauseated about 30
> minutes into the ride and I have to stop and sit down for a while or I
> feel like I'm going to get really sick. After about 15 minutes of
> sitting down, standing doesn't help, I get slowly better and then I
> seem to do ok no matter how hard or how far I ride after that.
{snip}

I agree with others to check with your doc; but also, are you using a sports
drink of any sort?

I recently discovered that Accelerade makes me nauseous as hell -- and
quickly! -- whereas Gatorade and others don't bother me at all.

Bill "just a thought" S.

07-07-2004, 08:17 PM

Dwayne wrote:
> I've been cycling for the past 2 years about once or twice a week for
> about 2 hours at a time, around 25 miles each trip. For about the
> last 4 weeks I get really dizzy and slightly nauseated about 30
> minutes into the ride and I have to stop and sit down for a while or I
> feel like I'm going to get really sick. After about 15 minutes of
> sitting down, standing doesn't help, I get slowly better and then I
> seem to do ok no matter how hard or how far I ride after that.
{snip}

I agree with others to check with your doc; but also, are you using a sports
drink of any sort?

I recently discovered that Accelerade makes me nauseous as hell -- and
quickly! -- whereas Gatorade and others don't bother me at all.

Bill "just a thought" S.

07-07-2004, 08:17 PM

Dwayne wrote:
> I've been cycling for the past 2 years about once or twice a week for
> about 2 hours at a time, around 25 miles each trip. For about the
> last 4 weeks I get really dizzy and slightly nauseated about 30
> minutes into the ride and I have to stop and sit down for a while or I
> feel like I'm going to get really sick. After about 15 minutes of
> sitting down, standing doesn't help, I get slowly better and then I
> seem to do ok no matter how hard or how far I ride after that.
{snip}

I agree with others to check with your doc; but also, are you using a sports
drink of any sort?

I recently discovered that Accelerade makes me nauseous as hell -- and
quickly! -- whereas Gatorade and others don't bother me at all.

Bill "just a thought" S.

07-07-2004, 08:17 PM

Dwayne wrote:
> I've been cycling for the past 2 years about once or twice a week for
> about 2 hours at a time, around 25 miles each trip. For about the
> last 4 weeks I get really dizzy and slightly nauseated about 30
> minutes into the ride and I have to stop and sit down for a while or I
> feel like I'm going to get really sick. After about 15 minutes of
> sitting down, standing doesn't help, I get slowly better and then I
> seem to do ok no matter how hard or how far I ride after that.
{snip}

I agree with others to check with your doc; but also, are you using a sports
drink of any sort?

I recently discovered that Accelerade makes me nauseous as hell -- and
quickly! -- whereas Gatorade and others don't bother me at all.

Bill "just a thought" S.

07-07-2004, 08:17 PM

Dwayne wrote:
> I've been cycling for the past 2 years about once or twice a week for
> about 2 hours at a time, around 25 miles each trip. For about the
> last 4 weeks I get really dizzy and slightly nauseated about 30
> minutes into the ride and I have to stop and sit down for a while or I
> feel like I'm going to get really sick. After about 15 minutes of
> sitting down, standing doesn't help, I get slowly better and then I
> seem to do ok no matter how hard or how far I ride after that.
{snip}

I agree with others to check with your doc; but also, are you using a sports
drink of any sort?

I recently discovered that Accelerade makes me nauseous as hell -- and
quickly! -- whereas Gatorade and others don't bother me at all.

Bill "just a thought" S.

07-07-2004, 10:54 PM

If you insist on continuing these rides before seeing a doctor, I suggest
you take along your blood pressure checker, and possibly a thermometer. If
you have access to a blood sugar meter, I would take that as well.
SOMETHING's not right.

07-07-2004, 10:54 PM

If you insist on continuing these rides before seeing a doctor, I suggest
you take along your blood pressure checker, and possibly a thermometer. If
you have access to a blood sugar meter, I would take that as well.
SOMETHING's not right.

07-07-2004, 10:54 PM

If you insist on continuing these rides before seeing a doctor, I suggest
you take along your blood pressure checker, and possibly a thermometer. If
you have access to a blood sugar meter, I would take that as well.
SOMETHING's not right.

07-07-2004, 10:54 PM

If you insist on continuing these rides before seeing a doctor, I suggest
you take along your blood pressure checker, and possibly a thermometer. If
you have access to a blood sugar meter, I would take that as well.
SOMETHING's not right.