aesdanae

Thanks @Dawncon for the info

I have low blood pressure, too. My doctor never impressed that it was dangerously low, so I didn’t think to get stress tested before starting bikram yoga, but after my first class, I had an awful migraine, my bf said my pulse dropped to 60 and there was a vein in my forehead that wasn’t there before. Not heat exhaustion (and I’ve known heat exhaustion, oh boy) but just as awful. I think I will drink gatorade through this week and see if it helps (I’m already well-hydrated, I drink water throughout the day until I notice I am over-hydrated). I have great fun in not-heated yoga classes and was able to stand the heat/humidity without difficulty, so I want to do anything I can to give the bikram style a fair shot.

So, I guess: electrolytes, visit the doctor for a heart health update and a stress test, and go from there.

Well, being new to this, I was not adding electrolytes. I just didn’t know better. But I have very low Blood Pressure. On Friday, my BP 98/68 and my heart rate was 68. The Doctor said that with this kind of low blood pressure, it means that my blood volume is low as well. And so any kind of loss in water and electrolytes is going to cause dizziness and dehydration. So she said that with the extreme heat, it is not surprising that I end up with Heat Exhaustion. She said I was lucky though, because it could have been worse. By the way, I have been adding electrolytes all week. And I have been practicng yoga at home, and at our local YMCA where there is no heat. The classes at the YMCA are nice, just no where near the caliber as in the studio. So I am not giving up, just easing back in.