high blood pressure

great_lakes_mom
Fri, 22 Dec 2017 04:28:33 +0000

Several suggestions. I was diagnosed with hypertension back about 15 years ago. S had a car accident with me in the passenger seat and a much loved boyfriend had just broken up with me. I was a mess, as was my BP. But it gradually came down with medication. I ended up taking lisinopril for about 10 years with no side effects, though I had too high a dose at a point and had trouble with dizziness, but fine after the dose was reduced.

I tried a number of things, all of which helped to a degree. The first was a session with the integrative medicine doctor who does consults with my HMO. Think along the line of Andrew Weil, who has integrative medicine residencies for physicians to follow in his footsteps. Supplements he advised included COQ10, fish oil, and magnesium separate from calcium. Exercise, of course. The DASH diet, which is a produce based diet. Low sodium diet, though it is a percentage of the population that is sodium sensitive, not everyone. There is a breathing technique, which slows the exhale and reduces BP, mentioned in this article. https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/stress-raising-your-blood-pressure-take-a-deep-breath-201602159168 What finally got me off medication was a regular meditation practice. Meditation is best practiced in a group setting, but there are good meditation apps these days. Meditation is just sitting on a cushion and emptying the mind…but it is a life long practice, and hard to keep up alone for some of us.

Know that ibuprofen and other NSAIDS can increase BP in some people.

Taking medication is not the worst outcome. The worst outcome is stroke and heart or kidney disease caused by uncontrolled high blood pressure. Taking that small, and usually cheap pill does not mean you have lost the lottery. It means you are increasing your chances for a long and healthy life.