my bp is spiking really high

I would take a break from taking readings...

...you've taken your pill, so just trust that it will come down soon.

Peace and progress,

S.C.

What did they do for you in the ER? What were your discharge instructions?

Can you use your cell to call your son if need be?

S.C.

Son is at work. I can take another clonidine if I h ave to and hope and pray I don't have to. I can't sleep. I keep jumping when I try to rekax. Before long the puppies will wake and I will get no sleep again. Thank you for the support. This is horrible that I can't control this.

I feel like I am losing my mind.

I'm on amlodipine daily yes. My Doctor says take anxiety meds. Yes you take a beta blocker, I was on metoprolol for a time and it was horrible with side effects for me. Burning and itching and issues with my feet and blood sugars for starters. I've also tried an ace inhibitor and broke out in a rash, used hctz and ended up in er with depleted potassium. I am trying the best I can and the meds don't agree with me. I started exercise and diet changes and keep having anxiety with bp spikes over everything.

I am so very stressed and I think that is a LOT of my problem.

My anxiety and bp get worse after I take my med. Near time to take the pill again my bp finally starts going down. After is when I end up with anxiety and then I get spikes often in the evening. It's crazy. This pill gave me a panic attack the first time I took it, I ended up in the ER. I was dizzy and felt really weird. Seems like my anxiety has been worse since I have been on it but Dr.s don't seem to care. Oh the Dr. wants me to take anxiety meds and thinks a lot of my bp is anxiety.

yes 5 mg 1 x day at around 1 to 2 pm

I take amlodipine Besylaye 5MG along with losartan POT-HCT 50-12.5 once a day every morning and I have been on them for about 3 months now and do wonders for me. I do get where BP will spike every once in awhile through out the day. I am in the process of losing weight to hopefully come off them..

cantstopthinking.
I am trying to work on my health to deal with the bp also. Good luck to you!

time2reclaim:

I'm glad you are finding the puppies homes.

It sounds like you are taking the b/p med once a day.

Do you think taking the same amount of med twice a day might slow down or stop the spikes?

Could you take the b/p medicine, amlodipine, at 1/2 dose but twice a day?

You said the amount of b/p pill you are taking makes your reflux worse.

If you took 1/2 of your b/p in the a.m. and then the other half at bedtime, you think this might better help you get trough the day without any, or less, spikes?

I'm not suggesting you do this without consulting your doctor, but I'm just saying it would give you a second dose 12 hours later, and might balance your b/p better.

Also, could you try a heating pad on your chest, which would expand the blood vessels in and around your heart, making the blood flow easier and the heart having to work less?

I have ear problems, and can't drive car, and the person who helps me looked up on the net, foods which are good for the ears, and unfortunately found asparagus. Well, it will probably sit in my fridge until the fridge goes out.

So, we could do that with your b/p, send you my asparagus.