General Chat

I think that this tale may not fix your blood pressure, but many years ago I read about a Blood pressure,patient complaining to her doctor, about the long wait, in the waiting room, and he explained, " I know where you live, and the fact that you have rushed here to see me, doesnt help your condition. the wait is intended to let you calm down, before I see you." Best wishes any way, Bob

HI Sandra, My doctors is only 200yards away from my home, and I am always out of breathe when I walk there. Linda P

HI Sandra, My doctors is only 200yards away from my home, and I am always out of breathe when I walk there. Linda P

HI Sandra, My doctors is only 200yards away from my home, and I am always out of breathe when I walk there. Linda P

thankyou linda i'm not to worried about it , its just that i take so many pills now for my other bits i'd like to try and control it with diet and excercise, which is difficult. due to mobility, i'm 42 by the way, i wasn't feeling to bad this morning so i took a stroll to the drs for prescription, it took me an hour and a half, but i feel good for it, though a little red in the face, i'm trying everyones suggestions, and if it doesn't work at least i have tried. enjoy your day sandra

HI Sandra the first thing to do is not to panic. I am 45 and my high blood pressure was first diagnosed when I was 40, i am also 4 stone overwieght. my GP told be that if I my blood pressure had been high during my Pregnancies than I would be prone to high blood pressure in later life. so that may be a cause. Your blood pressure is not extremely high my highest readings have been 180/120 and 200/110, but it is now under control with medication, ONe of the main things that causes my blood pressure is stress (being a single parent and try ing to study for a degree) and if there is any way that you can reduce your stress levels that would be helpful. a good diet is also useful (try and cut down on salt ) and weight loss may help, My blood pressure did come down when I lost 2 stone, there are a lot of differant types of medication that can be used to slow and strenghen the heart beat and these can be very effective . If your need any advice or let me know Linda P

All good advice so far, but what about asking the GP to investigate the cause of your high blood pressure, after all except in some rare cases it is a symptom not a disease. Bev

Your blood pressure may be linked to the pain that you are suffering. I work at the hospital and if my ladies have a high reading the nurses aren't usually too concerned as they are normally experiencing some pain. Julie

thankyou everyone, i stopped smoking, i will try all your suggestions, the excerise bit is difficult due to the spinal pain, my legs give out, but i do walk up and the garden a few times its 160ft and always have my mobile in case i collapse. i drink loads of water, and eat veg if i cook in salt i don't put in on the meal. but i will try that lo salt, some days i'm bright red in the face after just hoovering,so there is definately something wrong, losing the wieght is a constant battle, i use everything low fat, cut out bikkis chocolate cakes etc begiinning of the year, don't use sugar,cook meat in the george foreman or in water never add any oil, always eat my 5 pieces of fruit or veg. i do like swimming so i will give that ago, and i will try everything else. and hope i can get some sort of result even if its only small have a nice day, its lovely and sunny though a bit nippy sandra

Hi, I have had consistently high BP for years though I am a lot older than you & have a family history of stroke. I have been taking Diuretic medication for a long time which has more or less controlled the problem but have found a way to beat it (for me) at last. You can buy a product called Lo Salt instead of ordinary salt, this helps, reduce your weight & increase your exercise even a bit makes a difference. Cut out fatty foods but take a multivitamin suppliment especially if you dont eat red meat like me. I too have athritis, who doesn't at 70 but just making that bit more effort to walk a bit further each day improves that too. It has worked for me & I no longer need medication for my blood pressure. Above all, don't get too anxious about it. Anxiety is a major cause of Hypertension. Best of luck, Valerie.

Oh blow! I like a few glasses of red and a fag. No wonder my blood pressures high then! Guess I'd better keep taking the tablets! Well....you've gotta have some pleasures in life!!!

As Andy has said - there is a "White Coat Sydrome". See a Doctor/Dentist/hospital worker and pressure rises. Can only echo what others have said. Liz

Hi Sandra, Have you tried `meditation`. If you can give yourself just a short while each day, ( on your own ), close your eyes, and go any where in the world, that`s calm. Gentle waves, bird song, white fluffy clouds,soaring birds, etc. You might be surprised at how you feel afterwards.

I have high blood pressure too and have to take two lots of tablets to keep it right. As has been said, watch your salt intake. Also do you smoke or drink alcohol? That really increases your blood pressure, so be careful. They normally take a few readings to try and see how it is before giving you medication. I do hope you will be ok, thinking of you. Jo.

Sandra, That's exactly what my GP says-you can always safely subtract 10 from a surgery reading for the white coat syndrome. Thats why I bought my own monitor and it does make a difference. Andy

I advice you to buy your own bp machine if you can my bp was over 100 and i am plls for it and when my doc takes it its about 90sbut at home my husband says i wll take it now and it has been inthe 70s when you know the doc is going to take it yuo can panic they call it the white coat syndrome

sandra i only found out i had high blood pressure on a routine check up which gave me a bit of a fright!i was asked if i suffered from stress which i did and how much salt i had.well to be quite honest i had salt with everything.i was told firstly to cut down on the salt.i substituted this for a salt alternative called lo-salt which is more expensive then salt but with using that and taking more exercise,trying not to get stressed and losing some weight i cracked it.my blood pressures back to normal.i also have family members which have high blood pressure which also it can be herditary.hope this helps

you have got a lot of good advice ,which i use myself ,as i have high blood pressure .The only thing which hasn,t been mentioned is smoking which is very bad for people like us ,hopfully you don,t anyway ,but would be worth trying to give up if you do,Best of luck Fred.

Sandra I don't have anything to say that you don't already know. You need to lose a bit of weight, take some exercise, cut out as much salt as possible (makes the biggest difference!) and increase grains in your diet. I have had high blood pressure too and cutting out salt is by far the most effective strategy. But making a real effort to have a healthy lifestyle and to eat the right things in the right proportions is also important. Watch out for salt in processed and pre-prepared foods. Angela

Hi Sandra, I'm 43, two stone overweight and taking medication for high BP. Checked it today and registered 152 over 97. That's with a job that involves a lot of walking and lifting and walking at the weekend. WHOOPS!! Just follow orders from GP and it will come down-mine is never usually anywhere near todays high. Take care, Andy