I could ask hundreds of questions about treatment (and sometimes non-treatment) that this person is receiving at repeated hospital stays and could explain at length the many changes I see when a particular medication is working, and others are not. But what amazes me_and this has happened in two different states in the US, is that doctors just expect her to die, and since she’s not dying yet they just keep on telling me she’s on end stage of COPD and CHF. They extubate her apparently much too soon, very quickly remove meds that help her be much more stabilized and even though she very much wants to live, while at home and feeling lack of oxygen and/or other symptoms asks to be taken to hospital, while there is interested in all treatments, etc., with very caring family members present and asking all pertinent quesitons to medical staff, still doctors told me this days ago upon her last hospital discharge: "You know she’s on end stage, next time they she comes into hospital they might not intubate her". I then ask, "Why have different doctors been telling mostly the same for past 3 1/2 years? What am I suppose to do, not bring her?

Their answer "There’s hospice that can come to the house?" I ask if hospice would be intubating her or able to provide tracheastomy. "No" is the answer. And I repeat that at home she does have (as they all know) all the care from four members of family 24 hrs a day. That I take her to hospital for her health problems.

Not to make a newspaper out of this_and leaving out the disheartening opinions from so many doctors, nurses, and even respiratory therapists_I will say that it has been a constant agony for this family to make sure this person lives, mainly due to misdiagnosis at first, then simply negligence in appropriate care from other doctors, and mostly the unwillingness to simply understand it is NOT ONLY the family who wants her to live, but she herself. They know this because her mind is perfectly well for her age and illnessess, and they can see how she wants to be if not cured, made well enough to go back home.

To make matters worse and add salt to the injury, upon her release days ago, when they removed apparently what they call a line from part between thigh and abdomen there was considerable bleeding accroding to family and herself. Nurse didn’t really telll me whole story as I phoned in to find out why she was still there, even when ambulance had gone over to pick her up.

PLEASE, let me know if you know what’s going on here? I appreciate any help. She suffers from COPD, CHF, attrial fibrillation, high blood pressure, and appears to have something wrong with adrenal glands.
Thank you for two answers so far. JESSICA, I am the primary person listed with ALL her doctors and hospital personnel. I had just spent couple of hours at that hospital, speaking precisely with THAT NURSE before I left for home to get everything ready for her return!!!!!

I’ve tried just about all the usual remedies – good night’s sleep, exercise, vitamins, I eat healthy, I don’t take any meds, I’m not pregnant. It could be something like chronic fatigue, but I feel like the chemicals in my body just aren’t balanced. Sometimes I even get dizzy and uncoordinated. Does anyone know of any conditions, especially related to endocrine imbalances, that I could look into or talk to my doctor about. I can barely sit here and type! I’ve been tested for mono, blood sugar levels, blood pressure, cholesterol. I just don’t know what to do to make it stop!!!

I have acid reflux & minor sinus issues alot of times my throat will get dry & scratchy does anyone know any chinese herbs or (natural) not over the counter remedies for this?I can’t take cold meds because I also have high blood pressure,other than that I take vitamins & am in relativly good health.
I have tried to gargle with hot salt water at times but it doesn’t always soothe my throat.
Any home remedies that work I would appreciate.

My grandma, when she was alive, use to give us kids her home remedies for our colds, aches and pains, earaches and so on AND they always seem to work.

My grandma and my mother are not around any more and I never bothered to get their "recipes" for their home remedies….which I regret to this day.

I’m in my 30’s and just found out I have high blood pressure. The after effects of the medications my doctor gave me to use are making me uncomfortable, not feeling bad, just uncomfortable. I am currently taking 0.1 mg of Clonidine every 12 hours as needed.

My question: I know my mother used Apple Cider Vinegar for arthritis and I have read a lot on the Internet about using ACV as an excellent way of lowering blood pressure.

I am thinking about doing it and will discuss it with my doctor next week. I know she is not going take me off the meds but I am going to ask her if I can use ACV ALONG with the meds. I want to get off the meds but I want to do it in a safe way.

