Low blood pressure

[Padders12]

Hi, My GP is about to refer me to a Chronic fatigue service as I think she has run out of ideas. I am not convinced I have cfs as my issues started with a long undiagnosed b12 deficiency. I seem to have picked up sub clinical hypothyroidism along the way. I am being treated for that and think all my symptoms that I know were definitely thyroid related have gone. I am self injecting b12 as the injections I was offered by GP were not enough. I am left with fatigue that I think would be classed as mild but it heavily impacts my quality of life.

Whilst reading about chronic fatigue I noticed that sufferers tend to have low blood pressure and a high pulse rate. I definitely have those! I am wondering how that impacts or indeed causes my fatigue. My systolic pressure is usually in the 90’s and my diastolic between low 60’s and mid 50’s. Pulse often in 90’s when not doing anything.

My question is do others suffer from low blood pressure and had your GP done anything to treat it?

Tia,

Padders12

[Osteomyelio]

Did they check you Viral Titers to EpsteinBarr and CMV or other viruses?

Are your immune globulin levels normal?

[Padders12 in reply to Osteomyelio]

Thanks for your reply. I have had a lot of blood tests over the last couple of years. I can’t see any of those. Would they be called something else?

[Patdoyle]

I have high blood pressure which I take medication for. My pulse is in the 70s.

[jonno207]

Hi

I always considered myself fit and healthy until I went for a pain injection and I had my blood pressure taken and it was 56 and my pulse was around 60. The nurse was adamant I followed it up with my GP which I eventually did, mainly due to my wife's nagging, and I was told to record my blood pressure twice a day for two week. I did this and my BP was always very low, but I convinced myself it was because I played sports etc as I felt fine. I was referred to a cardiologist who in turn found I had a leaking Aortic Valve, which was at the point that needed fairly urgent attention and surgery.

Is this something your GP has looked into?

[Padders12 in reply to jonno207]

Not yet. The GP who I have been seeing regarding the fatigue has been on holiday and is always difficult to get an appointment with. I think I will try and book a telephone appt with her.

I think it worth doing 2 weeks blood pressure measurements before I speak to her. Did your GP say what time of day the 2 recordings needed to be?

[jonno207 in reply to Padders12]

I would certainly ask to for an echocardiogram or at the very least an ECG just to to rule it out. I think I took my BP before breakfast and Dinner, so once in the morning and once in the evening.

[Padders12 in reply to jonno207]

Thanks for your advice.

I will definitely do that and make an appointment.

[Shirlchristine]

20 years after being diagnosed with fibromyalgia, but symptoms more ME related ie fatigue rather than pain, I was having lightheadedness and palpitations last year. I was sent to a cardiologist and told I had chronic low blood pressure and to drastically increase hydration and salt levels. This has finally worked, but I wish I had known years ago that a high proportion of people with ME have hypotension. I was recommended to read the POTS UK website and have found it very useful and hope that following their suggestions I can avoid medication.