High blood pressure

[Illaveago]

I didn't have high BP but after a minor heart attack I was put on a load of tablets including beta blockers. After returning to work I kept on keeling over, one day I was given Atrapine as my pulse had slowed down too much. Eventually they took me off of the beta blockers.
Anything near 140 gives me chest niggles and belching so I I prefer it in the low 120 ish.

 

[david k]

I didn't have high BP but after a minor heart attack I was put on a load of tablets including beta blockers. After returning to work I kept on keeling over, one day I was given Atrapine as my pulse had slowed down too much. Eventually they took me off of the beta blockers.
Anything near 140 gives me chest niggles and belching so I I prefer it in the low 120 ish.

I take beta blockers and hate them, they slow me down too much I feel like a zombie sometimes, hard to get my body going, pulse at midday is around 55 sometimes whilst at work!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I take beta blockers and hate them, they slow me down too much I feel like a zombie sometimes, hard to get my body going, pulse at midday is around 55 sometimes whilst at work!

I don't know what your condition is but betablockers seem to be a standard fallback remedy for many GPs. Ask for alternative treatments. A friend who's a GP told me that he'd never prescribe BBs for someone my age (about 57 at the time) because of the effects we seem to have suffered from. That's when I first heard about calcium channel antagonists/blockers. In my case, they helped me get around the problem that my work needed physical activity and a fair dose of adrenalin, the adrenalin knocked my BP up, so they redoubled the dose. Which left me even less capable of working and only fit for survival.

 

[RegG]

I was on Amlodipine for high blood pressure for a couple of years but when I started cycling regularly last year my BP settled down and the Doc took me off the tablets. BP now around 130/75 which, for my age (62) is pretty good according to my GP.

 

[night cycler]

I`ve known 4 people with high BP that is controlled by medication. However, when I say "controlled" it only controls the BP when nothing is bothering them. As soon as something upsets them (even something minor) you would think that their BP was not being treated at all. They just cannot contain the outbursts, and go off like a bomb at times. It is as though BP meds only work until something upsets the person, then it`s time for people around them to take cover.

One of these guys seem to not have the ability to speak without shouting.

 

[Yorksman]

200 ansomething over 140 and something ?

They are both very very high. When I had very high BP, it was something like 180/130.

It is dangerous because such high pressures can cause damage. With me, it overstretched the left ventricle so it became enlarged and not as elastic as it should be. The drugs, ace inhibitor, beta blocker and diuretic got the BP down, but the heart remained damaged. It returned to normal size but weaker so it doesn't push out the blood as well as it should.

"When two or more men of my age come together, they discuss what respective heart medication they are on"

 

[Yorksman]

My BP is fine but health check at work indicated that cholesterol was unacceptably high. Been for a blood test and awaiting results. Hope they don't tell me to lay off the cake...

There is a considerable debate going on about cholesterol thesedays because the idea that high cholsterol = bad heart was gained by studies into a limited number of eastern peoples. It looks very much like, suprise suprise, it depends on your genes. The very latest is that for some people with a particular genetic composition, HDL or 'good cholesterol', is bad for them because the flushing effect, which is good for most of us, is bad for them, because it damages the kidneys.

This is how evolution works and what is good for one is not necessarily good for another. Eat in moderation and vary your diet.

 

[Yorksman]

No blood pressure but i have an irregular ECG , when i have a medical i get asked if i have dizzy spells.

Have they told you what kind of arrhythmia you have? The dizzy spells are caused by a lack of oxygenation due to the skipped beats. Usually, if you get that, they put you on blood thinners as a precaution against clots forming. I was cardioverted out of mine but it came back due to an underlying heart problem. I'm off for another attempt soon.

 

[cyberknight]

Have they told you what kind of arrhythmia you have? The dizzy spells are caused by a lack of oxygenation due to the skipped beats. Usually, if you get that, they put you on blood thinners as a precaution against clots forming. I was cardioverted out of mine but it came back due to an underlying heart problem. I'm off for another attempt soon.

No gap between the s and t wave .

 

[Yorksman]

No gap between the s and t wave .

They are not being very helpful if that's all they said. It's like going to the doctor only to be told that you are ill.

 

[Aunty Tyke]

200 ansomething over 140 and something ?

That needs sorting out,mine was found out incidentally,sorted on coversyl,combination tablet

 

[night cycler]

200 ansomething over 140 and something ?

Before the routine check-up at work that you had, did you not notice anything different in the way you had been feeling etc?

 

[clid61]

Agitated and getting more nervous , in hindsight.

 

[Andrew_P]

Agitated and getting more nervous , in hindsight.

Not sure if it would make it worse or better but maybe get a machine for home and self test, one as an insight and two as a method to get used to it. There was a post on here somewhere recently where they where 200+ in hospital as hated Hospitals but GP gave them a machine and at home taken 3 times throughout the day the average was 135/85

 

[clid61]

Not sure if it would make it worse or better but maybe get a machine for home and self test, one as an insight and two as a method to get used to it. There was a post on here somewhere recently where they where 200+ in hospital as hated Hospitals but GP gave them a machine and at home taken 3 times throughout the day the average was 135/85

Meds are kicking in now , dropped a bit . Got myself a self test unit for home use yesterday too