The opening post describes the usual case. This is about the unusual one.
Nobody has said the unglamorous part of dizziness on standing yet, so: most of the variation is explained by things that are boring to write about and easy to check.
The question underneath dizziness on standing is usually "how would I tell?" rather than "what is true?", and that one has a method attached to it.
Write down what you would expect to see under each hypothesis before you collect anything. If they predict the same observation, collecting it will not help.
Having read the whole dizziness on standing thread before replying: the question in the first post has not actually been answered yet, and three of us have answered a nearby one instead.
Adding salt to food is the intervention most consistently reported as helping and is also the one least likely to cause harm.
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Dizziness on standing: the ordinary explanation first — one year on
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About the Hydration & electrolytes category
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