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Fatigue and shortness of breath, low blood pressure
Hi,
Those of you that have shortness of breath. Do you notice a difference on days that you are tired or had stress? Some days I'm incredibly busy, others I'm sitting at the desk. The evening and next day after a busy day, I have a hard time catching my breath when walking. This is not walking around the house, rather walking a couple of blocks in the city. I have to stop and catch my breath because I have a tightness in my chest, feels like it feels when you have a bad cold. My doctors can't pinpoint why, I have been tested for asthma, and don't have it. Can anyone relate? Also, how low does your b/p go? I know everyone has low blood pressure after eating, but last night I felt funny after dinner, had the lung fatigue/shortness of breath when sitting on the couch. I tested my bp and it was 70/40 and then... 60/32. My heart rate was normal though, and very good for me, in the 60s.
Those of you that have shortness of breath. Do you notice a difference on days that you are tired or had stress? Some days I'm incredibly busy, others I'm sitting at the desk. The evening and next day after a busy day, I have a hard time catching my breath when walking. This is not walking around the house, rather walking a couple of blocks in the city. I have to stop and catch my breath because I have a tightness in my chest, feels like it feels when you have a bad cold. My doctors can't pinpoint why, I have been tested for asthma, and don't have it. Can anyone relate? Also, how low does your b/p go? I know everyone has low blood pressure after eating, but last night I felt funny after dinner, had the lung fatigue/shortness of breath when sitting on the couch. I tested my bp and it was 70/40 and then... 60/32. My heart rate was normal though, and very good for me, in the 60s.
Hi, Thanks very much for your response! I know that everyone on this forum is different, with their symptoms, diagnosis, and well just being different bodies, that everyone reacts a different way, some more severe than others. Specifically I'm very curious if anyone out there that has shortness of breath feels it more on days they have more stress or the day after? I know some suffer from shortness of breath all the time. I'm still in the stage of recognizing my patterns. I do know I have a lot of trouble when it's hot, or humid, but also in the evening or next morning after I've had a very busy day, or have had some stress.
If this sounds familiar to anyone out there, please let me know.
If this sounds familiar to anyone out there, please let me know.
I can't really say too much on the shortness of breath front, because I don't think it would be a fair comparison because I do have asthma. I do think sometimes it is not my asthma that is causing my shortness of breath, but I don't know how to tell for sure.
As for how low the blood pressure goes, that is a complicated question because symptoms are brought on at different blood pressures relative to each person. For example, athletes may have low blood pressures or low resting heart rates because their heart is so strong and efficient. That is what is healthy for them. That being said, I doubt many of us are world-class athletes considering what we're up against with these conditions. :-p Still, the exact number that will bring on symptoms varies from person to person. The Mayo Clinic website says under 90 systolic OR 60 diastolic can be considered low blood pressure if it is causing symptoms (both numbers don't have to be under necessarily).
Personally, if I go by that Mayo Clinic definition, I'm under that about 80% of the time I test at home, and that's WITH the Midodrine and Fludrocortisone in my system. Maybe I'm making assumptions, but don't most of us fall under that definition most of the time?
Do you get other symptoms with the shortness of breath besides the tightness in your chest? Sometimes my lips tingle or my face feels numb like after I've been to the dentist and I'm trying to figure out if it's a migraine equivalent or it's from not getting enough oxygen.
As for how low the blood pressure goes, that is a complicated question because symptoms are brought on at different blood pressures relative to each person. For example, athletes may have low blood pressures or low resting heart rates because their heart is so strong and efficient. That is what is healthy for them. That being said, I doubt many of us are world-class athletes considering what we're up against with these conditions. :-p Still, the exact number that will bring on symptoms varies from person to person. The Mayo Clinic website says under 90 systolic OR 60 diastolic can be considered low blood pressure if it is causing symptoms (both numbers don't have to be under necessarily).
Personally, if I go by that Mayo Clinic definition, I'm under that about 80% of the time I test at home, and that's WITH the Midodrine and Fludrocortisone in my system. Maybe I'm making assumptions, but don't most of us fall under that definition most of the time?
Do you get other symptoms with the shortness of breath besides the tightness in your chest? Sometimes my lips tingle or my face feels numb like after I've been to the dentist and I'm trying to figure out if it's a migraine equivalent or it's from not getting enough oxygen.
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