35 and HBP - High & Low Blood Pressure Message Board

aussiejono · 03-05-2008, 10:37 PM

I'm 35, and my BP regualrly comes in at 140/95 or there abouts....... should i beon treatment for this?

tamuprof45 · 03-06-2008, 05:42 AM

Yes. 140/90 is considered high blood pressure, esp. if it is coming in consistently. Talk to your doctor about whether lifestyle changes are an option. Typically doctors recommend lifestyle changes for people who are pre-hypertensive, and low-dose meds for people who cross the 140/90 threshold.

tamuprof45

aussiejono · 03-06-2008, 04:10 PM

Doctor keeps havering about wether to start me on pills or net.... but if it is going to prevent a stroke, heart atack, and me spending the last 10 years on my life a drooling vegetable, i think i will push him to start them, rather than push him not to, which i have been doing

bethsheba · 03-06-2008, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by aussiejono

Doctor keeps havering about wether to start me on pills or net.... but if it is going to prevent a stroke, heart atack, and me spending the last 10 years on my life a drooling vegetable, i think i will push him to start them, rather than push him not to, which i have been doing

There are things that are worse than drooling like a vegetable...I would suggest you read about the experiences of those of us who are taking or who took bp medication.

Bethsheba

Vanessa74 · 03-06-2008, 06:43 PM

Aussiejono,

If you have not tried diet, exercise, and lifestyle changes - I beg you, PLEASE try them before strating medications.

I am 34 years old - I was started on B/P meds 5 years ago - and I wish I would have tried the above mentioned things first -- I would have saved my self and my body years of struggles with side effects and fighting with my Drs. to believe that the B/P meds were causing my problems.

You are very young - you have a chance to reverse this without medications. Please at least give it a try before you go on meds. If you do go on meds - please do plenty of research on whatever drug your dr. decides to start you on.

Best of luck to you!

Vanessa