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Re:Water drinking acutely improves orthostatic tolerance in ... by foobarian on Thursday December 23, 2021 @10:01AM (#29662432)
Interesting, I found that hyperventilating is actually pretty much guaranteed to cause a fainting for me. The method is to sit down as low as feasible, maybe even lie down, hyperventilate for about a minute, and then rapidly stand up. I used to do this to faint on command until I hurt myself falling on a concrete patio. Now I know this effect has a name and a possible mitigation, yay!
Re:Water drinking acutely improves orthostatic tolerance in ... by CoastalCoder on Thursday December 23, 2021 @01:45PM (#29665011)
Very tangential, but your comment reminded me of this...

I have this weird trick where I can put the back of my tongue against the roof of my mouth, and exhale I'm a certain way that causes a whistling sound, I think where my sinuses reach my throat.

That often makes me light-headed very shortly after for some reason.

Re:Water drinking acutely improves orthostatic tolerance in ... by MetallicCloud on Thursday December 23, 2021 @02:35PM (#29665587)
Same thing for me. I used to do it with friends when I was a teenager. Until they got the idea I was faking and let me hit the deck, expecting me to catch myself.