i am 17 i have ben having anxiety problems and my mom gave me a 0.5mg tablet of lorazepam and i want to ask some questions before i take it

will it make me loopy and forgetful? (i have to go to work and im worried ill be loopy n such
will one or two tablets make me addicted? (i heard its addictive)
im overweight will that have any effect?
can it hurt me in anyway?(memory loss, sick?)
how long will it last?(will i be ok for 7 or 8 hours)
is it ok to take one before bed? (thats when i get really worried and such)
my blood pressure has ben sorta high will that have an effect?(my bp has ben 120-135 over 80-90)
there is a small chance i may have a touch of the stomach flu.(i have had nausea and slight diareah but that could be my anxiety. my dad thinks he has it(flu)

this is only till after tomoro when i can go to the doctor for it

i also have some anxiety questons
can it be cured?(i dot want this)
can it just all of a sudden happen?(i have always worried alot but never this much could i have gotten it in the short time of at most a week)

could it be something else
i have had mild diareah, abdominal pains, nausea, loss of appetite, drowsiness

could i just be worked up over nothing
if so what can i do to stop this

i know its long im sorry

Hello Friends!

Few years back my mom had brain stroke and doctors concluded it was because of Hypertension. She is on BP control medicine from past 20 months but from last 10 days we have stopped the medicine because we observed that her BP is always around 55(lower)/120(Upper). Please advice me on below query:

1. Is this reading really indicates low BP?
2. She sounds dull when lower value touches 50-55. What is remedy of this?
3. To increase the reading, we give plain salt in all intakes. Like, plain water, food etc. Is this process okay?
4. Please suggest what is the advisable food for mom to make it somewhere close to 75-80(lower)/150(Upper)? She sounds very agile when BP is around 70/160.
5. Please advice what is the recommended food for my mom?

Thank you.

Im 27 yrs old and not over weight! Recently my dr diagnosis me with prehypertension I must admit before nthis my eating habits were poor but ever since that day I completely changed my diet and started exercising a little! I purchased a blood pressure monitor so I check mu bp several times aday jst to make sure it doesn’t get to high! I noticed that sometimes when i’m just sitting and I check my bp it becomes slightly elevated but for for the most part it doesn’t rise that often ( not that I knw of). My mom is hypertensive but i’m not claiming that on my life just because she has it! Any natural remedies that work? My cholesterol levels are fine!

Vinegar Water for High Blood Pressure? Im currently on Blood Pressure medicine but My grandmother and Mom still insist I should drink a glass of water several times a day with 2 teaspoons of vinegar in it. Does anyone out there know if this home remedy really works? I want to be sure my Blood Pressure never gets out of control. Thanks

i am 17 i have ben having anxiety problems and my mom gave me a 0.5mg tablet of lorazepam and i want to ask some questions before i take it

will it make me loopy and forgetful? (i have to go to work and im worried ill be loopy n such
will one or two tablets make me addicted? (i heard its addictive)
im overweight will that have any effect?
can it hurt me in anyway?(memory loss, sick?)
how long will it last?(will i be ok for 7 or 8 hours)
is it ok to take one before bed? (thats when i get really worried and such)
my blood pressure has ben sorta high will that have an effect?(my bp has ben 120-135 over 80-90)
there is a small chance i may have a touch of the stomach flu.(i have had nausea and slight diareah but that could be my anxiety. my dad thinks he has it(flu)

this is only till after tomoro when i can go to the doctor for it

i also have some anxiety questons
can it be cured?(i dot want this)
can it just all of a sudden happen?(i have always worried alot but never this much could i have gotten it in the short time of at most a week)

could it be something else
i have had mild diareah, abdominal pains, nausea, loss of appetite, drowsiness

could i just be worked up over nothing
if so what can i do to stop this

i know its long im sorry

i am 17 i have ben having anxiety problems and my mom gave me a 0.5mg tablet of lorazepam and i want to ask some questions before i take it

will it make me loopy and forgetful? (i have to go to work and im worried ill be loopy n such
will one or two tablets make me addicted? (i heard its addictive)
im overweight will that have any effect?
can it hurt me in anyway?(memory loss, sick?)
how long will it last?(will i be ok for 7 or 8 hours)
is it ok to take one before bed? (thats when i get really worried and such)
my blood pressure has ben sorta high will that have an effect?(my bp has ben 120-135 over 80-90)
there is a small chance i may have a touch of the stomach flu.(i have had nausea and slight diareah but that could be my anxiety. my dad thinks he has it(flu)

