High Blood pressue

[addjunkie]

Well i did my evening walk which was at 8.30 pm only about 1.5 miles and had a chat with a few locals so not back till 9.30 after a cuppa i did my blood pressure and good news it was 150/99 so i feel happier.

Im on lisinopril too, discovered in a similar way work medical heavy smoker mid divorce. Stopped smoking, completed divorce, living normal life. Was put on statins too but had continous aches and pains so stopped them, aches and pains gone away.

I suffer a bit with white coat syndrome. So go to docs for blood pressure its up, so few years ago medic at work did mine every day, and gave me a calibrated machine to use nightly....away from docs its normal, go its always up a bit.

I was a little confused earlier had to re read your dogging post twice, but any excercise is good excercise

 

[Rob85]

Work medical is where mine was flagged up too, apart from flagging that up I try to have as little to do with our "company doctor" as possible, it's a case of "anything you do say can and will be used against you!"

 

[gaz1]

My blood pressure went thru the roof when I was 27, was training 2 nights a week and playing rugby on Saturdays and was in pretty good shape, the docs went thru me sharpish because I was so young(only 33 now) to be having problems, all the tests right up to ultrasound of heart and kidneys and all turned up good, a case of tough titty...take the tablets and get on with life! Sometimes there just isn't much rhyme or reason to it.

a school friend of mine was same didnt smoke, fit as worked he was 29-30 year old sat in a hospital bed when i found out hed had a stroke due to the high blood pressure we knew it was within the family as his dad had it and was on tablets

 

[Robotstar5]

.......Still, at least he wasn't dead.

 

[ukracer]

Thanks for the comment Mat, I am very guilty of avoiding dealing with things like this, I'm 52 and i stress easy, I stay off salt and my diet is very healthy i started taking 75mg aspirin in 2011 for now i will take a bit more self time and keep an eye on my blood pressure.

It sounds like you have whats know as "lack of 3D printer syndrome"..

 

[gav0994]

Work medical is where mine was flagged up too, apart from flagging that up I try to have as little to do with our "company doctor" as possible, it's a case of "anything you do say can and will be used against you!"

Very much like our Occ Health provider in the railway. Bupa was bad, but the new company are even worse.

 

[Olderisbetter]

It sounds like you have whats know as "lack of 3D printer syndrome"..

Yes i was thinking the same thing, After a brief chat with a lad by me who makes costume play things with a 3D printer i am now looking at spending part of my emergency rainy day fund on one...

 

[Olderisbetter]

Just did my BP an hour after the dog walk, Sat down relaxed with a cuppa 120/66 @ 65 bpm it really feels good not having any of the alert lights on the machine, Thanks for all the advice and support.

 

[Keith 66]

I had a bit of a scare last year with this & had to wear a monitor for 24 hours, it was slightly higher than average with a coulple of big spikes, the doctor was useless & basically fobbed me of without even letting me see the 24 hour chart, i could have told her the two big spikes were when we had a year 9 class of cretins in the school workshop & when i drove home & got cut up by some nob on a mobile phone.
She told me to take the pills & i would be on them indefinately.
Instead i bought a bp monitor & stopped eating so much crap, increased walking the dog miles & cut my booze intake by 50%. Within 3 weeks my bp was back to normal. But its hard to be a good boy & boring so i lapse occasionally!

 

[gav0994]

Checked my Bp last night and it was 128/70 so happy with that, especially as the dog was trying her best to wind me up at the time!

Got to go for a review with my GP as my latest prescription had "review overdue" on it so best book in with them to keep him happy.

 

[Shox Dr]

It’s a strange condition, BIL’s is currently sky high, he’s as fit as a butchers dog.

Apparently in Germany high blood pressue is not considered a problem, yet low blood preesure is. It’s the other way round in the UK

 

[marlinspike]

What I have noticed since I have been doing by bp readings at home is how low my heart rate is on occasions. Resting on the sofa it is often below 50bpm. I am about 2st overweight, in my fifties, and not particularly fit, yet I have the pulse rate of a Galapagos tortoise . I mentioned it to my gp friend and she said it's nothing to worry about unless you feel faint or dizzy - her resting pulse is 80 plus and she isn't too bothered.

