I am doing ok but the bp med is giving me issues

I am now having burning feet and short of breath in the mornings especially. I am so sick of this. I just don't feel good and I am sick of this.

I am now walking every day, trying to do it in the sun when we have that and upping my water intake. My anxiety has been pretty decent but this med is doing a number on me. I want off these pills but I am not sure how I am going to accomplish that. The Dr. wanted me to up the dose but I never did and I am so glad because now I am having all this crap going on. My bp has never been any lower on this med since I began taking it. It is still too high but I am about ready to chance that rather than how I am feeling. I'm sick of them trying meds on me. I have been on several bp meds now and none of them have worked in a positive way.

T2R,

How long have you been on the new med? It can take time for the body to adjust. My sister had the same experience at first, but eventually got used to the Rx...and feels good now.

I am sorry this is tough. :/

I'm glad to hear that your anxiety has been manageable...that is something to celebrate for sure. One hurdle at a time, right?

I think with continued efforts, you'll get this regimen figured out...and be in a place you want and need to be.

Hang in there! When you do consult with your doctor next?

S.C.

TimTam,
I took a beta blocker and had many side effects that I won't tolerate. They don't know why my bp is high. It was fine and then I was sick with n and v for 3 weeks, got a dental abscess and my bp went high.

Again, I'm sorry to hear about they're not being able to get your blood pressure down.

There are a lot of b/p medicines out there, a lot more than my dad had available to him 40 years ago, and many of those weren't very effective.

So, if this one is not working, it is good that you are reaching out with this problem. Again, when is your next appointment to see if you can get it changed?

You mentioned dental abscess. I have concern about my teeth because of a med. problem, I cannot handle a dental drill. So, I have to take extra special care of my teeth.

What I try to do is, brush after meals (I basically also don't eat sugar because of another health condition. Sugar is really bad on teeth, even if you brush).

Then once a day (actually I make it about every 3rd day), I try to floss my teeth. Then, after I floss, I gargle with Listerine Total Care Zero, because it has fluoride, which helps prevent cavities.

I haven't had a cavity in years. So there may be parts of our health we can't control right now, but we can be looking out after other factors. I know, it's not easy.

Also, I use a heating pad on my chest when I lay down at night, or lay down for a nap. It expands the blood vessels, and makes the blood flow more easily through the heart, and it doesn't have to work as hard. I keep my heating pad plugged in beside my bed, and I have to do is cut it on.

I keep it on all night, because laying down, I've heard, puts a strain on the heart. I've heard that's why hospital beds are tilted up, because they don't want you laying down flat.

If you have high b/p, a heating pad may ease some strain on your heart. Stay believe that you're going to solve this problem, that you're going to find a b/p medicine that works.

(I just now see where you wrote in your first post: "I am now having burning feet and short of breath in the mornings especially. I am so sick of this. I just don't feel good and I am sick of this.)

(If you're having short of breath, a heating pad may be even more important for you to have. How about letting us know how all of this is going.)

(As for burning feet, it says on mayoclinic.org:

"While fatigue or a skin infection can cause temporarily burning or inflamed feet, burning feet are most often a sign of nerve damage (peripheral neuropathy). Nerve damage has many different causes, including diabetes, chronic alcohol use, exposure to certain toxins, certain B vitamin deficiencies or HIV infection."


Possible causes of burning feet:
•Alcohol use disorder
•Athlete’s foot
•Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (a group of hereditary disorders that affects the nerves in your arms and legs)
•Chemotherapy
•Chronic kidney disease
•Complex regional pain syndrome (chronic pain due to a dysfunctional nervous system)
•Diabetic neuropathy (diabetes-related nerve damage)
•HIV/AIDS
•Hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid)
•Tarsal tunnel syndrome
•Vitamin deficiency anemia
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You probably want to ask your b/p doctor about this when you see him about your b/p pills.

Anybody who reaches out for help like you do, can solve these and other problems.

Post Edited (Tim Tam) : 3/19/2017 1:44:17 PM (GMT-6)

There are not a lot of classes ob bp meds. Yes there are a lot but within various classes. Calcium channel blockers I am on one. Beta blockers gave me crazy bad side effects and I will never touch one again, diuretics depleted my potassium, ace inhibitors gave me an allergic reaction.

I don't have a next appt with the Dr. I am sick of being a guinnea pig for meds that make me feel bad. The last appt the Dr wanted me to increase this med that is giving me side effects so no thanks. I have changed Dr.s and I have had it. I finally have had my husband go with me so he can see how I am treated when I tell them I have side effects or don't want additional medications to combat the bad effects the pills they give me have. I think he finally gets it.

Burning feet and swollen gums and increased GERD symptoms are all possible side effects of this med. The Dr.s did not tell me that the amlodipine can weaken the LES when they put me on this and I couldn't figure out why agian I was waking up at nice with acid flowing up my esophagus. I had no idea. Then a person on a bp forum told me so I was able to look it up and inform myself. I already have barrett's esophagus but they think that is fine to just add a PPI and I will not. I take an h2 blocker and had it managed much better. But I guess I don't get to decide if I want to chance a stroke or esophageal cancer, the Dr. does.

You say,

"I'm sorry that sounded so grumpy, I didn't mean it here. I am just so frustrated with drugs being pushed on me. But this isn't the place. Sorry."

Attitude can play a big part. I was negative all my life until I got some data that said it wasn't helping me.

So if you can go into this thinking it can be solved, it will increase your chances that it can be. It will have you looking for more ways to solve it.

If you go into it thinking it can't be solved, you, as I, will be looking for more ways that it can't be solved.

'One problem at a time, and be positive about that problem."

You say, "There are not a lot of classes ob bp meds."

Burning feet, it says, can be a result of pregnancy.

High blood pressure could be that, also, maybe. Has it started going up recently?

You said, "Calcium channel blockers I am on one. Beta blockers gave me crazy bad side effects and I will never touch one again, diuretics depleted my potassium, ace inhibitors gave me an allergic reaction."

"I don't have a next appt with the Dr. I am sick of being a guinnea pig for meds that make me feel bad. The last appt the Dr wanted me to increase this med that is giving me side effects so no thanks. I have changed Dr.s and I have had it. I finally have had my husband go with me so he can see how I am treated when I tell them I have side effects or don't want additional medications to combat the bad effects the pills they give me have. I think he finally gets it."

So, do you have a new doctor? Do you have an appointment with him or her?

TimTam no Dr. appt. I saw a new Dr. and she wanted me to up the med I am on. Not happening till I try other things. Because I don't want to be placed on additional or higher doses of medication does not make me negative. On the contrary I am off my rear out walking every day now and cleaning up my diet as well as began lifting some weights. I think that is nothing but positive in my life

T2R,

While I don't have experience with BP meds, I will just offer my support and encouragement. Just try to take it one day at a time, and be patient with yourself. I know how frustrating doctor's can be, especially when we want answers, and they continue to provide us with even more questions!

Good for you that you're getting out in the sun, and walking. Physical exercise is so, so good for our mental states and can provide a great distraction from those pesky anxiety symptoms.

T2R,
I can't remember where I read it, but I came across an article that in some parts of the states and also foreign countries, part of anxiety and stress therapy includes doing a 'forest walk.' It includes mindfully absorbing all that's around you (sights, smells, touch, taste, etc) while in the woods, forest, state park etc