Georgia is experiencing orthostatic hypotension, a form of low blood pressure that happens when you change your spatial orientation. This most likely is coming from the change in her diet; since she has a predisposition to low blood pressure dietary restrictions, along with age, could exacerbate her symptoms. Many times when one family member is required to maintain a specialized diet the other members will also adapt the same diet. Sitting or standing up makes your body fight against gravity to circulate your blood back to your heart. Her baroreceptors will since the drop in blood pressure and will signal for stimulation of her cardioacceleratory center to increase her heart rate. This stimulation will also cause a release of norepinephrine
