Posted on 10/07/2017 10:48:46 AM PDT by Dallas59
Just asking some insight on BP. For years I have had high blood. Never did anything with it even when told I was in danger. Last month my legs begin to feel weak and painful and tingling. I would wake up without a thing, then about 2 hours at work it would begin. No chest pains or shortness of breath. It would start to disappear when I went home. The next day I would again wake up with nothing but then it would start in my arms and hands. Legs would be slightly weak but no pain. My job is stressful.
I work from 5am to 2 or 3pm and I walk constantly trouble shooting. Went to the pharmacy and took my BP and it was 158 over 102. Varied from 158/102 to 144/92 or 98. Saw the doctor and she immediately started me on lisinopril and hydrochlothiazide 10mg/12.5mg. She said I looked good and sounded good. but my symptoms where an indication of stage 1 to stage 2 hypertension. Been taking the drug and dieting for 4 days now and noticed that I am loosing a little weight and sleeping more. Still have the symptoms. They gave me a BP machine to monitor my BP. I noticed today that the symptoms started to disappear and I immediately took my BP and it was 115 over 82. Then a little while later started back up. Is this drug any good and why would this just start up? I am 58 and 146 lbs. Not overweight. Both my parents are still alive and both have had bypass surgery. I smoke half a pack a day and only drink red wine, no hard liquor. Went last year to the cardiac doctor and my blood was "rock solid". ANybody else experience these symptoms?
On those same drugs for six months. My numbers have barely dropped. Frankly, I believe the wee little bit they dropped was due to low carb and a bit of weight loss and not in any way due to the meds. They haven’t gotten me down to normal range.
Doc said I was low on sodium. Me, who salts a burger like deicing a runway? Yay, salt!
Just a heads up. I was on Lisinipril and had to get off of it. At night it made me cough and cough and cough, I never got any sleep and had to keep cough drops under my pillow. It happens to some people. If it happens to you get to the doctor and tell them your symptoms. I am thrilled to be on something else that does not make me cough and I can sleep at night!!
“Your high blood pressure has probably already caused considerable damage.”
B.S. No where near that high.
He uses "blood pressure factors" by "Michael's naturopathic programs"
Includes:
--Vitamin D3 from lanolin
--Vitamin B6
--calcium (from/as Dicalcium Phosphate and Calcium Amino Acid Chelate)
--Magnesium (Magnesium Amino Acid Chelate)
--Manganese (Manganese Amino Acid Chelate)
--Potassium (Potassium Amino Acid Chelate)
And also included in the largish pill is a Proprietary combination of:
--Hawthorn Berry
--Apple Pectin
--Garlic Bulb Powder
--Hops flower
--Valerian Root
--Taurine
--Cayenne fruit
--Celery Seed
He also takes 2-3 tablespoons of Bragg's Apple Cider Vinegar in water with some honey 1-2 times/day.
He has some beet powder as well as juice but hasn't needed them and tends not to take them.
He also takes rat fish liver oil from Norway (not cheap but powerful).
He also takes about 2-3 tablespoons of coconut oil 1-2 times/day.
imho, that’s very excellent advice.
Get off the lisinopril, that shit is poison. It should be outlawed. It can cause kidney failure.
Cayenne pepper reduces blood pressure very well.
Never taken any type of drug for it. MAybe she thought it would be safe to start out with. I do have high cholesterol...I believe thats next. Ugh.
Huh...quit smoking...duh..
Smoking narrows your arteries and probably causing in part your leg pain...
Much easier to deal with HB pressure than cancer..
How do you use the bicarbonate?
You forgot to say if it works for your roommate.
hydrochlothiazide 10mg/12.5mg
Make sure your Doc monitors your blood potassium levels. HCTZ can prevent normal potassium uptake.
Was taking the same dosage as you on a reduced sodium diet, played hell with my electrolytes to the point I started going into convulsions and called EMTs right away. Took two days in hospital with KCl drip to recover and a month of potassium supplements, 750mg. HCTZ was id’d as culprit along with the reduced sodium levels.
YMMV, just be aware....
I concur with Anonymous Conservative’s advice. You can also try to find a physician - MD or DO who practices holistic medicine. They actually do exist! We have one (MD) who will prescribe pharma meds, but uses supplements as the basis for nutritionally supporting the body.
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About 8 years ago lost a lot of vision in my right eye due to retinal oclusion probably caused by high bp. Started takiing low dose Lisinopril which lowered it some. This summer started eating dollarweed/pennywort every morning which lowered it some more. BTW, most vision came back after short time on steroid eye drop.
On both myself and have never had any problems.
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