Has anyone who had high blood pressure used ACV along with their meds or used it alone and it actually lowered their blood pressure?

i am a diabetic and take isosorbide (a nitrate) for my heart.
I suffer from ED and should not take viagra or similar meds which can cause a fatal drop in blood pressure
Are the any herbal remedies that might work
PS this is a serious matter for me so please spare the wise cracks
thanks

i am a diabetic and take isosorbide (a nitrate) for my heart.
I suffer from ED and should not take viagra or similar meds which can cause a fatal drop in blood pressure
Are the any herbal remedies that might work
PS this is a serious matter for me so please spare the wise cracks
thanks

How long should it take for bp meds to lower my bp?

My dentist won’t extract my tooth until my bp goes down and i have been taking the meds for 3 days.

I am hoping the bp will go down so I can get this abcess tooth remedied tomorrow!

***BTW I am on Lopressor 50mg once a day
my family doc gave me the lopressor, thanks!

My son is 2.5 months old. He is exclusively breastfed and will be for the fore seeable future. He has a deep hemangioma near his left eye (almost totaly gone now) however he is and will continue to be treated with an oral steroid as well as a blood pressure medication that reduce it’s size (if the meds are stopped before 9 months it could grow back and will again threaten his sight in that eye). Anyway the steroids make him RAVENOUS! He is about 13.5 lbs and was only 8 at birth and like I said only 2.5 months. And really he’s gained even more because before we left the hospital he had gone down to 7.4 lbs! He eats prob 13-14 times a day! STILL! I never gave my daughter rice cereal, she was also breastfed; it just didn’t seem necessary to me. But he eats soooo much that I sontimes worry he’s never really satisfied. He will wit upright in his bumbo seat and can almost sit up without it. I deff dont want to rush anything or make him sick ect. I’ll certainly continue feeding him a zillion times a day if that’s what I ahve to do, and formula is NOT an option!!! So please don’t tell me to supplement cause it’s more filling ect. I won’t do it. I mean he’s obviously growing I’m not saying I don’t think I have enough milk or anything like that. I just am wondering if he’s "satisfied" enough.
Good points thanks….I guess I will just continue being a breastfeeding beast LOL!

My 10 year old cat came down with an acute asthma attack last year and was successfully treated. Again, this spring that cough came back, so I immediately went to the vet and got the meds she needed.

While at the vet’s waiting room, I read about heart worms and how there is no treatment for cats who get heart worm. During my cat’s examination, I was told that perhaps asthma was not the cause of her cough (even though her history indicated she has and was successfully treated for asthma) and they wanted to do x-rays, draw blood, and such to see if she had heart worms. I felt as if I was given a scare tactic in order to agree to expensive diagnostics. After I mentioned that I just read in their waiting room that there is no treatment for heart worms in cats, these x-rays and blood work would be worthless to me. And besides, the pollen count was very high this week and it is affecting asthma suffers. The vet agreed and then backed off. He asked the usual questions about her eating habits and such. I explained that she was an indoor cat and had no contact with other animals.

After the examination, he wanted to give her a rhino…and something or other shot, over a hundred dollars of flea and tick meds, feline leukemia shots and two other shoots. I asked about the rhino…shot and was told that IF a mosquito got into the house and IF it was an infected mosquito and IF it bit her, she COULD get…..I said those are a lot of "ifs" and I was shocked when he said she has probably built up immunity to those things anyway!! "Oh, really, then why did you suggest it", I asked. His eyes darted to the floor. But, he continued…Then he said she should get the leukemia shot. I questioned him and he said leukemia is spread in litters and through saliva. Whelp, my cat is 10 and has no contact with other cats, so not that shot, thank you. He then said she probably does not need it anyway because if she had leukemia from birth, we would know it by now and there is no cure anyway. So then we move onto the flea and tick treatment. My cat has not had a flea or tick treatment, ever. I have NEVER seen a flea in my house or flea dirt on her white belly. The vet told me humans can possibly bring fleas into the house and infect my cat to no end. I told him she has been lucky for ten years, so I will continue taking my chances.

So, through all of this, I am knocking the vet’s "suggestions" down and he knows he is getting no where with me on all of these extras. So, I ask–exactly which vaccinations are required by law. He sheepishly said, well, only one by law, Rabies. I was unaware of that as it was never brought up before. So, I ask how is rabies spread, through mice and rats? He says, no, through larger animals like skunks, raccoons and bats. So, I laugh and say, whelp, I have none of those in my house, so is the shot needed?? Oh yes, he says, you never know when a bat will come into your house! Whelp, I have lived here for 30 years and yes, a bat came down the chimney once. So she got her rabies shot.

