*raises hand*

It runs in the family. It started for me the last couple of years. If I get too stressed out I get high blood pressure attacks where my chest feels weird, my fingers start to tingle, and I get really dizzy and have to sit down til it passes. It's sucks @$$. Especially since I've been REALLY stressed out the last week or two. I've had at least two a day for the last couple weeks. I think I'm overworking myself. And $hit keeps going wrong. I'd get medicated for it, only I have no health insurance.

Don't overwork yourself then. Back up off it. Chill out.

drink plenty of water and stop worrying, try smiling when you find yourself stressing out, just make sure no ones watching coz theyll laff at you -THE BASTARDS THEY DID UT TOO MWE calm down calm down sip water smile im oknow

Yep. I have hypertension and the doctors ran all kinds of tests on me and said it's genetic.

In the morning I take 40mg of Lotrel and 25mg of Chlorthalidone and in the afternoon I have to take 10mg of Bystolic

^^wow so young...you've gotta keep up those tablets for life.

@fed: Well that's easy enough to say, but some of us have these little things called "bills."

@Jasel: What are the side effects like for meds like that?

i have a condition called Raynaud's Syndrome and I'm on high blood pressure medicine for it.

I just don't spend more than i make and i happen to know how to balance a checkbook. Unlike you, apparently..

As far as I know there aren't any that are majorly apparent. The only thing I can think of is you urinate more the first few days you start on the Chlorthalidone (water pills)

this is said to hear that. high blood pressure strikes! but did you take some garlic supplement as they clear the
fat in your blood vessel

eat almonds or pistachio nuts, oatmeal, and do light cardio.

Well you really need to get checked out by a doctor first. When I was diagnosed with hypertension a couple of years back I was doing daily cardio, eating right, and weight lifting 3 days a week and mine was sky high. If it's genetic then it's really hard to do anything about through conventional means. But a lot of Black Americans have high blood pressure due to genetics anyway because we tend to retain salt more than other groups. So definitely watch your sodium intake if you have high blood pressure.

Did you ever get your blood pressure taken to be sure that you really have it?
PS beetroot is apparently a good natural remedy for reducing blood pressure
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I got high blood pressure. I found out when donating plasma.

fu-k off dude, I don't spend more than I make. Most of what I make goes into my savings account, which I'm working feverishly to make larger.

@Jasel: Interesting...okay, I'll watch out for salt.

@planxty: Thanks for the tip...beetroot, eh? Yeah, I've had it tested. And it's pretty bad for my age.

I've had high blood pressure since my pre-teens. It can really disfigure your face as well.. Like water retention, so no matter how much you work out you got that puffy, fatter face. For those that have no medical insurance, make sure you keep your sodium intake at a minimal and try stuff like garlic in all foods. For odor relief just soups are fine. Try more bananas before a good physical exertion. Also go to Walmart, because they are the cheapest in town and get Hawthorne Berries $4 - 5 for 100 capsules. Start at like 1 a day before a meal then 2. Also look out for gingko biloba and other supplements. I have no health insurance and look out for the best I can do.

Damn, you can't live here in Canada then! The cold might be to extreme and may affect your condition.
Do you actually get cyanotic on your nails beds often?

Healthy lifestyle such as good diet, exercise then water I think is very good in preventing high blood and other diseases.

:O

wow, i luv u that much more now. we probably shouldnt be having kids together then. yeah, i'm pre hypertensive also. thats what we are. as long as your blood pressure still can go down by itself, you dont have high blood pressure yet. but it does run in my family. my dad had high blood pressure. it definitely sucks because u have to moderate your lifestyle. i'm a smoker and a drinker and i'm turning thirty this year. so i see a change in my blood pressure. i cant smoke everyday any more. thus, i have cut back to just smoking when i drink which is usually on weekends.

things u can do to lower your blood pressure without medication. well, at least if u dont have full blown high blood pressure yet, which means u are in the prehypertensive range.

healthy, like a lot of fruits veggies and high in fiber foods like cereal and oatmeal. drink milk and soymilk.

-excercise and find time to relax.

-get some sunlight everyday. melatonin helps lower your blood pressure.

-avoid salty foods and fatty foods.

-if u do decide to drink, have like 1 to 2 drinks because drinking lowers your blood pressure but too much alcohol and dehydrate u, thus raising your blood pressure.

-some other things to, but i cant remember them.

the main ones, are avoid salty foods, do some excersice on a more regular basis like a few times a week. eat healthy. dont smoke for those that do an if u cant, cut back.

it runs in my family heavily. I use to have it. nnow that i work out, my high blood pressure is normal!! so exercise and eat healthy

This is an informative thread with good amounts of knowledge concerning high blood pressure.

Yeah. I got high blood pressure when I was 17. (I'm 18 now) And I'm still not used to it.
I can't do some things without my heart acting up and getting dizzy. So I know how you feel :'(

I got it from my mother probably.
She has it reeeeeeeeeeally bad, .____.
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me too
runs in my family
I had it when I was like 14 and had to take medicine for the rest of my life when I was 24.

But after having my babies, it went down, dont know why and they took me off my medicine, Im fine now.

You don't technically have chronic hypertension until you've gotten tested at least three separate times. What is normal blood pressure varies between males and females and between individuals. In the meantime, lay off the caffeine.