What do you think?

[Amandamy]

I am 20 year old. 5'4" tall, and I weight 130. I recently went to get my annual check up and renew my birth control perscripton. When they checked my blood pressure they said it was high, but chalked it up to my breakfast of a red bull adn stressful morning. They told me they would perscribe a pill with lower hormones because they said that can also have an effect on it. This week ( a week since the appointment) I have been experiencing tightness in my chest. I am 20, not overweight, I play soccer, i have never had any problems in the past.....any advice or help would be nice.

P.S. I go to planned parenthood for that exam because i have no health insurance. As I have no health insurance I cannot go to the doctor....

[kerrielynn]

Red bull increases your heart rate and can affect your blood pressure and to top it off birth control can also.  Doing both is not helping. Be very careful with the chest pain. Some signs and symptoms of heart attack are chest pain, shortness of breath, arm numbing (usually left side but can be right side), jaw pain. If the chest pain continues or other symtoms seek medical advice or ER your can be having a heart attack and do not let your age fool you. I seaching the internet for more info on birth control and side effects

[jack091956]

Barbarella has some good advice for you, you should follow it. Use Condoms and trash the birth control pills. I would add the red bull is not helping you either. Eat whole grain cereal with two percent milk. Also never eat white bread, never. Use wheat or multi grain.
good luck, jack

[Barbarella]

When they first found out many yrs ago that I had high BP and before I was put on BP meds the doctor told me to stop taking the birthcontrol pill immediately because it can raise the BP in "some" women.