I have had cats all of my life and never until now have I received such a hard sell on vaccinations that are not even required by law and worse yet, my cat is at the lowest risk there is to catch any of these diseases. I have only one cat at a time and they are neutered or spayed immediately. With this cat I now have, I have only had reason to go to the vet due to her asthma because she is otherwise a picture of health.

I am shocked at the scare tactics this vet used to try and get me to spend hundreds of dollars on unnecessary shots and treatments for my cat, who’s lifestyle is a very low risk of contacting these diseases. I am not saying that no pets need these shots as that is not the issue here. This is about hard sell for unnecessary shots

So, my question is, are other pet owners experiencing pressure to buy vaccinations that do not fit their pet’s lifestyles? And, Do you think veterinarian medicine is moving more toward business and further away from personal pet care?
this was supposed to be posted in Pets, not birds!!
Tony, I really appreciate your intelligent answer. But, you missed two important points here. The Vet AGREED that my cat did not need all of these extra shots after I asked him to educate me on the risks. He told me she was low risk but he kept on pressing. And, she had a HISTORY of asthma and the same symptoms came about during pollen season. A three day med routine would tell if it was again asthma whereas x-rays and blood work would cost over 0.00 vs. asthma pills .00.

I have been to vets (this vet) with all of my pets and never were all of these shots mentioned prior. Not even last year when I was there.

My 10 year old cat came down with an acute asthma attack last year and was successfully treated. Again, this spring that cough came back, so I immediately went to the vet and got the meds she needed.

While at the vet’s waiting room, I read about heart worms and how there is no treatment for cats who get heart worm. During my cat’s examination, I was told that perhaps asthma was not the cause of her cough (even though her history indicated she has and was successfully treated for asthma) and they wanted to do x-rays, draw blood, and such to see if she had heart worms. I felt as if I was given a scare tactic in order to agree to expensive diagnostics. After I mentioned that I just read in their waiting room that there is no treatment for heart worms in cats, these x-rays and blood work would be worthless to me. And besides, the pollen count was very high this week and it is affecting asthma suffers. The vet agreed and then backed off. He asked the usual questions about her eating habits and such. I explained that she was an indoor cat and had no contact with other animals.

After the examination, he wanted to give her a rhino…and something or other shot, over a hundred dollars of flea and tick meds, feline leukemia shots and two other shoots. I asked about the rhino…shot and was told that IF a mosquito got into the house and IF it was an infected mosquito and IF it bit her, she COULD get…..I said those are a lot of "ifs" and I was shocked when he said she has probably built up immunity to those things anyway!! "Oh, really, then why did you suggest it", I asked. His eyes darted to the floor. But, he continued…Then he said she should get the leukemia shot. I questioned him and he said leukemia is spread in litters and through saliva. Whelp, my cat is 10 and has no contact with other cats, so not that shot, thank you. He then said she probably does not need it anyway because if she had leukemia from birth, we would know it by now and there is no cure anyway. So then we move onto the flea and tick treatment. My cat has not had a flea or tick treatment, ever. I have NEVER seen a flea in my house or flea dirt on her white belly. The vet told me humans can possibly bring fleas into the house and infect my cat to no end. I told him she has been lucky for ten years, so I will continue taking my chances.

So, through all of this, I am knocking the vet’s "suggestions" down and he knows he is getting no where with me on all of these extras. So, I ask–exactly which vaccinations are required by law. He sheepishly said, well, only one by law, Rabies. I was unaware of that as it was never brought up before. So, I ask how is rabies spread, through mice and rats? He says, no, through larger animals like skunks, raccoons and bats. So, I laugh and say, whelp, I have none of those in my house, so is the shot needed?? Oh yes, he says, you never know when a bat will come into your house! Whelp, I have lived here for 30 years and yes, a bat came down the chimney once. So she got her rabies shot.

I have had cats all of my life and never until now have I received such a hard sell on vaccinations that are not even required by law and worse yet, my cat is at the lowest risk there is to catch any of these diseases. I have only one cat at a time and they are neutered or spayed immediately. With this cat I now have, I have only had reason to go to the vet due to her asthma because she is otherwise a picture of health.