 

[RichardM]

My pulse was 40 bpm when I went to the docs for my "5 yearly" MOT!

 

[Shox Dr]

My pulse was 40 bpm when I went to the docs for my "5 yearly" MOT!

Very good. The Spanish road cyclist Miguel Indurain, famously had a very low resting heart beat at 28bpm. (Average is 60-72bpm) When I was racing I managed to get mine down to 36bpm. Twenty yrs later and it was 43bpm this morning.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

My pulse was 40 bpm when I went to the docs for my "5 yearly" MOT!

You're almost comatose

 

[RichardM]

You're almost comatose

nursey was a bit worried too! Kept asking me if I felt dizzy. I do try to do 4 miles brisk walking up and down hill per day, but no where near Olympic std just 4 mph.

 

[Olderisbetter]

Well i have better blood pressure but now i have been getting irregular beats which is scary, I ended up going to A+E but they had stopped by then, I had a few before all this started which is why i went back to the doctors, I hope it is just temporary as i feel very down with it.

 

[seriesonewelder]

I used to get palpitations, my heart was doing 200bpm when I eventually got an ECG whilst I was having an episode. Had paramedics out twice to me previously but they stopped before getting hooked up, without the trace the cause couldn't be identified. I had a procedure (at New Cross) called an Ablation to cure it. The last occurance I was taken to Russell's Hall I was on the table in A&E (the episode had lasted about 40 minutes by now), I was about to be given a drug to slow my heart when its rate slowed by itself. At last they had the trace to ID my heart problem, but it got lost... However the cardiac nurse recognised my problem and the consultant knowing that the nurse knew his stuff knew what to do.

I was in and out on the same day, and was told not to drive for 3 days. I was done on a Friday (I asked the consultant if he could do me on a Monday but he was booked up for several weeks and didn't want me to wait) so was back at work Tuesday. After the procedure I was on the ward recovering and he comes round looking for his mobile, I had a 'carry-on' moment and thought that he'd left it in someones chest cavity...

I still get the odd flutter, this I mentioned when I last saw the consultant (3 years ago) when I was discharged and he said it was not unusual and not to worry.

Hope you get sorted, keep us updated.

 

[Olderisbetter]

I used to get palpitations, my heart was doing 200bpm when I eventually got an ECG whilst I was having an episode. Had paramedics out twice to me previously but they stopped before getting hooked up, without the trace the cause couldn't be identified. I had a procedure (at New Cross) called an Ablation to cure it. The last occurance I was taken to Russell's Hall I was on the table in A&E (the episode had lasted about 40 minutes by now), I was about to be given a drug to slow my heart when its rate slowed by itself. At last they had the trace to ID my heart problem, but it got lost... However the cardiac nurse recognised my problem and the consultant knowing that the nurse knew his stuff knew what to do.

I was in and out on the same day, and was told not to drive for 3 days. I was done on a Friday (I asked the consultant if he could do me on a Monday but he was booked up for several weeks and didn't want me to wait) so was back at work Tuesday. After the procedure I was on the ward recovering and he comes round looking for his mobile, I had a 'carry-on' moment and thought that he'd left it in someones chest cavity...

I still get the odd flutter, this I mentioned when I last saw the consultant (3 years ago) when I was discharged and he said it was not unusual and not to worry.

Hope you get sorted, keep us updated.

It is very annoying when you cannot show it happening on an ECG, Glad you managed to show it and get sorted, By comparison my palpitations seem very mild to what you had but have still put the wind up me, It really makes me feel better knowing something can be done, My heart seems to be fine but i think just getting the feeling i am having an episode makes it worse as i get anxious, Thanks for your comment it has made me feel a lot better about things.

 

[Olderisbetter]

I have been on 10mg per day of Amlodipine for just over 2 weeks and it has definitely dropped my BP significantly, The side effects have been quite bad, Tingling hands, No energy, loss of appetite, pounding feeling in the chest, headaches and vomiting, Looking on the internet it seems to be a common thing, The doctor did say it would take 6-8 for this tablet to take full effect, Luckily i can put most things on hold for now.