I am a 34yo white female. I was diagnosed with high blood pressure after the birth of my second child, however did now have hbp during my pregnancies. I gained quite a bit of weight with my second child. When my 2nd child was about a year old I began having "headaches". My doctor assumed this was related to my bp and put me on fluid pills (dyazide) which infact, did regulate my bp. However the headaches were probably 80 % worse than they were with the hbp. The headaches are not normal headaches. They occur with physical exertion, sometimes, but almost everytime I cough. The pain comes up the back of my neck and then "washes" over my entire head with a throbbing pulsation I would say is 3 times as bad as contractions. It lasts from 3 seconds to 3 minutes, then either completely goes away or is followed by a normal, numb headache. Lying down helps it to ease within a minute or two most of the time. The first doctor I saw ordered a ct scan with and without. The results were ok.
I quit taking the dyazide simply because it was too unbearable. The headaches were so bad I could not do my normal housework or take care of my kids while I am on the medicine and my bp is normal.
I could tell that my bp was still high and I went to another doctor who prescribed me Benicar for the bp. The headaches became too much to bear again. The closest definition I have found is "primary cough headache", however I am not in the norm of risk factor group.
I have been healthy most of my like aside from asthma when I was younger, and I smoke a pack of cigarrettes a day.
I have trouble understanding how a problem can worsen when my bp is under control and I feel 300% better when it is high. 135/100. 140/100.