I am shocked at the scare tactics this vet used to try and get me to spend hundreds of dollars on unnecessary shots and treatments for my cat, who’s lifestyle is a very low risk of contacting these diseases. I am not saying that no pets need these shots as that is not the issue here. This is about hard sell for unnecessary shots

So, my question is, are other pet owners experiencing pressure to buy vaccinations that do not fit their pet’s lifestyles? And, Do you think veterinarian medicine is moving more toward business and further away from personal pet care?
EDIT: Hey, I am so surprised he did not try to get me to surgically remove the claws on her front paws to protect my furniture. He is slipping!!
My point is that the Vet knew my cat was low risk, particularly after being healthy for ten years straight. And yet he still PUSHED the vacs and afterward he AGREED she did not NEED them. Validating my feeling he was "Hard Selling" me. I think it was just to bring in more money into the office, not because my cat was in need of these vacs, which she clearly is not a high risk.

I found out my blood pressure was really high when I went to get a check up the first part of this week. I haven’t had a check up in a long time due to not having insurance.

I felt perfectly fine but when the doctor saw how high my blood pressure was she put me on 0.1 mg of Clonidine twice a day for that and said when it got lower but still not hitting the 120/80, or close to that mark, I am suppose to take 5 mg a day of Exforge. I also monitor my blood pressure every day.

Taking prescribed medications is new to me and I followed her instructions to the letter. Well, the Clonidine did lower my blood pressure A LOT but the side effects were unbelievable, at least for me. I felt like I was in a drugged out stupor. Constantly nodding off and my mouth felt like cotton. My SO came home from work and said "what the hell is wrong with you"…lol.

Since my blood pressure came down a lot, I took the Exforge. It made my stomach sorta burn a little, throat kinda sore and my mouth felt like all the saliva had been sucked out but that’s all the side effects I have felt with Exforge ….SO FAR.

I will continue taking my meds until I go back to the doctor next week and tell her about the side effects but until then does anyone have or know of any home remedies for high blood pressure that really, really works?

Once again I WILL NOT STOP TAKING THE MEDS but I want to ease off of them because of the side effects.

Can anyone out there who has been through this type of thing help me with finding an alternative way to keep my blood pressure down? Thanks.

i’m taking some medication that i absolutely have to take for a very serious health problem i don’t want to discuss here. one of the unfortunate side effects for some people is weight gain, due to a painful gnawing hunger that can only be stopped by eating. this is the second time i’ve been on it, the last time i gained over 100 pounds in less than a year! i quit taking it due to high blood pressure from my obesity and the weight magically disappeared, now i’m back to a normal weight, but since i got back on the meds the hunger is back and my eating is out of control again. if i do not eat i can’t do anything but lay around and suffer. quitting the meds is not really an option right now. my doc is no help, he doesn’t believe it’s the medication because it doesn’t affect everyone this way, but i would think that the fact that i gained and lost 100 pounds so easily would prove my case! his only suggestion was to excercise a lot, and i have been doing hard cardio excercise for 1.5-2 hrs daily but still gaining weight again. eating fruits/veggies does not cure the hunger, only starchy kind of stuff stops it for long and that’s the worst stuff to eat! meat does work but it’s too expensive and gives me digestive problems and hemmorhoids. do you have any ideas how i can stop my hunger? i think i’d just about rather die than get fat again, so i will quit the meds if i have to. but i do have a serious need for it so i would like to try everything else first! any and all suggestions greatly appreciated!

I was recently diagnosed with SVT (super ventricular tachycardia.) My Dr. suggests either a procedure where they go in and zap the heart, or extra nodes in the heart, to cure this. It comes with risks of course. Or, I can take a beta blocker, which will also lower my high blood pressure as well. My question is, does anyone know what kind of meds of this type, does NOT cause one to have such frequent urge to urinate? Or less fatigue? My job does not allow me to run to the bathroom 20 million times a day. Or even 5-10 times a day. Of all the hundreds of different types of meds for these problems, there has to be someone out there who can give me a suggestion to give my Dr. He does not seem interested in helping me with this. Thanks for anything that is helpful.

BS?

