The last three days, I’ve spiked up over 180/115. Makes no sense! I’m willing to try anything.
This is what's helped:
1. Getting on the lowest dose necessary of telmisartan (an ARB) and amlodipine (a Calcium-Channel Blocker) (better to utilize multiple blood pressure medicine options at low doses than just one at a high dose)
2. Getting a prescription for the rare use of Clonidine for a spike that stays too long
3. A good regimen of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants
4. More potassium and more sodium.
5. Supplements like arginine, ornithine, glutathione, and ashwaghanda, among a few others, to cover for noticed spikes, unless clonidine was already taken (choosing these over clonidine most all the time)
6. More exercise
7. Getting better, deeper sleep
8. Continuing to iterate to lower carb, better fat options and eating more veggies, fewer breads, pastas, sugars, etc.
9. Now utilizing NAC and glycine to help with glutathione exhaustion from blood pressure being too high for too long (doesn't help BP, but mitigates some damage from it)
There may be other things, but these come immediately to mind.
I take 500mg of Niacin B-3 (must be the full flush verion) and dropped mine from 150/98 to an average of 116/75.
Do not just start with 500mg, or the flush will make you think you are having an allergic reaction. Best to start with 50 mg a couple of times a day, with food. Slowly build up.
My wife does 100 just twice a day and dropped hers 40pts. It also can make a huge difference on cholesterol. I know three people who quit statins using just 100 mg a day.
For my spike my doctor said it was kidney artery that is blocked. I went through a doppler and cat scan...and went to vascular doctor.
The technicians and radiologist who read the doppler said the artery was blocked.
The vascular doctor said it was fine.
Anyone experience this?