High blood pressure remedies?

Crossed posts, that exercise sounds interesting Fitzy, will give it a try.

I think it's anything above 140/90 . I suggest you look on the NICE site for clinical guidelines.

Shysal I would think medication should be given at those levels.

They move the goalposts a lot with BP. I have been on medication for mine for years. I take it myself now and it's usually about 140/70-ish. I'm happy with that and so is my practice nurse. When I first had high BP about 20 years ago my reading was 208/110 or something like that and I lived to tell the tale

I think that unless BP is very high GPs usually offer 24hour BP monitoring, with equipment on loan from surgery, before prescribing drug treatment.

I went to slimming world which is a healthy eating plan, lost my excess weight and got to b.m.i. Of 25. Not skinny, but healthy. I was able to stop my by tablets, and at my last be review I was told if my book is still as good I ll no longer need further reviews.

I saw my GP yesterday, and she has put me on 5mg daily of Amlodipine for just a month to see how it goes with my borderline readings. Meanwhile I shall be dieting more strictly. I am to monitor my BP at home. Does anyone know how soon I might see results?

Janchristo thanks for reminding us that high BP is often genetic. My mother had it after I was born and I got it after my second child was born( couldn't have a third!)
I've been taking meds for over 40 years. I take 4 tablets a day.
All medications are made up from 6 elements otherwise the body would not accept them. Whether you take magnesium or a tablet perhaps derived from Magnesium is not progress. Its all chemicals after all.

I have been on :P medication since my 40s . It's genetic. I had to come off Amlodipine as my feet were permanently cold .

I too think it's an important point that some posters MargaretX have raised about high BP quite often being genetic. You may be able to help yourself to some extent by lifestyle changes such as losing weight, but medication can be a lifesaver, prevent a stroke, kidney damage and so on if lifestyle changes don't work. All medication can have side effects, but not taking necessary meds can be worse. I wouldn't muck about with unproven remedies if it was me.

Regular meditation can help. Also acupuncture or homeopathy-you'd need to see a practitioner for either of those of course.

Has anyone had success with the hand grip exercises? Said to lower BP by more than 10 points...

I ordered some hand grips from Ebay. 123gran. It went missing in the post and a replacement is on its way. In the meantime I have been put on BP medication but will try the exercises anyway. I have stiff fingers due to Polymyalgia, so it might help them.

I order a hand grip, not some.

Let me know how you get on with it Shysal - hope it helps.

I agree with the salt comments - in fact I no longer add any kind of salt when I cook because there is more than enough in what we eat already. This was difficult at first but has made a noticeable impact for me.
I also believe in deep breathing - even taking steps to breathe deeply from your diaphragm 4-5 counts through the nose and out again 2-4 times/day helps.

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