"I’ve seen a 85 year old male, with arthritis, gout, high blood pressure, pooing and peeing problems, completely change in 3 weeks of eating raw fruit. He was removed of all his meds and he began jogging at his own will."

85 years old. All of those maladies. Completely cured to the point they are taken off of all meds by their doctors, just because they ate raw fruit for 3 weeks. Then starting jogging, at 85, on top of that.

Is this biologically or scientifically possible?
People. I’m astonished by the first 3 answers. You obviously haven’t researched those maladies.
That first link is a riot! Bananas and zucchini are good for the penis because they are shaped similarly! LMAO!
sailboat–3 weeks?
Robo-It’s a quote from the V & V.

I was diagnosed with high blood pressure about 4 years ago. I was treated with medication that worked. That was when I had insurance. Now I am in a waiting period for insurance,don’t want to see a doctor because of that pre-existing condition thing, and don’t have any medication left. Is there any herbal medicine or anything else that will bring my blood pressure down without meds? I can’t drink wine before I go to work, although I wish I could. HA! Any advice is appreciated. Thanks!

I HAD HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND HIGH CHOLESTEROL, SO MY DOCTOR PRESCRIBED CADUET. I TOOK THIS FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS AND COMPLAINED ABOUT SORE MUSSLES AND FATIGUE. I WENT BACK AND WAS TOLD TO CONTINUE TAKING THE MEDICATION. I WAS AT A POINT I COULDNT GET OUT OF BED. I LOST MY 6 FIGURE JOB AND NOW UNEMPLOYED. MY NEW DOCTOR SAYS I HAVE THIS DECEASE FROM THE MEDS. NOW WHAT DO I DO? IS THIS DANGEROUS? CAN THIS BE CURED? I CAN’T EVEN WALK THE DOG NOW I’M IN PAIN.

I’ve noticed that my blood pressure has become pretty high, atleast it is for me. (It hovers around 139/90 and I’ve dealt with dull headaches and dizziness everyday for the past couple of weeks) Does anybody have tips or remedies that have work to lower blood pressure naturally. I would prefer not to get on meds at this point in my life unless totally necessary. Also, should I be worried about this because it’s high but not tremendously high?

My wife is having a hard time with her blood pressure. One minute it’s up, next, it’s down. She is on 3 meds but is getting off two, one of them (clonodine) is making it go high, getting off of it. What can I give her to make it go down quickly?

I couldn’t sleep last night. So I got up and took my blood pressure.
My doctor want’s me to record it at various times. I felt good.
Pressure 187/113. My wife thinks I woory too much about it and that makes it go higher. I understand it might but not that high.
She wants me to stop all my meds. and just pray the rosary. This will cure me. Ain’t going to do it. Now to the question I have a very stressful life, take pills for that too, would stress make it that high ? My dr. said there’s a good chance I will have a stroke pretty soon or if I’m lucky just a heart attack.

Does anyone have suggestions for homeopathic rememdies for high blood pressure? (160/104 with conventional meds) If you have and have had success, what did you use? Thanks.

Hi, I just lost 80lbs with eating healthy and exercising. I was taking hydrochlorothiazide and lisinopril for high blood pressure and just went off both meds a week ago b/c I wanted to see if I cured myself. Well, my blood pressure is good!

but I’ve gained 7lbs in one week!! Is that normal? Is it just water? And if it is, will it go away eventually?
my BP was 117/71 this morning. yesterday it was 115/82

Hi, I just lost 80lbs with eating healthy and exercising. I was taking hydrochlorothiazide and lisinopril for high blood pressure and just went off both meds a week ago b/c I wanted to see if I cured myself. Well, my blood pressure is good!

but I’ve gained 7lbs in one week!! Is that normal? Is it just water? And if it is, will it go away eventually?

