Posted on 10/07/2017 10:48:46 AM PDT by Dallas59
Just asking some insight on BP. For years I have had high blood. Never did anything with it even when told I was in danger. Last month my legs begin to feel weak and painful and tingling. I would wake up without a thing, then about 2 hours at work it would begin. No chest pains or shortness of breath. It would start to disappear when I went home. The next day I would again wake up with nothing but then it would start in my arms and hands. Legs would be slightly weak but no pain. My job is stressful.
I work from 5am to 2 or 3pm and I walk constantly trouble shooting. Went to the pharmacy and took my BP and it was 158 over 102. Varied from 158/102 to 144/92 or 98. Saw the doctor and she immediately started me on lisinopril and hydrochlothiazide 10mg/12.5mg. She said I looked good and sounded good. but my symptoms where an indication of stage 1 to stage 2 hypertension. Been taking the drug and dieting for 4 days now and noticed that I am loosing a little weight and sleeping more. Still have the symptoms. They gave me a BP machine to monitor my BP. I noticed today that the symptoms started to disappear and I immediately took my BP and it was 115 over 82. Then a little while later started back up. Is this drug any good and why would this just start up? I am 58 and 146 lbs. Not overweight. Both my parents are still alive and both have had bypass surgery. I smoke half a pack a day and only drink red wine, no hard liquor. Went last year to the cardiac doctor and my blood was "rock solid". ANybody else experience these symptoms?
The leg issue sounds to me like possible early peripheral artery disease. Have the medications affected that?
Also, from my experience, it sometimes takes experimentation to figure out which BP drugs, singly or in combination, control with minimal side effects.
I have known people with complaints related to blood pressure and heart rate who went to Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctors who gave them herbs and acupuncture, and it resolved complaints that doctors told them would be with them the rest of their lives. I mean that in a few months they are as good as new with no medications or further care.
If you were my relative, I would tell you to see the western doc first, and get squared away according to western medicine. Then seek out an older TCM doc who provides herbs and acupuncture, and who was trained in China preferably, and have him try to massage your system while the western doc keeps an eye on you.
TCM uses more primitive tools than modern medicine, but they have been accumulating and using them for thousands of years and conscientiously perfecting the art, so the final product is much more nuanced than modern medicine which simply attacks everything with a jackhammer to get immediate results.
Your mileage may very but the people I know who use it swear by it, and view it like a secret weapon in health.
What worked for me to reduce cholesterol is Cholestoff...made from pine bark.
For BP and general fitness I started the "super slow exercise" also called "the power of 10"...reduced BP over time ..also increased my bone density by average of 4% in 2.5 years.
Quit smoking
Check the red wine...there was a scare a couple of years ago about high arsenic levels in cheap red wine.....my arsenic levels (measured with hair test) was high about that time.
Avoid Statins as can cause muscle loss and bad decision making with elders
Now am 75 190 lbs and uber driver.
I had high blood pressure and tried everything for years to cure it naturally. I quit taking my blood pressure medicine. Finally found success with organic sodium bicarbonate. You can buy it on Amazon 5 pounds for $17 free shipping. It made my heartburn go away too.
I’m 58 with high blood pressure and a grade 2 over 6 heart murmur. I figured it could wait till it became 3 or 4 over six before I checked it out.
I had heart failure in July and needed emergent surgery to replace a valve and three bypasses. Moral of my story is get it checked and act earlier rather than later. I am improving some since the surgery.
Since your symptoms are pain in your legs and moving up into your arms it could also be aortic disease (the biggest blood vessel in your body) or vascular disease as opposed to heart disease though, it could be both. High blood pressure is bad for all of these. Quit smoking, take your meds, and get ahead of it before it gets worse. When you start to feel better don’t back off from the meds, diet or non smoking. You will want to but don’t.
I take a teaspoon in 16 ounce bottle of water.
