Blood pressure off chart

[freag33]

ok did a BP test with one of those automatic machines that you sit down and self-test at a drug store. Repeated the test a few times over a few days on the same machine, kept coming back at 160/110 or so. 110 for diastolic wasn't even on the scale, WTF?

I don't know if i trust this machine. I tried loosening the cuff but same thing came back.

I guess I should go check it out with a doctor and get a real test done.

I guess I've heard mixed reviews on whether juice increases BP, too bad I didn't do a BP test before my cycle which started 4 weeks ago (500mg sust/wk).

Anyone else had these machines give wacko meaningless results?

peace

 

[jonny jacked]

hows your diet? how old are you?
some people do have high blood pressure

 

[silver_shadow]

i thought there was a thread a few weeks back on this board abt the same thing. if i remember correctly those things are designed for ppl with arms less than 14". seems if u have arms greater than that as do even the women on this board then the BP shows up higher.

 

[jonny jacked]

when I used one of those machines my reading was much higher than when it was taken by an actual doctor the next day. take it for what its worth

 

[40butpumpin]

some people do have high blood pressure

yes, but uncontrolled high blood pressure = early death, period.

freag33, you have to get to someone that knows how to take pressure to take it for you today. you have to know what you're dealing with and then take some action. this would either be a nurse or a doctor. go to a walk-in clinic, or an ER if you have to, they can take it for you immediately or without much wait and should be able to do it w/o costing you any money. but it is imperitive that you know what your pressure is if you don't have confidence in the machine. my limited experience with those machines is that they are pretty accurate, although i've only used ones that the forearm slips into. tomorrow you should get an appt. with your family doc and tell him it's been running high. but if your pressure is as high as you've described, i personally would not try to deal with that w/o professional help. in the mean time, i suggest you stop your current cycle at least until you get a handle on this. be smart about this bro and good luck.

 

[psychedout]

Go see a doc is the best advice.

Also are you using an anti-e??

Estrogen related water retention will raise BP.

I'd suggest cutting the sodium intake dramatically for at least a while, up the water, supplementing with 5-10 grams of Taurine, and doing some cardio.

^^That should help with lowering your BP.

Your doc may give your a diruitec, but its something I would only use on the advice of a doc.

 

[poantrex]

Don't bother with "herbal" blood pressure remedies. In addition to being expensive, they rarely provide the results that someone with hypertension should achieve.

Do: See a doctor and get proper medication. Try to talk your doc into prescribing an angiotension II antagonist - they work
very well for most people without lowering libido as ACE inhibitors do. My blood pressure went from a high of 150-95 to 90-60 after using diovan 320mg/day for a few weeks.

 

[freag33]

k, thanks for the advice guys.

i'm 28. Diet is pretty clean, though on the high side for red meat, maybe 1lb/day.

i'll get it checked at a walk-in clinic later today.

i don't know if this is another symptom, but maybe. The same week I started sust, at the very end of a hard set in the gym I'd get this splitting pain in the back of my head, right at the base of the scull, on the right side basically at the top of my neck (only for multi-muscle exercises like squats, bench). It would go away soon after I stopped the set, but would return unless i was really careful with my breathing for the rest of the workout. If I could describe it, it did feel like a bunch of pressure in my head.

Not that this is funny or anything, but am I at risk of my head exploding? That would totally wreck my cycle.

 

[freag33]

BTW, yes i'm using arimidex (0.5 EOD) and novladex (25mg ED). I'm not bloated at all, so far up 12lbs on the scale. If my head does end up exploding, I will lose 10lbs of that right away (big brain)

 

[young guns]

Don't bother with "herbal" blood pressure remedies. In addition to being expensive, they rarely provide the results that someone with hypertension should achieve.

Do: See a doctor and get proper medication. Try to talk your doc into prescribing an angiotension II antagonist - they work
very well for most people without lowering libido as ACE inhibitors do. My blood pressure went from a high of 150-95 to 90-60 after using diovan 320mg/day for a few weeks.

just curious, any reason you'd say to go with an angiotensin II antagonist over other treatments? - beta blocker, alpha blocker (although i wouldnt suggest this), Ca2+ channel blocker, and you already covered ACE inhibitor

 

[poantrex]

Yes, nearly all BP medications they kill libido. The *sartan meds do not.

 

[trinidad]

Best thing of course is to get your bp checked by a physician but as far as those self testing machines go I know that I experience about a 10 point higher reading on them than with a physician. Like Silver_Shadow said, they are designed for smaller arms and if you have decent size arms the reading can be distorted. I was told this by my doc too because I was concerned about my readings at the self testers. I even had a higher reading at my docs once because they used a smaller sleeve on me and when they switched to the larger one the bp was fine. I still use the self testers on occasion but just as a guideline to see if there is any increase in bp. Bottom line is to always take it serious. Good luck bro. Let us know how it turns out at the clinic!