I’m a pretty heathy person. I’m going to be 19 in 2 days,Average weight,No hypertension that i know of runs through my family.
I have anxiety problems though. Lately my stress level has been really bad. I’m not gonna take up time and write about what has been going on,but i have had it pretty rough lately. Well yesterday a friend of mine came over. He shares with me the same problems with his family over and over. I keep giving him advice and he doesn’t listen,so i told him i’m sick of hearing his stuff when he won’t doing anything about it and how it has been stressing me out. Previously i had drank some tea called Yerba Mate. It’s like green tea but a little different. It has alot of caffeine in it,at the time i didn’t know this would mess with my stress.
I felt really sick all of the sudden,i thought i was gonna barf. At this time i was still talking to my friend. I got up to go to the kitchen,i lend in the sink and i felt so dizzy i couldn’t even Stand up right,I couldn’t see,everything seemed super blurry and my hearing sounded all fuzzy when my mom was trying to ask if i’m okay. I couldn’t talk,i fainted on the floor. I ended u regaining consciousness and my mom called the ambulance,i couldn’t breathe right and i could feel my heart beating really fast,my hands and feet started to curl up and my wholebody went numb. They took me to the ER and said my blood pressure was 165 over 104
Which in turn was high blood pressure. The doc said it sounded like i was having a panic attack,but it just came in the middle of no where! I know i have been stressed,but i felt fine. What can i do to prevent stress and panic attacks?
Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!!!
Forgot to add,i don’t rly like taking meds,is there any herbal things you know of i can take or some remedies you know of at all? Let me know.
Thanks

well i have pcos i have the acne and hair on my chin my period is not to irregular just comes a few days late or early every month, not to bad. But the doctor wants to give me birth control pills now i have taken those before and they worked well, but now that my insurance will only let me get generics and they do not seem to work the same. Now i have heard about the benefits of taking the pill but i have also been hearing that htey can cause heart problems and strokes my father died of heart problems and also had a stroke and high blood pressure, my blood pressure only goes high occasionaly it is not high all the time. So my question is do i take the birth control pills and the meds for high blood pressure even though i hate medicine and prefer naturla cures. Also let me say that my blood pressure has been really good for the past 4 months and i have been off the meds. i got one higher reading and they want me back on meds. ok thanks for any tips and info you can give me, ALSo i have heard that garlic pills is good for blood pressure is that true guess i should also mention i am overweight and it is very hard for me to lose weight

I know there are a lot of options, I have insurance, but I’m trying to anticipate the impact on my budget! What do you pay for the meds? Do you know what they cost?

Lifestyle change is not an option for treatment. Not overweight, good diet, gym workout daily, treadmill 4+ miles daily, cholesterol, sodium, potassium levels fine. It’s genetic, so meds are the option. I’m averaging 148/100, peaking at 168/110.

Bums me out because I’m been 115/70 forever. This symptoms just started a couple of months ago but I did not see a doc until last week. High bp never occurred to me!

I also have high blood pressure and thyroid trouble. my sysmptoms are leg pain and daytime sleepiness. I had a sleep study done and was told that I have the Fibromyalgia. I am on meds for depression , highblood pressure and thyroid. I already take the zanaflex and ultracet and voltarin. Along with klopin wellbutrin synthroid and topral xl and a baby asprin. What else can be done? What type of dr should I go to to have this treated? Any help would be great.

I gave birth 2 months ago and had high blood pressure and 1+ protein in urine past my 28th week.

The problem now is that the high blood pressure actually CAME BACK 2 weeks after birth (didn’t have before birth). I almost was admitted in the hospital but it went down to 140/90 and is staying near that even with the 2 meds im taking. One month ago my protein in my urine was "trace" and now it’s +1!!! I also have a urinary tract infectino that has been untreated for the past 3 months because of the baby and breastfeeding (whcih i now gave up)
My questions are :
1) is it my pressure causing this or the urinary infection ?
2) how concerned should i be?
3) is it reversable and what are the treatments?

and yes im going to teh doc on tuesday, just worried and don’t like waiting

am 46 , I am 153(I use to be 190) I am 6.2. I always had high blood pressure(since the age of 16) and it was always emotional high blood pressure. I started taking BP medication about 8 years ago. Now I am on 2 medications Coreg 12.5 per day & Benicar 40mg per day. I switched to a Fruitarian Rwafoodist diet and my readings got mucfh better. Last week my readings dropped to 100/62. At work I had an icident and the paramedics came. My doctor told me to stop both medications right away and resume when my BP is normal. Do I really need to resume? What are my options here? Thanks
It has been 4 days and my BP average 115/82(without meds).
I have been on my Fruitarian-Rawfoodist diet for about 1 year 1/2

I have no cardio problem except that I am emotional that’s why Coreg
In case my BP comes back to normal /bordeline range I was thinking going for hawthorn berries?

