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bp problems
wow i got in to ask a question, thank-you for being there for me. i need answers plz.
i went to my reg dr and last 3 times and my bp was high 154/88 in that range , so i called my cardio dr and went into see her
my bp was 150/93 that morning so she orderd a echo of heart and a 24 hour bp monitor
came home bp went low it was running 95/55 for two weeks, had the echo and wore the monitor
went dr she said heart was great no big walls nothing great and she could see i did not have high bp on reg bases. the bp monitor shows very low she said highest it got was 106/70. she said go home dont worry take it now and than see you in year.
that was tuesday this week. was not going take it yesterday because am a worrier and did want to start the high bp up again.
but i took it because i had felt a little stress all day because my back and chest was hurting so i took it and wish i had not
it was 167/88 after that i took it a lot like every hour and at times it was 182/94, but than would not stay long in 30 mins it would be 160/83.
i take timilol for heart pacs so took my 5mg at 9 at 9:30 it was stillrunning in the 160/88 somewhere in there so i took a half of ativan which would only be .25. it started to drop and about hour/half later it was down to 115/65 i went to sleep. work up at 2 of couse thinging about it .
got up with hubby to get him off to work took its now 151/90.
is this stress with the test showing heart good and bp readings for 24 hours low?
or could the reaqdings be low because i didnt do much that day i had it on hard to do anything with it taking every 30 mins.
not sure what to do and as you can see a little scared because its high. thanks again
i went to my reg dr and last 3 times and my bp was high 154/88 in that range , so i called my cardio dr and went into see her
my bp was 150/93 that morning so she orderd a echo of heart and a 24 hour bp monitor
came home bp went low it was running 95/55 for two weeks, had the echo and wore the monitor
went dr she said heart was great no big walls nothing great and she could see i did not have high bp on reg bases. the bp monitor shows very low she said highest it got was 106/70. she said go home dont worry take it now and than see you in year.
that was tuesday this week. was not going take it yesterday because am a worrier and did want to start the high bp up again.
but i took it because i had felt a little stress all day because my back and chest was hurting so i took it and wish i had not
it was 167/88 after that i took it a lot like every hour and at times it was 182/94, but than would not stay long in 30 mins it would be 160/83.
i take timilol for heart pacs so took my 5mg at 9 at 9:30 it was stillrunning in the 160/88 somewhere in there so i took a half of ativan which would only be .25. it started to drop and about hour/half later it was down to 115/65 i went to sleep. work up at 2 of couse thinging about it .
got up with hubby to get him off to work took its now 151/90.
is this stress with the test showing heart good and bp readings for 24 hours low?
or could the reaqdings be low because i didnt do much that day i had it on hard to do anything with it taking every 30 mins.
not sure what to do and as you can see a little scared because its high. thanks again
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Hi and thanks for using the forum.
Based on what you have written here, I would think that your elevated BP is most likely caused by anxiety. It seems that when your blood pressure is elevated, it is because you are worried about something. Since your blood pressure was low/normal on the 24 hour blood pressure monitor, I would think that your doctor is right in that you don't regularly have high blood pressure. So, what do you do? You have a couple of options. First, trust your doctor, echo results and bp monitor results and stop taking your blood pressure. This might not be realistic for you since this is obviously something you are concerned about. Next, you could try and get your anxiety under control. To do this, you need to identify what causes your anxiety and try to avoid whatever that is. You could try anxiety/stress relieving techniques such as meditation, distraction, exercise, etc. Finally, you could go back to your doctor, explain that you are having episodes of elevated bp that you think are caused by anxiety, and see if he/she feels that you would benefit from some anxiety medication. I would use this as a last resort, since you had no elevated BP's on your 24 hour monitor which would indicate that you can control your anxiety to some degree. I hope this helps. Good luck.
Bridget
Based on what you have written here, I would think that your elevated BP is most likely caused by anxiety. It seems that when your blood pressure is elevated, it is because you are worried about something. Since your blood pressure was low/normal on the 24 hour blood pressure monitor, I would think that your doctor is right in that you don't regularly have high blood pressure. So, what do you do? You have a couple of options. First, trust your doctor, echo results and bp monitor results and stop taking your blood pressure. This might not be realistic for you since this is obviously something you are concerned about. Next, you could try and get your anxiety under control. To do this, you need to identify what causes your anxiety and try to avoid whatever that is. You could try anxiety/stress relieving techniques such as meditation, distraction, exercise, etc. Finally, you could go back to your doctor, explain that you are having episodes of elevated bp that you think are caused by anxiety, and see if he/she feels that you would benefit from some anxiety medication. I would use this as a last resort, since you had no elevated BP's on your 24 hour monitor which would indicate that you can control your anxiety to some degree. I hope this helps. Good luck.
Bridget
thank you so much for taking your time to help me understand. i have stop taking my bp so much. talk to my nurse she said take it twice a day and go by the first reading dont keep taking it . so that what ive done but i have took it in middle day see what its running. its been great any where from 132/73 to 105/62 so been happy with the readings. have not felt anxiety so i think your right its going be high on anxiety days which i need to learn to control which is not easy .i know all my test have been good so am happy about that. can i ask if its true that a nucler/stress test does not show a blockage if under 70 percent is that true. had one last year they said it was good. but have heard that. thanks again
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