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@randyinharmony Placing you on a 'loop recorder' for a couple of weeks, perhaps longer, might indeed catch pauses or other heart arrhythmia which causes you to lose proper blood pressure right when you need it most, such as shortly after standing after having sat for a period of time and relaxed, or even had a nap while seated. This is positional hypotension, or what is called 'orthostatic' hypotension.
If you'd rather not deal with doctors or drastic life-style changes, and if you'd like to reduce the risk of a head-splitting fall, or a fracture, you can try an exercise that involves quarter-or semi-standing, and then reseating yourself again, repeat this several times, to get pumped up again. Your system will respond in time, but it might take two or three pretend stands, and then sitting back down to get your heart to react so that on the third or fourth 'attempt' you really do continue to rise and you should be better and safer.
Note that this might not be a perfect solution for you. It would be best to get thoroughly assessed in case you need something more sophisticated and reliable in the way of an intervention, so please see a cardiologist.