Blood pressure high for weeks then normal: anyone?

Hi Everyone. I had extreme fatigue, short of breath, terrible GI issues, and most disturbing weeks of blood pressure avg 150/100 with it at 172/117 during one ER. My internist thought I was having a medication reaction; rheumy doesn't know. My BP went back to normal and I regained strength. I was steadily feeling better for about a month and now my symptoms are back (2 weeks now). Has anyone else experienced this? Having SLE and Fibro I have lots of other symptoms, but the BP confuses me most. Going back to internist Monday.

My BP was jumping up and down like I had an internal trampoline. I was having shortness of breath & heart palps. I am now on a beta blocker, which is helping to keep my BP more level. I do have a 40% blockage in the front of my heart.

Do you have a Cardiologist?

That is the med I'm on, and it is working pretty well. Be careful with your Raynaud's though. It has made mine a bit worse, and it was in the warnings on the script.

I wish you well with the stress & echo tests.

My father had an attack of A-Fib this past week. Do you have that?

Tests and appointments aren't any fun, I agree! But if they can find something they can fix, you'll feel better and that will be grand!

Hey Donna:

I've finally managed to drag my sorry you know what out of the bed to try to do some posting. I noticed this thread and I wanted to let know what happened to me and possibly it may help you with you BP issue.

This past May after I received my fecal transplant to rid me of the C-diff, I started doing IVIG infusions. After my 2nd infusion we noticed that my bp was elevated. More so on the top number than the bottom one, but the bottom one was elevated to.

I managed to get a total of 6 infusion and had an issue with some chest pain. Of course, my "Jack Wagon Rheumy" (hubby's name for him) stopped my infusions. They were working fine for the vasculitis on the skin and in my lungs. Now my legs and lungs jacked up big time. The Rheumy feels that the chest was do to an allergic reaction and has refused to consider anything else.

Might it be the totally obstructed SVC with a major blood clot in it. Maybe, oh well, back to the subject. Even though I'm no longer on the IVIG infusions my BP is still elevated and I have been given a new BP medication to bring it down. It seems to be working somewhat but he took me off my beta locker to make sure we didn't bottom out my BP. My heart rate now is way out of whack and it's running at about 95 bpm

Maybe you should consider looking into this issue and see if, affected you. Donna you hang in the sweetie you are in my thoughts and prayers daily.

Hugs,
Barbara

Sorry you have so much going on.

It took me a while to figure out SOB was Short Of Breath not the "other" SOB abbreviation - glad you are remaining your sweet self.

IvIG, Benlysta, Cellcept, etc... I wish something would help you out of this pickle.

Hugs.