life before you were told your bp high

[peter999999999]

before the doc/nurse scared you were you well and happy, then they tell u high bp and your life becomes anxious, does it really matter high bp, will it give u heart attack stroke or not, some it might most dont suppose it will but the fear has been put in you,pills for life and all the nasty side effects,are you better not knowing and lifing your life carefree which more than likely lower bp anyway. and as you get older why have that worry on your shoulders but we all been there.

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After a long research (PhD of technical sciences, ex University professor), whereby I was trying to be realistic, no matter what the results, my conclusion about BP is following:

With ageing, because of the factors we can hardly influence, it is "normal" that BP goes up. MDs often blame increased BP for many other health problems, like asthma, cardiac arrhythmia etc, but the fact is that these health issues come in parallel with high BP, and are not directly or indirectly caused by high BP. Sorry to say so, but at the beginning of 21-st century, there still are about 30 syndromes and disease, where the medicine has no answer what causes them. Being obliged to say something, they blame high BP, which is present in almost all of us, elderly ones.

Increased BP is mainly caused by constricted blood vessels, what happenes because of disturbed Autonomous Nervous System. Because of this, blood flow-rate is reduced and people sometimes feel dizzeness or similar symptoms. Many of the BP reduction drugs act in the sense of slowing the heart down, whereby BP goes down, but via this intervention, blood flow-rate is reduced still more, so that we almost always have symptoms like dizzeness, reduced brain function etc. Long term, this intervention is very wrong.

It would be interesting to hear opinions of others, since everyone of us has own idea about this problem...

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Appologies, Peter!

I wanted to write a reply to your post, but have gone to the subject that probably should have been onother post...

I highly appreciate your contributions to this forum and your being realistic in your views! Kind regards! Petar

[peter999999999 in reply to Hidden]

so something like a aspirin helps the blood flow

[Hidden in reply to peter999999999]

Aspirin is great drug, but low profit on it! There are drugs for high BP where it is said that they act in the right way - making the dillatation of blood vessles. I have read the specification for ... Ramipril, I think, and, among other things, they admit that it lowers the HR, meaning also reduces blood flow-rate.

[Madlegs1]

I was actually quite sick, fatigued and depressed. I went to the doctor who diagnosed high BP.

Within a fortnight of taking pills for relaxing the arteries, I had improved out of all recognition.

My family are delighted to see me so full of beans again. They had been really worried about me.

So- I have to be unequivocal about the help I got from the medication.

Best thing I ever did.

[lettingoffsteam in reply to Madlegs1]

Same here Madlegs1 but since my bp was double what it should have been that's hardly surprising It was enough to give me a five night stay in hospital so clearly not a trivial thing.

[Happyrosie]

I certainly got help from aspirin which was prescribed for high BP when I was diagnosed, but the pills I’m on now have - statistically - a better prognosis and I’m very well on them. I wasn’t scared by the diagnosis of high BP. I was glad that, firstly, I could concentrate better on my lifestyle and diet and when this didn’t being the pressure low enough, I was happy to rely on my docs to prescribe appropriate medication.

Why be scared? It’s a normal,part of the aging process for us westerners.

[peter999999999 in reply to Happyrosie]

hi,nice to hear off you again, yes i like aspirin thats all i take now a baby one, dont seem to help with sleep though lol

[katieoxo60]

Hello peter, I have had higher BP than the charts say since I was very young , so a recent panic by a consultant did not perturb me , but I feel it deterred them from the real problem by placing so much emphasis on my Bp and causing me more stress resulting in even higher figures . I do have more than one chronic long term illness and at times can be quite ill with the symptoms so I do not need treating with tablets that make me iller. But when I have a new symptom I feel it should be investigated correctly and explained to me if its the BP causing it. I also feel if the Drs , consultants and primary care had more info about the patients problems regarding BP control then it would be easier for them to reach a decision on patient care. I totallly agree with you in many cases the patient would be better off not knowing and I think most patients are aware of weight problems constantly using these issues as reasons to not treat is naughty to put it in a nut shell. I do not think a doctor who only met you once is able to decide whats best for you and now the NHS has changed it seems we will no longer have a regular GP input either. Another one of those issues that has no simple resolution and takes up a lot of time & money . We do need to check BP incase it is caused by other health issues that require intervention.

[peter999999999]

i gave up testing bp a couple of years ago ,gave me anxiety looking at it,pulse shot up,so decided never to do it again,id gone 70 years without a bp machine in house so put this one away for good i hope, thats all doc wanted me to do keep checking bp and dishing pills out,never looked or discussed what caused it,hospitalsaid virus before they knew about covid, my doc said it was not, did not even do a chest xray,hospital did and found it,