Bp

[Chrissydoll]

Hi been away for a couple of days home yes n today felt rubbish very tired blood pressure been bit up n down Terrible heartburn worrying myself sick its alsorts of things which I know prob does nt help do u think A doctors visit is in order to check BP etc I m. 18 mths on from ha been doin great but recently been down n tired I m. On bisoprolol ramipril aspirin Statins anyone else tired n BP up n down with any these meds

[MichaelJH Heart Star]

What do you mean by "up and down"? Everybody's varies through the day. Measuring repeatedly can cause stress, raised BP and even over thinking. What are your readings?

[Chrissydoll in reply to MichaelJH]

Took it this afternoon and my BP was high for me really was 182/77 just taken it before it was 136/68 it's up n down all the time

[Sunnie2day in reply to Chrissydoll]

Have you reported the roller coaster BP readings to the GP or consultant? What does he/she say?

[Chrissydoll in reply to Sunnie2day]

Hi no I am going to try and get an appt Tom will ring 1st thing and hopefully get one or even a telephone appt it s not like my BP it's usually nothing like this since ha its been between 128/68 and 140/78 so it's a bit unusual really thanks for relying

[Sunnie2day in reply to Chrissydoll]

Please update us as you go on - when you're booked, if it was via phone or in person, what the doctor said, etc.

[Chrissydoll in reply to Sunnie2day]

I will thank u I think. It might be a tel appt as the way thing s r it s very hard here to get into actually see anyone atm x

[Flamenco26 in reply to Chrissydoll]

I have been on bisoprolol for about 4 years, it made me very tired at first, but now it’s much better, But with AF in general I find I have good and bad days, anxiety definitely doesn’t help and the difficult times we now live in doesn’t help either. Hope the doctor can help you good luck

[Chrissydoll in reply to Flamenco26]

Thank u for ure reply no it definatly does nt help also I m a bit of a worrier and get myself worked up over things but hopefully Tom I can at least speak to a doctor n perhaps he ll put my mind at ease

[Auiron]

On blood Pressure readings. I found my readings were and are quite alarmingly up and down. (Even nurses at doctor's surgeries seem to take just one reading that can lead to a person having unnecessarily high amounts of medication and waste of NHS funds.) However, the third reading taken is nearly always the lowest. Monday's readings:

11.05am - S162 -- D75 -- P62

11.11am - S138 -- D69 -- P55

11.16am - S129 -- D70 -- P56

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9.45pm - S148 -- D75 -- P58

9.50pm - S136 -- D76 -- P55

9.57pm - S125 -- D67 -- P51

...At both sampling intervals, the second readings were significantly lower than the first readings, and the third readings were significantly lower than the first and the second readings. The similar trends were observed for morning diastolic BP (DBP) and evening systolic BP (SBP)/DBP.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

[Semley]

BP can definitely vary a lot especially if you are worried! It's very sensitive to mood, e.g. the white coat effect. It take time to adjust to meds like Bisoprolol and ramipril and they can make you tired and a bit dizzy. The Beta Blockers are meant to slow you down! But GPs nd cardiologists can vary the dosage, timing and type of beta blocker to better suit individual patients.

[Eve11]

I agree. I think you need to see your GP (or even better, consultant).

[Palpman]

I fail to see any BP readings here that are strange or too high. They are all super normal and any health conscious person would love to have those readings.

A GP would find your concern strange.

[Palpman]

GPs are not concerned about variations of 10mmHg per consecutive reading.

Readings of electronic and manual BP meters cannot be accurate.

The reason for this is that machine records the reading at the first pulse on the decreasing pressure.

If you have a pulse of 60 then there is a full second of decreasing pressure when the pulse can arrive. This pressure can vary by 10 points during this "wait".

The same applies for the diastolic reading.

The manual one is more accurate with consecutive readings but it also depends on your hearing.

My wife is a bit hard of hearing so she consistently gets her readings lower than I do.

[Andyd57]

You will get there😎takes time. My heart attack at 39. 19 years ago and more or less the same medication your on. Good luck. Any questions just message. Take care

[Chrissydoll in reply to Andyd57]

I will n thank u x