this is only till after tomoro when i can go to the doctor for it

i also have some anxiety questons
can it be cured?(i dot want this)
can it just all of a sudden happen?(i have always worried alot but never this much could i have gotten it in the short time of at most a week)

could it be something else
i have had mild diareah, abdominal pains, nausea, loss of appetite, drowsiness

could i just be worked up over nothing
if so what can i do to stop this

i know its long im sorry

My mom has high blood pressure and i worry about it,so what is a possible cure if enough research is put into it?

My family is very misinformed on how they get their meat to be very cheap. Almost everyone has some kind of medical condition already. I’m the only one who has gone vegan and I really enjoy eating my whole foods. I buy my dog organic meat but they think its too expensive. I try to tell them but my dad is very cheap. My parents are so brainwashed by all the ads telling them its healthy way of eating. Its no wonder they’re getting sick and lack so much energy! I’m not even exaggerating at all. My mom always feels very tired and has anemia. My dad suffers from very high blood pressure. I just order them this book http://www.amazon.com/Healing-Whole-Foods-Traditions-Nutrition/dp/1556434308/ref=pd_sim_b_1. I know its not a cure for everything but diet does help a lot of people improve. I just hope they’ll get it. I don’t hate that my family eats meat at all but that they support that corrupt industry. I mean they can buy better quality. How did you approach your family about the agribusiness horror?

My mom has been complaining of having bouts of arthritis, and she has been taking 1000mg of Glucosamine daily but she still feels that it is not enough.She keeps complaining about the pain in the entire body.
She walks daily for 5-10 minutes ( slow walks).

Her back aches and she has to take Panadol once or twicea and apply Ammeltz Yoko Yoko (a Menthol and a Eucalyptus balm) on her knees everyday to alleviate the pain, even if its temporary relief.
Incidently, 4 years ago she was knocked down by a motorcycle and ever since, she has always got pain in the shin bone. But the doctor’s X/ray reveal there is no fracture whatsoever.
Her side of the family ( mother, grandmother) all suffer from arthritis at old age.
She has diabetes and High blood pressure as well.

What are some of the things or remedies that can cure the Arthritis condition and make the pain go away ?

I’m 17 years old, and she wants me to be put on something like Ridalin, Concerta, Stratera; that sort of thing. Personally, I’m pretty much against it. I don’t mind taking pills, if it is to cure something (like an illness) or to fix something that has changed in a negative way (like something to help lower high blood pressure.)

These pills seem to be an effort to change my individuality; my psyche. Plus, they don’t really cure something, because they need to be taken indefinitely.

Anyways, all my mom sees is the benefits of me going on "the pills". I’d be able to focus on my homework more, I’d remember to do my chores more, I’d be more sociable, I’d be more organized (with schoolwork, cleaning my room, etc.), and the list of it all goes on.

Maybe I’m wrong for thinking this way. The medication may "fix" me in my mom’s eyes, but I won’t really be the "me" that I’ve come to know. Of course, maybe it’ll unlock the "me" that was meant to be…

Please tell me your opinions on this
I usually get pretty good grades. I found out will I was doing the preps for the MMEs that I’m currently ranked 11th in my class. The classes that I take are generally advanced or college preperatory. My mom thinks that even though I get good grades, it takes me too long to do homework (which I agree with).

I was diagnosed with ADD sometime between 4th and 7th Grade. Of course, I rarely digested the pills. I’d swallow them, but I can bring stuff back up without having to do the whole "finger in the throat" thing. They would usually end up down the toilet. Gross, I know, but I was pretty much being forced to take it and it was a lot easier that way.

A question about Arthritis ?

My mom has been complaining of having bouts of arthritis, and she has been taking 1000mg of Glucosamine daily but she still feels that it is not enough.She keeps complaining about the pain in the entire body.
She walks daily for 5-10 minutes ( slow walks).

