Caused by perimenopause? - Menopause Message Board

whitsmom · 10-21-2008, 01:08 PM

Went for my yearly checkup last month and my blood pressure was high. My whole life, it's always been very good. I've checked it a few times since then and it is still higher than normal. Has anyone else registered higher blood pressure since starting peri symptoms?

Didn't think to ask my PA about it and she didn't mention it as a possibility, but I hear about all kinds of different symptoms that aren't normally listed on medical sites or in medical books.

I'm not liking this stage of my life much.

My periods stop, then a week later, I have a very light one again; all dark blood and hardly enough to need a pad for. Just irritating. I also seem to be tired alot more, headaches, NO sex drive whatsoever...blah, blah, blah.

Toohotforme · 10-21-2008, 01:35 PM

My blood pressure has crept up a bit since I started peri, as well as my cholesterol! It's nuts! There are just so many thnigs that happen and change as we go through this stage. I wouldn't worry too much about it, but it might be a good idea to keep track of it for a while. Mine will be up, then down and anywhere in between. Hang in there!

whitsmom · 10-21-2008, 02:41 PM

Thanks! Mine isn't scary high, but high for what I usually run. I have so many weird things going on over the last six months, it's crazy. I don't think hubby is too sympathetic to any of it, because it's causing problems for him, too.

(He thinks I can just "do something" about my lack of sexual desire. The whole situation is frustrating!

TEdds83 · 10-21-2008, 07:29 PM

My blood pressure hasn't gone up yet. But I do worry about that. Expecially since I gained 30 pounds over the past 5 years. ugh! But all of the symptoms are no fun. I used to have a healthy sex drive and now it seems it's been gone for over 2 years. I don't know how to fix that.

Seaside58 · 10-22-2008, 05:06 AM

Mine was high enough to be on meds for it for 3yrs. then it dropped back down. I had never had high blood pressure in my life it usually runs low. I'm now in menopause no period for a year, and looking back over the last 7 years I can see a lot of things I went through were perimenopause symptoms. I'm still fighting symptoms but they don't seem as severe, sex drive comes and goes I know there's a lot of mental attitude that plays a role there. My periods did the same thing yours are doing and I can still be wiped out tired for no apparent reason. Hang in there it will get better, but I would check back with your doc on the high blood pressure they may want to put you on something.