Sounds like a possible TIA. You may want to get scanned. Mom’s been dealing with the same.
stressers in your life can contribute, including people stress, eating too much processed food, not enough sleep, water. I think it’s good you are aware of themes it happens, just look for other factors in your life that can contribute - plenty of ideas on web. Good you are under doctor care but many times lifestyle plays a bigger part than we think.
I was told by primary and cardiologist to start statin drug. I resisted for over a year as numbers kept getting more out of range. I finally made lifestyle changes and it dropped 96 points in less than 6 weeks. My primary got mad at me during that time for not starting the Rx statin and she took it up with the board and had me terminated from the practice while in the mean time I had scheduled with another provider in the same practice and had blood redrawn. When a woman from the admin office called to tell me she was resending me letter of termination that I did not accept at postoffice, I explained the first primary was pushing Rx drugs even though me and that primary verbally agreed I had no plans of taking any but vital Rx. I did not need Rx statin i need to change lifestyle and proof was shown when I had lab work by second primary and 96 point drop as well as my thyroid came properly back into range (first primary wanted to up my drug for that) The admin woman told me they would rediscuss and let me know if the board will allow me to continue to see 2nd primary or if I truly have to go elsewhere, which I will in time do, but right now juggling many things and no time to search out new primary that works with patient as a whole person and encouraging about life changes, not just dictate and Rx drug push.
Prayers for you to find your path to good health.
if you do not have heart problems, you are on the way. First throw away the cigarettes. You are killing yourself.
Next, you are on an expensive medicine. I am retired and tell my doctor is it ain’t generic don’t write the prescription. I am on benazepril for my high blood pressure.
I would also start attack your cholesterol levels also. High cholesterol damages the heart.
Next hydrate your self first in the morning, I drink 24 ounces of water before I ingest any other food or drink. You have been asleep for 8 hours. Your body needs water before coffee or cereal or pancakes. I will drink another 48 ounces during the day.
Reduce the coffee you drink. I am down to 1 cup in the morning.
Drink a glass of red wine in the evening.
Take a baby aspirin each day for heart.
Read and educate yourself. It’s your body. You know it. Treat it well. Good luck
Your high blood pressure has probably already caused considerable damage. Take your meds and follow your primary doctor’s orders else you will die.
You are correct. I’ve had great luck with Chinese herbal doctor. Will be seeing him tomorrow. Then lunch of double-cooked pork at The Szechuan Cafe on Payne and 30th. The best!
You need to see a cardiologist soon. Get a nuclear treadmill test. The Cardiologist will act on that information. My guess with your family history you are headed toward at least angioplasty if not by pass.
My understanding is that if you reduce SODIUM, you will decrease the amount of water your body holds and has to PUMP through the body.
That means no added SODIUM/Salt on foods and drinking lots of water/fluids.
It is my belief that my HIGH POTASSIUM was a FALSE POSITIVE.
I proved that to myself by INTENTIONALLY adding salt to my diet.
After that, blood tests should my POTASSIUM was normal...
This is hardly the place for medical opinions.
15 different posts could suggest 15 different things.
If your MD isn’t helpful,see another one.
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I more or less follow the training program laid out in the Body by Science book by Doug McGuff. I'd recommend seeing if you can find natural ways to reduce your blood pressure so you can gradually cut back on the amount of prescribed medications you need to keep the blood pressure down. In general, doctors don't know natural. Doctors know diagnosis and then writing prescriptions to treat symptoms while giving practically no thought to the underlying CAUSE to those symptoms. The cause of your high blood pressure wasn't a deficiency of those drugs you're now taking.
Time to give up the cigs bro. I was a half pack per day when I laid them down at 50. I still drink the red wine. :-)
SSDD. Lose the smokes. A world of good it will do you...
I gave up the wine and kept the cigs.
Different strokes,I guess.
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Went through the artery thing with my Mother. She was put on Pletal and started riding a recumbent exercise bike. Completely reversed the problem.
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