I am 27 and was diagnosed with high blood pressure when I was 25. My father had high blood pressure and died of a heart attack at 49. I've been on Bystolic 10mg for the past 2 years. And I can still feel my blood pressure rising, my face gets hot and flushed, and my heart rate rises. The last several times I've checked my bp it's been 150+/ 85+. I've had an ekg that was fine, a chest x ray, and blood work that all came back normal. Not sure where to go from here. Please help!
Bystolic - Why is my blood pressure still so high?
Question posted by liaprice02 on 8 Feb 2012
Last updated on 16 October 2013 by PREACHES
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I agree with get a doctor that listen to your heart. I just change my doctor he listen to me. Another doctor did not listen change me from 160/25 hct tablet to 360 mg. Told me just do what he say, take it or not, he can't help me. I tried to explain I don't sleep good I think that's my biggest problem, he did not listen. I change doctor he gave me sleeping pills only when needed.
My blood pressure was 120/79 which is good with proper rest. I did not need higher pills, buy blood pressure machine and monitor your pressure .
I'm female, 51 yrs. old and have had problems with b/p since my teens. Diagnosed finally by the age of 23. My dad had it bad too from a very early age. It took years and changes of medicines and doctors to get mine down for sometime. I'm on Taztia XT 360mg.(morning) and Verapamil 240mg (bedtime) daily. I have tachycardia problems too. Was doing well with this combo. until total menopause it seems. Now I'm back to a see-saw pattern. Talk to your doctor, making sure you have one that listens to you and if they don't, find another one who will. Combination of meds. sometimes is better for controlling hypertension than one medicine. Good luck!
How are you doing?
I had high blood pressure, average was way higher than yours. The one think you can do to help lower your blood pressure, is to go on a low-sodium diet. It is hard, I know, I was put on a low-sodium diet, you do have to read nutritional labels though, because a lot of stuff will say "heart friendly" and "cardiologist approved" but it will have more sodium than the regular, they count on people believing the labels. It is very easy once you get use to it, as with any way of eating, to eat healthy costs a little more, but it is worth it.
It is not unusual to need more than one antihypertesive agent to bring blood pressure down and keep it there. Many times the reason for high blood pressure is not clear either. They usually check the heart with a 2D echocardiogram, and EKG, they also check the kidneys and do bloodwork. Many times all of this is perfectly normal. Bystolic is a beta blocker. Sometimes they need to add a diuretic to a beta blocker to help bring the B/P down to an acceptable level. Usually there are no symptoms to tell you your blood pressure is rising. Some people get a headache that is unique to high blood pressure but usually there are no symptoms. This is why hypertension or high blood pressure is known as the Silent Killer. You need to try to keep a log of your blood pressures to take back to your Dr. Try to get readings at several different times of day. You might want to invest in your own blood pressure monitor or you can use the ones at the store/pharmacies.
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