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high blood pressure and headaches

I was diagnosed with high blood pressure when i was 18yrs old (when iwas only 125lbs and a cross country runner) My doc monitored my BP for about 2 months, did an EKG and put me on an ace inhibitor.  I never questioned it i just took the meds.  I moved 3 yrs later and saw a new doc and he continued my current meds...at 26 i was switched to Aldomet 250 mg 2x day...due to the fact that i was to be married and start a family.  Now i am 29 with 2 children and was fine on the meds throughout both pregnancies .  I work friday and saturday nights only.  I am back to work after maternity leave and  started to get right sided headaches (especially after my first night of working ) with nausea and vomiting. My BP was up HIgh 150's / 110's. My doc switched my meds first Lopressor 100mg daily...when it only brought my bp to 140's/100's, he added HCTZ 25mg daily. BUT i am still getting right sided headaches...and on top of it i feel dizzy ...the last bp i took was 138/89..I feel that these are dramatic changes in my meds to only lower my BP slightly ...AND I still get the headaches...which i assume are migranes possibly due to lac of sleep??...but no CT has been ordered...Should i be concerned? (more with what has not been done ?? should i be seeing a cardiologist and a neurologist for these matters?
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Hi, as women with migraine are acutely aware, migraine is frequently affected by hormonal fluctuations, including menarche, menstruation, pregnancy, menopause and during times of oral contraceptive use or hormone replacement therapy.

It is unlikely that hormones explain the entire epidemiological variation seen in the gender differences in migraine, but considerable evidence does exist to suggest that there is a link between migraine and the female hormone estrogen.

The information is taken from these sites, please do visit these links:

http://www.headache-help.org/Articles/Hormones-Migraine.htm
http://womenshealth.about.com/cs/headaches/a/migranes1.htm
http://www.migraine.org.uk/publications.aspx?pubcat=6
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thanks for your advice...when i wake up with the headache...i do try to take Ibuprofen..then i usually vomit...and the pounding headache will subside...only to leave a dull constant headache (withthe use of more ibuprofen and tylenol around the clock)...for my entire 2nd night shift.  I just thought if it were migranes then, the beta blocker was supposed to help (I believe that the BP and headaches are 2 seperate problems at this point, i used to think the headaches were from the BP) AND it does seem to coincide with lack of sleep...it may be time to switch to the day shift...I jsut never had these problems until after i had my children...do you know if there is something, maybe hormonal??, that could cause these.
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Hi, migraine don't show any changes in CT. Hence, don't worry  for what has not been done. Try some pain killers along with anti hypertensive medication, if no relief is in one month, do consult Neurologist.

Lack of sleep do induce headaches, could precipitate migraine too. Hypnotics along with anti hypertensive medication will be helpful.
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