Hi everyone,
I wonder if anyone out there has Hashimoto's and high blood pressure. I recently had a NHS health check and I had high blood pressure 158/83 (my blood pressure previously has always been normal or low). Went to Drs yesterday to get it checked at their request. It's still high 150/80. He did another check to be sure, which was higher (to be expected as I was telling him about the poor treatment that I have received from my endo and his secretary - they keep cancelling appointments and don't reply to voicemail messages), hence the reason it went higher. He has referred me for 24 hour blood pressure check. Which has now got me worried.
I really don't want to have to go onto blood pressure meds along with everything else. I'm taking NDT 2 grains and LDN 3mls - can go up to 4.5mls but am worried about running out before my next prescription (although I've paid for 3 months I'm only receiving the meds once a month) , but not really feeling any benefits. I have been working with a functional health practitioner to try to get all vits balanced, but it's very slow progress.
Just wondered if increasing my meds from 2 grains of Thiroyd and 3mls of LDN would help. My TPA antibodies have doubled from 198.8 in July when I was on 2.5 grains to 609 in October when also on 2.5 grains and I'm not seeing any improvement in my symptoms of extreme tiredness and weight issues, although my eye problems have much improved since adding Omega 7s to my regime. I reduced to 2 grains in November following my last blood test as my FT3 went too high 18.1 (range 2.8 - 6.5). Would adding in a small amount of levo help? My TSH is 0 as I have hypopituitarism too.
I am really struggling with trying to go gluten free - I've never really eaten much in the way of baked goods, breads, pasta anyway, but I'm finding it in almost everything that we eat and I'm struggling with this.
Any help with lowering blood pressure would be really appreciated.
A&E with high blood pressure
Is Hashi's causing high blood pressure?
High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) - Hypothyroidism 
High blood pressure from NDT increase 
Raised blood pressure is often a symptom of something else going on in your body. Obviously the high FT3 would have contributed but you say you have reduced your dose.
How are your adrenals - are you stressed ? Maybe excess cortisol is one of the causes. There is usually more than one
Have you tried taking Magnesium ? Excellent book - The Magnesium Miracle - by Carolyn Dean - she covers the topic well. Also drmyhill.co.uk
Also look at the website of Dr Malcolm Kendrick - drmalcolmkendrick.org
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Thanks for your reply Marz,
On the advice of my functional health practitioner, I have been taking 400mg of magnesium for months, recently increased to 1200mg (BioCare) and also using 2 cups of Epsom salts in daily baths for months too. I take a good vitamin B complex (Igennus). 300mg Ashwagandha, 600mg NAC for mucin (Swansons), 200mg of Selenium (Solgar) and advanced multi-billion dophilius (Solgar). I have run out of Methyl B complex (BioCare) and am awaiting a delivery. In addition, I alternate with Vitamin D, Dr prescribed at 20,000 every 2 weeks and some Solgar that I bought myself.
I have tried a couple of adrenal support meds, but they seem to be ineffective for me. My FHP thinks I do have adrenal issues, as I struggle waking and getting out of bed. Crash about 5p.m. and then am wide awake when it's time to go to be d. I have been having sugar cravings too and that is just not me.
I was taking licquorice tea and found that to be calming, but when my FHP discovered my BP was high, she stopped it and the adrenal issues have resurfaced.
I was also taking a daily dissolvable Vit C tablet 100mcgs, but my FHP stopped me taking it as she thought it was raising my Ferritin levels. I've had a cold since I stopped, which is a pain as I haven't had 1 for years since taking Vit C.
As you can see, I take a lot of supplements and I really don't want to take BP meds too.
I will have a look at your recommended reading. Thanks for your reply.
Oh, forgot to say, I don't feel stressed at the moment, although I have had a lot of stress 4 years ago when my mother, and my husband died within 6 months and then I was made redundant (and other issues) all at the same time - which is when my Hashimoto's was diagnosed.
Managing this disease does seem to stress me out thought to be honest, because it's very frustrating dealing with Drs and endo's who don't seem to understand the disease. Maybe that's why my BP is raised!
Wow - that is too much for one person to cope with.
We had a terrible time with my mum as she was profoundly deaf and the medical profession don't understand how to deal with deaf people. My sister and I were sleeping on the floor in the hospital to protect her. Then my husband was diagnosed with terminal cancer of the small intestine and given 6-9 months. I supported and nursed him and he passed away 3 months after diagnosis.
A month after that, both myself and my daughter had breast lumps, mine was a cyst which was drained and my daughter's was a lump which she had removed as it was causing pain (had to battle with the surgeon to get this done as she said the pain was unrelated). Suffice to say the pain went wen the lump was removed!! Then she had to move back to Sheffield and then my next door neighbour moved who had been really supportive after my husband passed away.
Six months after my husband passed away I found out that my team and I were being made redundant and had to keep it from them until the company had sorted out a transfer of business and I had to deal with this other company too, knowing that they were taking my job. At this time I had optical migraines brought on by stress. I was made redundant 3 months later. I took them to an industrial tribunal as I believed the consultation process was a sham!! I didn't win, but did get a minor payout to shut me up!
2 days ago I received a letter from the council advising me that a neighbour has just applied for planning permission to build 2 4 bed properties right next to my house, which will have a detrimental effect on my property, so I'm having to deal with that now.
For the past 3 and a half years, I have travelled 102 miles a day for work. The Autumn statement on Tuesday, will impact the company that I work for so that they will have to re-engineer the whole business.
So I don't suppose it's a surprise really that I have high blood pressure at the moment. It's frustrating as it's always been really low to normal.
All those things together must be very stressful. Hope you can do something that soothes and relaxes you over the weekend ......
I sometimes find coping with the Greek bureaucracy frustrating and sometimes stressful - as there are new rules everyday and I do not read Greek well. Life was simpler when we moved here in 2004 - but now everyone is suffering as the government are trying to satisfy the IMF and are hell bent on filling BIG black holes. On balance though life is good .....
Yes, I had a lot of plans for today, but I'm just taking it easy. I'm starting to learn not to push myself too much - it's not easy though. I'm used to pushing myself quite hard and looking after everyone else. I'm still learning to look after myself.
Tomorrow I have a Big Sing with the Rock Choir that I'm a member of. Where 5 choirs run by our leader come together. It's usually brilliant. There'll be about 300 of us all singing and dancing together wearing our Christmas jumpers. We're having mulled wine and cakes. Then going to my friend's for tea, it's really lovely of her to invite me.
Oh gosh, you're lucky to live in Greece, but I can imagine the bureaucracy will be impossible. I'm amazed that you can read any Greek - I'm very impressed. The financial situation in Greece must be difficult to deal with too.
Thank you for your support. Hope you have a good weekend too.
That sounds a very impressive list of goodies. Hope you are soon bouncing with health and without the meds for blood pressure 😊
Thank you.