Her back aches and she has to take Panadol once or twicea and apply Ammeltz Yoko Yoko (a Menthol and a Eucalyptus balm) on her knees everyday to alleviate the pain, even if its temporary relief.
Incidently, 4 years ago she was knocked down by a motorcycle and ever since, she has always got pain in the shin bone. But the doctor’s X/ray reveal there is no fracture whatsoever.
Her side of the family ( mother, grandmother) all suffer from arthritis at old age.
She has diabetes and High blood pressure as well.

What are some of the things or remedies that can cure the Arthritis condition and make the pain go away ?

Thanks !

My grandma is 77. When she was in Cambodia before living in the U.S, the pul pot(the Vet that practically destroyed Cambodia) was there. they killed my grandpa and my uncles. only her and my mom survived. now, she is very sick. everyday she says shes "really" sick. she complains everyday. shes so annoying now. she always goes in my room and starts to be nosy. my mom takes care of her everyday. more than she takes care of my family. and if you dont listen to my grandma, shell start crying and say your mean and a bad person. she is sooo selfish. she likes to play slots a lot. she has a gambling problem. A BAD ONE. The doctors cant cure her sickness. She has leg cramps, high blood pressure, and if she smells any chemicals shell get sick for almost a week. lately, shes been coming up with excuses. like now she cant sit in teh back of the car anymore because of the material on the chair and stuff. she is giving me stress everyday freaking day.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH HER? =[

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

I am 32 weeks pregnant with my second little girl. With my first, I started noticing around 34 weeks that as my uterus tightened with my Braxton Hicks contractions, I could feel my heart beating in my ears, my head felt like it was in a vice, and I could feel heat radiating off of my face. My doctor didn’t think much of it because my blood pressure was 90 over 50. At 38 weeks, my mom, who’s a nurse, started taking my blood pressure during these contractions and it was 120 over 110, which is apparently a very low "pulse pressure." I went to the hospital and they tried to send me home, because my blood pressure was normal. I made them keep me on the machine and I used nipple stimulation to induce some contractions. When they saw my blood pressure spikes, they immediately induced and gave me a c section 12 hours later. They told me I had toxemia and early preclampsia. The worst part was that they put me on magnesium for three days. It made me feel out of it and have HORRIBLE hot flashes every couple of minutes. I had to cover one eye to see anything because they wouldn’t focus together. It amplified all of my pain. I had to start my daughter on formula because the medicine was passed through breast milk and she came out all drugged out because of it. Now I wonder how long it had been high before I caught it! Now I’m feeling the same way during braxton hicks: heart pounding, head aches and pressure, ears ringing sometimes, blurred vision, trouble breathing. So here’s my question:

Are these symptoms of hypertension or are they just how braxton hicks contractions feel? Did anyone else’s BH feel like this? My mom’s out of town for a few weeks and I’m wondering if my baby and I are in serious danger if my blood pressure is getting that high again. What are the chances I’ll have to be on that dreadful medicine again? Sorry for the long post. I just wanted to thoroughly explain the situation. Thanks for the help.

My mom has essential high blood pressure sometimes reaching over the 200/160 mark. As her blood pressure has been high for a while she has an enlarged right ventricle which will and is leading to CHF. Her breathing is already heavy. Her doctor has given her Betaloc, Plendil, Inhibace, Dosan, Cartia a blood thinner, Lipex for high cholesterol and Quinine for night cramps. She’s in her early 70’s and she complains of head aches, extreme fatigue and loss of energy. She has increasing dark circles around her eyes as if she hasn’t slept in months with shortness of breath like she’s gasping for air. I would like her to try natural remedies because these synthetic drugs don’t appear to be doing much for her overall health. Can anyone advise some really good and effective natural remedies to treat both high blood pressure and CHF? I know Celery is good for lowering blood pressure.

I went to a clinic and they told me for my age(18)my blood pressure should be at 120-80,mine is between 140-148-80,my grandfather on my mom side had diebetes and my mom has it.There both kinda big and im really skinny.The nurse was sayin it’s probaly genetics. How can i bring it down?

My mom is 46 years old and her doc. said that she has high blood pressure. He wants to put her on bp pills, but who wants to take pills the rest of their lives!? She’s revised her free lance diet and is watching what she eats. Anyone have pratical natural cures to lower blood pressure that has been proven to work or worked for you or someone you know?

