Lightheadedness during fasting
Lightheadedness during fasting
+ Hi. Over the past maybe 2 years I've done many 1-2 day dry fasts, and 3 combined fasts (one 14 days, one 13 days, and one 27 days which started with 4.5 days of dry fasting) without any difficulty. Then last fall I fasted for the first time water only (not starting with dry fasting) and forgot about the possibility of fainting and I did faint on the 11th day. So then this Lent tried to do another combined fast but after 3.5 days I got lightheaded and had to eat to feel better. Then I kept getting lightheaded every time I tried to fast after that. Eventually I figured out how to get properly hydrated and I that got better. So then 5 days ago I started a new combined fast, and I was well hydrated starting, and on the 3rd day I got lightheaded. So I lay down and to see if it would pass and it did, after many hours, but then it came back, so after 73 hours dry-fasting I drank water and it helped. I don't have any medical conditions. I'm wondering if you have any thoughts as to what would be causing lightheadedness now when I didn't have trouble with it before? Thank you for your help!