PS: I almost got into a cardio arrest because of those 2 meds at work. So plz telling me to talk to my doc first won’t improve things. My diet profile has totally changed as well as my weight . I use to be 190 when I started the treatment.

am 45. Fruitarian-Rawfoodist , 150 for 6.2. I was on 2 blood pressure medications for a few years but because of my diet & weight loss , my blood pressure dropped to 100/65 and I almost passed out. I was told to stop the medications then resume when it get to 140/80. I don’t wish to resume my meds but I would like to try an alternative treatment. I purchased some hawthorn berry pills. So far it has reduce my heart beats from 95 to 80 but in order to reduce my BP how many should I take? I only take 1 per day. My BP is now between 125/83 to 145/98 during the day. Thanks

am 46 , I am 153(I use to be 190) I am 6.2. I always had high blood pressure(since the age of 16) and it was always emotional high blood pressure. I started taking BP medication about 8 years ago. Now I am on 2 medications Coreg 12.5 per day & Benicar 40mg per day. I switched to a Fruitarian Rwafoodist diet and my readings got mucfh better. Last week my readings dropped to 100/62. At work I had an icident and the paramedics came. My doctor told me to stop both medications right away and resume when my BP is normal. Do I really need to resume? What are my options here? Thanks
It has been 4 days and my BP average 115/82(without meds).
I have been on my Fruitarian-Rawfoodist diet for about 1 year 1/2

I have no cardio problem except that I am emotional that’s why Coreg
In case my BP comes back to normal /bordeline range I was thinking going for hawthorn berries?

PS: I almost got into a cardio arrest because of those 2 meds at work. So plz telling me to talk to my doc first won’t improve things. My diet profile has totally changed as well as my weight . I use to be 190 when I started the treatment.

My GF’s mom was diagnosed last week with aortic dissection type B. She was sebt to ER followed by admittance to hosital for 4 days. They just gave her blood pressure treatment and pain killers. They told her to go home two days ago but then she is still in pain. The pain comes every 4 hours right befroe she has to take her meds. It goes away after 4 hours then comes back again. Her BP rises and drops throughout the day with highest levels at when the pain comes back. How long will these periods of pain last? She would get fevers late at night accompanied by sharp pains and this is very worrysome. How long will these pain/fever episodes last?
thanks all for your help. since i cannot email you all in private due to your emails being hidden, please email me with help and answers so i can chat directly with you. my email is steven_zhao79@hotmail.com

I would appreciate it very much if any of you can help us on this matter. i would gladly do my best to help you back in return.

I would think the answer is yes, but my MD wants to raise my BP meds. I have moderate sleep apnea, and just started a treatment program.

Is a raw vegan diet healthful over a long period of time, especially with diabetes and high blood pressure? I am trying to switch to a raw vegan diet, but my dietitian insists it is not healthful. Has anybody here tried it long-term, or know anybody who has? I’m wanting to lose a lot of weight, and I’ve been making a lot of salads, with cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce, green bell peppers, celery, onions, carrots … and then I pour on a bunch of vinegar and lemon juice. It’s tasty, nutritious, and very low-calorie. It seems to be working for me, but my dietitian isn’t happy. And I didn’t even tell you what my primary care physician thinks about my decision to quit all my diabetes and blood pressure medications and just rely on a raw vegan diet instead of the meds … except that I’m going to have to find another primary care physician.

My husband has been on Lisinopril for a couple of years. They cut him down to 1/2 a dose after he suffered dry cough, loss of Libido and joint pain. We have his BP under control with supplements of Omega 3, flax oil, EPA, TMG etc. We hope that he will come off of the meds very soon. My question is, how soon should the side effects subside?

I am looking for natural ways to lower blood pressure besides excercise. I know there are supplements and other things besides drugs.
am looking for natural ways to lower blood pressure besides excercise. I know there are supplements and other things besides drugs.
I am not looking for an easy way out. I am looking for alternative ways to lower my blood pressure besides being put on medication. It does not mean I am not willing to diet and it does not mean that I don’t excercise. It means that I don’t want to be on hbp meds.