etsveteran
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I got diagnosed with very high blood pressure recently after a first ever panic attack. Most days, my BP is 150/100. During the panic attack, my blood pressure was 200/120. Crazy high. After taking 5mg Amlodipine for a few days, my BP is down to 139/89. With weight loss and diet changes, I hope to bring it down to 120/70. However, if the medication causes reactions (very common with blood pressure medications it seems), I am screwed as diet and weight loss improvements will probably not counter my overactive sympathetic nervous system that is now suddenly causing panic attacks and huge spikes in BP.
If you have high blood pressure, please try to answer the following questions:
1) At what age were you diagnosed and what were your BP readings?
2) Did you reduce it via diet, exercise, meditation, supplements etc... or are you on meds? If weight loss reduced your BP a lot, how much weight did you lose?
3) If on meds, which ones have you tried to date? What side effects?
4) What is your current age and is your BP under control?
5) When your BP is lower, do you feel better?
6) Do you have parents or older relatives with very high BP that have successfully controlled it for decades with no obvious damage to their kidneys, hearts, brain etc...?
If you have high blood pressure, please try to answer the following questions:
1) At what age were you diagnosed and what were your BP readings?
2) Did you reduce it via diet, exercise, meditation, supplements etc... or are you on meds? If weight loss reduced your BP a lot, how much weight did you lose?
3) If on meds, which ones have you tried to date? What side effects?
4) What is your current age and is your BP under control?
5) When your BP is lower, do you feel better?
6) Do you have parents or older relatives with very high BP that have successfully controlled it for decades with no obvious damage to their kidneys, hearts, brain etc...?