How do I lower my blood pressure as it is extremely high?

Please help me. My blood pressure iss very high its been like this for months now it its not coming down. How can i reduce it?

First: Your doctor must be monitoring your condition to see if you are improving or still need to make modifications. Always discuss your concerns with your doctor, which include ways to reduce your blood pressure. You did not tell us what your readings range so here are the classifications:

Prehypertension: 120-139 [systolic] or 80-89 [diastolic] requires education, lifestyle modifications

Stage I: 140鈥?59 [systolic] or 90鈥?9 [diastolic] requires lifestyle modifications & thiazide diuretic. If not well controlled with diuretic, then an ACE Inhibiter, or ARB, or BB, or CCB will be added

Stage II: 160 [systolic] or 100 [diastolic] requires lifestyle modifications & thiazide diuretic & ACEI or ARB or BB or CCB.

Primary hypertension has no known cause [90-95% of cases]. Secondary hypertension could be caused by:
Kidney: renal artery stenosis, congenital renal disease, diabetic nephropathy
Endocrine: Cushing鈥檚, hyperaldosteronism, pheochromocytoma
Coarctation of the aorta
Birth control pills, ERT
Neurogenic: brain tumors, increased intracranial pressure, quadriplegia
Inherited artery disease
Meds: cocaine, MAO inhibitors combined w/certain foods

Risk factors that you cannot change are:
Males: until age 55... then females catch up
African-Americans: especially males
Family history
Age: 50% of those over age 50 have hypertension

Risk factors that you can change:
Obesity
High sodium diet
Smoking
High serum lipids [blood fats, ie cholesterol, triglycerides, etc]
Sedentary lifestyle

TREATMENTS
You can reduce your risk of high blood pressure and reduce your blood pressure by changing the modifiable risk factors. Aka reducing your serum lipids, sodium intake, and weight.

Non-drug methods:
Weight management
DASH diet - I posted a website in the source section. It's a great start to help you with the dash diet.
Low sodium-low fat diet
Salt < 6 Gm/day
Stop Smoking
Restrict alcohol and caffeine
Regular aerobic exercise
Stress management - ie bio-feedback, relaxation, yoga, Tai Chi

The medications are:
Diuretics- makes you pee out extra fluids in your body, to reduce blood volume. High blood volume places greater pressure on your blood vessels.
Thiazide: first line: hydrochlorothiazide
Loop diuretics: furosemide
Potassium sparing: Aldactone (blocks aldosterone)

Beta adrenergic blockers [BAB]
Decrease heart rate, force of contraction, workload
Cardioselective: atenolol
Non-cardioselective: propranolol
Alpha blocker: decrease PVR: Catapres, Minipress

Calcium channel blockers [CCB]
decrease the influx of Ca++ into muscle cells
Nondihydropyridines: 飪?HR & contractility: diltiazem
Dihydropyridines: dilate blood vessels: amlodipine

Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors
Inhibits formation of angiotensin II: dilates blood vessels
1st line for clients with diabetes mellitus, heart failure, impaired renal function

My mother recently discovered she has hypertension. It really is a serious condition and I congratulate you on your seriousness to control your blood pressure. Hope this helps you!

Spend time petting a dog or cat every day. Seriously, it can help!

You need to cut out anything that spikes your blood sugar... most bad foods. Drinking plenty of water and try to exercise moderately. I've also heard Green Tea is great.

Calcium Channel Blockers
you really need a doctor high pressure is very dangerous

me too I'd like to know--- idrink a lot of wine &beer,walk abt 4 miles a dayeat kinda healthy,but still high--------------?????

Other than medications, try eating oatmeal. It's supposed to help. My mom took garlic pills and swears by them.

calm down, also go to a doctor, extremely high blood pressure needs professional advice not yahoo answers!

Eat a healthy diet.
Exercise daily.
Take time each day to relax and chill out.

I hate to say this, as everyone says it even for the most trivial and common sense things...see your Dr. If it really is very high medication might the only real way to go.

How do you know it's so high? Do you measure it yourself or is your Dr already aware of this condition? If your Dr already knows I would think he is contemplating trying to correct your blood pressure with medication already. However lifestyle changes are always good if they result in you becoming healthier.

Do you have other signs & symptoms of high blood pressure? Perhaps you ought to seek medical assistance in reducing your hypertension.

diet and exercise....and if it continues to be high, go to a doc. high blood pressure is a silent killer and very easily treated with meds. good luck.

High blood pressure may be caused by a number of nutritional deficiencies including omega fatty acids, calcium, and magnesium.

You need to supplement with high quality non-contaminated vitamin and mineral supplement.

You need to eat plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables and avoid fatty foods, dairy products and reduce your intake of animal protein. Reduce the amount of refined carbohydrates and sugars that you consume and avoid tea, coffee and alcohol.

Coenzyme Q10 has now been shown to reduce blood pressure and has a beneficial effect on the walls of the blood vessels.

You need to cleanse your body, including your arteries, of toxic material so that everything, including your circulatory system, is able to work effectively.

If you smoke one of the best things that you can do is to quit. Join a quit smoking program for the support and assist you need and go through the process of becoming smoke free.

Get plenty of exercise and if you are overweight take steps to lose it. Excessive body weight is associated with high blood pressure.

Please ask another question and give a detailed background. How old are you? what is your average blood pressure readings? are you on medications? are you overweight? are you active? do you eat healthy? and so on