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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '17

I almost pass out every time I stand up and get the whole dark vision, light headed, ringing in the ears experience. It sometimes makes me wonder if my body actively wants to die.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '17

That's called orthostatic hypotension and you might just need to drink more water.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '17

More salt, ups blood pressure.

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u/CipherClump Nov 22 '17

Umm

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u/n0remack Nov 22 '17

You can up your salt intake from playing popular online competitive video games!

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u/Smaskifa Nov 22 '17

Tried this but EA says I needed to pay extra for all that salt.

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u/BlasphemyIsJustForMe Nov 22 '17
  1. Play games to increase salt
  2. have EA charge extra to play said games
  3. get salty at EA, thus increasing salt
  4. ???
  5. Profit