Does anyone else feel horrible after standing up after laying down?

[mesenteria]

I will lay down for a while (no sleep at all, just reading, etc.) then when I stand up I feel really horrible and exhausted.

Anyone else? Or just me.

With filled lungs, lift your diaphragm and attempt to expel the air in your lungs against your closed mouth and throat.  Let go, repeat, and then slowly stand.  You will probably feel better.

mesenteria you wished well, but i urge you to re-check next time. The first part about tightening the leg muscles is correct. The bolded part however is called 'valsava manouver' and is something you do when you have high heart rate and higher blood pressure. With orthostatic hypotension however, doing this manouver while standing will cause a fainting episode. That's mainly because the valsava manouver causes a reduction in cardiac output which leads to further reduction of blood pressure.

So Broomstick do not perform the manouver! Instead the link I send you in my previous post has a medical journal that describes the correct approach when dealing with Orthostatic Hypotension.

I was careful to state the following: "...Let go, repeat, and then slowly stand."  I did not indicate that this was to be done while standing, but while still prone or seated in order to preclude the potential to faint. It's what military jet pilots do in order to keep from passing out, which is precisely the aim here.