MellyMell
12-14-2007, 07:54 PM
The last 2 times I was at doc, my BP was 153/93, or there abouts.
I am about 60 pounds overweight.
My doc wrote me a script for lisinopril? but I dont want to be on a bp med. Since I am only 34 yrs old, can I control my bp with just diet and exercise?
From what I read <removed> I only have stage 1 and that is usually treated with diuretics.
This just sucks!:mad:
I am about 60 pounds overweight.
My doc wrote me a script for lisinopril? but I dont want to be on a bp med. Since I am only 34 yrs old, can I control my bp with just diet and exercise?
From what I read <removed> I only have stage 1 and that is usually treated with diuretics.
This just sucks!:mad:
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Jennita
12-19-2007, 04:16 AM
Yes you can but don't delay. Start today. Also take fish oil, it's good for the cardiovascular. Losing weight always helps lower blood pressure.
Tea is a natural diuretic, just get decaf though as caffeine will raise blood pressure.
Tea is a natural diuretic, just get decaf though as caffeine will raise blood pressure.
gib
12-19-2007, 05:15 PM
The last 2 times I was at doc, my BP was 153/93, or there abouts.
My doc wrote me a script for lisinopril? but I dont want to be on a bp med. Since I am only 34 yrs old, can I control my bp with just diet and exercise?
Get your own measuring device so you can track your pressure at home when you are more relaxed and away from the docs office.
Diet and exercise may do it, it's something you should try anyway, but for some people, like me, it doesn't help much. I'm in pretty good shape, go to the gym four days a week, but still have to take meds. Both my parents have HBP.
My doc wrote me a script for lisinopril? but I dont want to be on a bp med. Since I am only 34 yrs old, can I control my bp with just diet and exercise?
Get your own measuring device so you can track your pressure at home when you are more relaxed and away from the docs office.
Diet and exercise may do it, it's something you should try anyway, but for some people, like me, it doesn't help much. I'm in pretty good shape, go to the gym four days a week, but still have to take meds. Both my parents have HBP.
dmer
12-20-2007, 11:26 AM
I have read estimates that suggest that for every 2lbs in body weight we lose, it amounts to a 1 point reduction in systolic (upper) pressure. Do the math, 60lbs = approx 30 points subtracted from 153 puts you in a "normal" range.
Your body will benefit in a myriad of ways.
Your body will benefit in a myriad of ways.
Kittydaddy
12-28-2007, 03:38 PM
The last 2 times I was at doc, my BP was 153/93, or there abouts.
I am about 60 pounds overweight.
My doc wrote me a script for lisinopril? but I dont want to be on a bp med. Since I am only 34 yrs old, can I control my bp with just diet and exercise?
From what I read <removed> I only have stage 1 and that is usually treated with diuretics.
This just sucks!:mad:
Are you sure it's not because you are nervous at the Doctor's?
What is it when your NOT there?
I am about 60 pounds overweight.
My doc wrote me a script for lisinopril? but I dont want to be on a bp med. Since I am only 34 yrs old, can I control my bp with just diet and exercise?
From what I read <removed> I only have stage 1 and that is usually treated with diuretics.
This just sucks!:mad:
Are you sure it's not because you are nervous at the Doctor's?
What is it when your NOT there?
Jennita
12-29-2007, 01:44 AM
This is interesting. My husband is overweight and last time he was sick his pressure was over 150/? which is high. I suspected it was because he had been drinking coffee at the office, to which he shrugged it off because of course I'm not an authority. I forgot the bottom number. The doc asked him to come back again to recheck it after his cold but he didn't.
Fast forward this year, sick again, this time during his vacation (no office coffee). His pressure was 130/? this time, I forgot to ask him the bottom number again, but anyway the doc said it was good. Caffeine can artifically raise it and I imagine other things can as well, so most probably the best thing is to monitor it yourself over some months to see if it is consistently high for no reason, or simply effected by certain things. If it is consistent, chances are you have high blood pressure but if it's up and down, other things might be factors to look into and thus avoid medication.
Fast forward this year, sick again, this time during his vacation (no office coffee). His pressure was 130/? this time, I forgot to ask him the bottom number again, but anyway the doc said it was good. Caffeine can artifically raise it and I imagine other things can as well, so most probably the best thing is to monitor it yourself over some months to see if it is consistently high for no reason, or simply effected by certain things. If it is consistent, chances are you have high blood pressure but if it's up and down, other things might be factors to look into and thus avoid medication.