Today I was diagnosed with

[NikiM20]

High blood pressue, it was 144/99 and it has been consistently so for about a year I am 26 yrs old and I am too young to have this . My Dr (what a sweetie he is) told me if i lost 10-15 lbs it would help More like 110-115. Anyone else in my boat? I feel like I did this to myself

 

[njcarita]

High blood pressue, it was 144/99 and it has been consistently so for about a year I am 26 yrs old and I am too young to have this . My Dr (what a sweetie he is) told me if i lost 10-15 lbs it would help More like 110-115. Anyone else in my boat? I feel like I did this to myself

I have been on BP medication since I was about 38 --my bp spiked with my last pregnancy and never came back down.. My doctor doesn't think weight is a factor for me-- he thinks its gentic. All my family gets hypertension in there 30's and they are not overweight. I'm 2 lbs from healthy BMI for my height.

But I figure loosing 30lbs can only help it so that's my long term goal.

My suggestion is to follow your docs advice and try loosing the weight and see if it helps. I've read that increasing your potassium helps with regulating your bp ask him about taking a supplement.

 

[tbstein]

I feel like I did this to myself

I was diagnosed with chronic high BP after I had a mild stroke. Spent nearly 3 days in the hospital, with my BP staying 200+/120+ for nearly 36 of those hours. Was on medication, but was taken off of it. The cholestrol medication is too rough on me, so I took myself off of it. I also have hypothyroidism, and do hormone therapy since my surgery from having endometriosis. So with taking 2 hormones, and the other stuff, I felt so discouraged that I had to have drugs to live. I am now over that attitude (which was very roughfor me to do), and on my way to getting better. My new doctor has diagnosed me with fibromylegia (sp??) and gluten intolerance. With the new diet, some skeletal/mechanical readjustments, I have lost nearly 40 pounds, and up to 40 minutes of power walking with the dog every day (where I didn't do any type of exercise at all due to the pain). He also told me that my family history adds to these issues. So, it can not be all your fault. But knowing all this you can now change some of those bad habits we form as teenagers into good habits as adults. I had horrible habits as a teenager, such as binge and purge. Not pretty! So, now I have a huge weight problem, health issues, and all the headaches that go with it.

Oh boy, I had better get off that soap box on getting healthier, or I will bore myself as well as everyone else!

Best of luck with your health! Take care of yourself!

Wendy

 

[keypooh90]

I am 16 and have stage 2 hypertension (average reading 175/120). My whole family is obese, and has high cholesterol,diabetes,high bp, etc. and I hope to break free from this cycle.

 

[meghanet]

My boyfriend is in the same boat. He was recommended a diet system that has worked for a lot of his friends who were in the same boat too. If you want, I'll keep you updated on my boyfriend's progress. If you want some more info about it just PM me. He's not here right now otherwise I'd have him post the detials of the diet. All I know is that he has some friends that have lost over a hundred pounds in less than a year and are now healthier than they've ever been.

Hope you find something that works! I know it scares me to think about what might happen to my bf if he doesn't get it under control.

Best of luck,

Meg