Wierd High Blood pressure Experience question?

[sca2013]

Last night, for most of the night my blood pressure was running 150-160/100. Woke me up and at one point it felt like a niacin flush going through my body. My most recent angiogram showed no restrictions or blockages. Normally my blood pressure is 115-120/75-80 without medication. I did have a busy day (spent a about three hours doing some intense cognitive work, pretty fatigued after that, then sat in the heat about 90-95 degrees for about 30 minutes on the phone, and then had an acupuncture treatment that included some points for the brain). About a year ago I was doing some LENS treatments (kind of like bio feedback and had the same weird high blood pressure happen that night and the next. My question has anyone else experienced the random high blood pressure since their brain injury or surviving cardiac arrest or a grand mal seizure? If so, did you find out what would cause that to happen? And what treatment/medication was given as a result of this? Thank you in advance for your help.

[malalatete]

Hi have had these episodes but never been able to explain it. My mum does too - apparently widely fluctuating BP is an issue just as too high/too low BP is, but much less common. It happens a lot more for my mum - they plugged her in with a monitor thing she had to wear for a week...but nothing showed up. So we are still none the wiser. Best mention to your GP/consultant though.

I have heartbeat fluctuations too - can be woken in the middle of the night by the heart is going 120 - 130 bpm. I put it all down to wiring problems in the autonomic nervous system. But that's just my theory...

[sca2013 in reply to malalatete]

Thank you, I'll see what my GP has to say. I've got a pacemaker, maybe the history on that will show something. I too am thinking it has to do with some kind of issue with the wiring problems in the autonomic nervous system

[Kirk5w7]

Hi Scal

Last time I had spiking of my blood pressure, I was admitted to hospital for observation, don't panic, they only did that because I presented with the same symptoms I had before my encephalitis. To cut the story short it was concluded that my body was fighting a virus, it settled down and not had it since. But a jolly 5 nights in hospital, but better safe than sorry.

Janet x