I’ve asked before whether the media hate the Wings, and concluded that it’s just boring to say ‘The Wings are Very Good’ so they don’t say it.

Combine that with the Sid Crosby Fan Club – (and I don’t hate Sid, I’m a mom, and I think he’s an excellent player) am I likely to need treatment for my blood pressure if I listen to the commentary and analysis?

My mom is schizophrenic and I’d like to know if there are any good ways for her to stop smoking?

I was also wondering if there is any benefit to nicotine for her?

what is the easiest way to stop smoking?
(i dont smoke but my mom does)

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=87055

I just looked it up since I got off the phone with my mom who has been managing her high blood pressure naturally for a couple of years. She said it really worked for her when she tried it. I’ve seen hbp questions here, and never run into a beet juice answer. I was wondering if others have tried it, or if it is still fairly new and just breaking into the high blood pressure treatment news? I’m glad she discovered it, but I’m wondering why I hadn’t heard about it before this.

my mom is trying to stop smoking for at least the 4th time now, and she is having a lot of trouble doing so. she doesnt wasnt to buy anything or use any medication, expencive or not, but she doesnt know what to do. i just want to help her out and want to know how to do so, thanks.

My dad is a really heavy smoker, he almost always has been. He goes out for a smoke almost every other hour. My mom got him to stop once, but then we drove cross-country 3 years ago, and he went out for a smoke he said it was "just one, its no big deal" but he has been since, and he is already showing signs of lung cancer. Please help!

I’ve used an awful lot of scare tactics. This biggest one yet…

My grandmother (her mother died) of Alzheimer’s and had really bad cataracts. These have both been linked (somehow, it’s just the tactic I use) to smoking.

I’ve blamed my mother for my asthma and allergies, since I grew up in a smoke filled house. Every time I go to visit my mom, even though she keeps her smoking to her bedroom and bathroom, I still get sick.

My husband and I have recently decided to try to start a family. I don’t want to expose my kid to cigarette smoke. I don’t want to deny access to the child, but I hate the idea of visiting my folks and exposing the child to the smoke.

My dad’s also smoke pipe tobacco. He should be easier to convince to stop than my mom.

PLEASE HELP!!!!

I know there are others concerned like myself.

(Serious answers only. Please no point hogging.)

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.

My son is only 21 months old and per his visit at the pediatric cardiologist he thinks that the leak has gone from mild to moderate since his last check and recommends starting him on a blood pressure medication 3x per day I think its called something like cardthacan or something (not sure) but his blood pressure is fine 70/48 when we were there and I dont think I want him on meds 3x per day at not even 2 yrs old, the DR says this is to dilate blood vessels and minimize the leak back into the ventricle…I just wondered if anyone has any history or thoughts on this plan of treatment? Thanks in advance.
A concerned confused mom
….a big concern is that the meds can cause chronic cough and lowers blood pressure which can cause dizziness pr passing out…thats a little scary for a one year old

I have had normal blood pressure this whole time. Now, at 40 weeks, I had high blood pressure that my Dr. seemed pretty concerned about. I am doing a 24 hour urine analysis and then having blood work and a non stress test and an ultrasound on friday (i will be 40 weeks, 1 day) what causes high blood pressure in late pregnancy, and what are the effects on both mom and baby?
i forgot to add that my blood pressure today was 188/something! i cant remember the bottom number…….

my mom has started with severe coughs 6 months after going on high blood pressure medication… A friend told me that she had this happen after 1 year on the high blood pressure medication and upon stopping the medication, the cough stopped.

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/m…

I just looked it up since I got off the phone with my mom who has been managing her high blood pressure naturally for a couple of years. She said it really worked for her when she tried it. I’ve seen hbp questions here, and never run into a beet juice answer. I was wondering if others have tried it, or if it is still fairly new and just breaking into the high blood pressure treatment news? I’m glad she discovered it, but I’m wondering why I hadn’t heard about it before this.

My mom is in the hospital. Some of her symptoms include:
-Kidney Failure
-HIGH blood pressure
-Severe Pain
-Confusion
-Shakiness

I wouls really like it if someone could answer this question… Thank you.

what r the symptoms of high blood pressure? my mom had 170/110 but she didnt have any recognizable symptoms.She is also a diabetic.