I've lost a lot of weight over the last 14 months, over 100 pounds. Before the weightloss my bp was normalish. In October when I donated blood it was 117/73, A month ago when I went to my Physican Assistant psych doctor it was at156/90, an hour later it dropped to 136/83. Two weeks later it was 136/83. When I had a check up for it last week it was 128/80, today I had it checked [my MD wants to get 6 weeks of results to check for a pattern], it was 136/70. I am currently on Lamictal for bpII, and amoxicilan for a tooth infection /root canal. I also take cal/mag coq10, vitamin D, a multivitamin, sustained release niacin and iron as my iron level is in the low normal range. No concern for my md, but too low to donate blood. Any ideas?? I watch my salt like a hawk, don't drink soda, eat lots of fruts/veggies and whole grains, exercise daily and drink 2 - 4 liters of h20 day. I also seriously limit my caffiene to a cup or two of green tea a day. Heart issues do run in my family.
your blood pressures are nothing that id worry about, 130/70 isnt high, actually its pretty normal, and your physican assistant probably doesnt know how to check a blood pressure thats why it was so high lol. normal bp is 100-150/60-100 and "normal" is 120/80 so if i were you i wouldnt worry about it
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