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Does anybody here know much about this? A few years ago I was diagnosed with early onset hypertension and last year I was able to come off medication as my bp was normal(i took myself off them as I was having nausea issues), three months ago I went back and had a BP check, he said my bp was high and that I needed to return next month for another check. Can high blood pressure just come and go? A few years ago I had a heart and kidney ultrasounds, bloods and they all came back normal
 
The medicine helps keep it low, so yes, if you go off the meds, it could rise again. Hopefully your dr will find a med that doesn't make you sick.


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You need to take your blood pressure at the same time every day to get a base blood pressure rate. Almost everyones blood pressure is higher when they see the doctor, it's know as "white coat syndrome". Your blood pressure can be high or low depending on what you eat or drink. If you see your doctor in late afternoon, most people have had some or a lot of caffeine. That in itself can raise your BP. There are many issues that can cause your BP to fluctuate during the day.

You can purchase a home blood pressure monitor for around $50. Keep a record of your BP for a whole week. Also a good idea to log what you ate and drank that week too.
 
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Agree with Angel. Caffeine definitely adversely affect BP (and heart rate)- I once had a client at my first job- she had a major obsession with coffee and would/could drink an entire pot of coffee (can't remember # of cups on a pot) AND then go down to the cafeteria and either buy or sometimes attempt to take a large (32+ ozs) cup of coffee at least two times a day THEN drink more at night. Sodas included. We did do some sort of test for her heart- I don't recall what but quite frequently her heart rate was high and SHE'D even notice. (as a note- the woman was in the moderate range of mental retardation).

She is one who I wonder what is going on with these days-- it's been 16 years now since I last worked there.
 
Since it is allergy season and people take over the counter decongestions, those also can raise your blood pressure. It's the D portion of the medication. So Claritin-D, Allegra-D, Zyrtec-D....anything with Sudafed. Also being dehydrated can raise your BP.
 
I take meds for high blood pressure, and my bp fluctuates. Like the others have posted, environment, time of day, caffeine, nervousness, other meds, etc., can effect bp.
 
Stress can affect high blood pressure so it best to try to avoid getting too stressed out if this does happen to you. My mom got very dizzy from her
high blood pressure , she surprise us all and lived to be 93 years old. Mom never really got upset , did not smoke and a had glass of wine one in awhile but that had to stop once he lived in a nursing home.
 
My grandfather had high cholesterol.. never took meds for it (as far as I know). Otherwise healthy as can be... lived to be 90 (his date of death was a palindromic date too).

I forgot about the allergy meds- the ones like Claritan-D. I could never take them due to my glaucoma and meds for that. Interestingly my new eye doc says I really DON'T have glaucoma (25 years later...).
 
I get a lot of high blood pressure from watching the Alaska State legislature at work. Throw in the last several governors and it is a recipe for heart disease.
 
Would you consider a bp of 140/105 white coat syndrome? Anyway, my bp has been normal most time I went to the doctor after I was taken off bp meds and now for the past three months it's been high. I want 24 hour bp monitoring as it would truely reflect my correct bp but patients here are not allowed to ask for stuff.
 
As I understand matters: anything over 120/85 is "high blood pressure". What effect this has is somewhat contingent one one's age and general state of health. That is the area one's doctor has to consider re: which pill to suggest.

Generally speaking one doesn't "feel" high blood pressure.
Part of what is called the "metabolic syndrome" which might develop into a "coronary artery event" over time.
Thus one's doctor usually pays "attention" to" decrease the risk factors".
 
drphil said:
As I understand matters: anything over 120/85 is "high blood pressure". What effect this has is somewhat contingent one one's age and general state of health. That is the area one's doctor has to consider re: which pill to suggest.

Generally speaking one doesn't "feel" high blood pressure.
Part of what is called the "metabolic syndrome" which might develop into a "coronary artery event" over time.
Thus one's doctor usually pays "attention" to" decrease the risk factors".
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I am going by what my mom said and she he got dizzy when her high blood pressure got very high. My blood pressure always been on the low side
 
Never forget...one of my sons is muscular...and at age 13 went in for a checkup...they checked his blood pressure and said "it's very, very high!"...*doctor's assistant did this*....called the doctor back in, he checked it also....I was a nervous wreck!....They prescribed meds for him....and told me to check it often....I did...and it was always in the normal range...

To make this short....the doctor's assistant was using a "child's cuff" on my son's muscular arm!....He never had high blood pressure to begin with...and I was livid about it all....changed doctors too...

As for my blood pressure, never had high blood....
 
I guess in the end one must be diagnosed by their doctor as the meaning of being dizzy when their blood pressure is high. What to do?
 
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