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We are all here for you and you can do this!!! The good thing about high blood pressure is you can change the course of it, and this website and us can be a big help to you.
Hugs!!

Sorry you are disappointed...BUT you can change it and turn it around! Don't give up! We are all rooting for you!

Hey buddy, I have High Blood pressure and Diabetes. I look at it as a challenge, not not a defeat. Exercise and diet can overcome it. Genetics may put things in the way of your goals, but you CAN BEAT THIS

Like others have said at least you know before something bad happens. My dad's cardiologist recommended increasing your potassium intake as well as lowering you sodium. You'll have the blood pressure down in no time.:flowerforyou:

You Can do it Man, One thing about high blood pressure you can brang it down its not terminal in less you dont change your sodim intake, Good look Man:drinker: :drinker:

My husband had really high BP and cholestorol eighteen months ago. We took cooking classes and learned how to change what we were eating and started walking more. (He also gave up his eating-an-entire-pepperoni-pizza-for-lunch and three-mcdonalds-meals-for-dinner).

Now, he is only slightly elevated for both AND he's lost almost 20 pounds. Better yet, he can walk upstairs in our house without stopping for breath!

You can do it! And you'll feel soooo much better once it gets under control!

My hubby has been on blood pressure meds for a couple years - he's now lost 45 pounds and his doc is planning on taking him off this month--you can do it too

Write that number down and post it everywhere!! Make it a motivation! Keep thinking about how you are going to come on here and post good results! Keep at it!

I have had this same thing happen to me last week. I am 31 and on blood pressure medicine. I can't wait for the day that I can come back on this site and say that I am off the meds. Cholesterol too. Here we go. I am with you.

I had high blood pressure too. Doctors don't tell you but (and Sparky is right), hbp meds lead to other ailments like kidney failure over time, and you don't want to be on a dialysis machine either. My high blood pressure is gone now. What I did was I started out drinking nothing but water, cutting down the salt intake and eating little to no fried foods or foods with high fats. Yoga is another good way to lower bp too. Good luck with it, and I'll pray for you!

I would be curious to know what scientific evidence you have to support the statement that HBP meds leads to kidney failure..etc. Many people who have HBP have other issues that can contribute to these conditions, but saying there is a cause and effect relationship between HBP meds and kidney failure is stretching the facts way beyond what can be stated, and could dissuade someone who needs screening for HBP from getting it.

The increased likelihood of STROKE for those who have untreated HBP is a far greater concern than any kidney failure. Of course, one of the best ways to decrease ones blood pressure is by losing weight and limiting sodium intake.

I too would love to see the evidence to that statement. Before I started taking HBP meds I researched the medical studies and found no mention of a significant (measurable) risk of kidney failure. Before we begin trying to discourage the use of potentially life saving medication, I think we should have some concrete data to support.

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion on holistic treatment, but don't push opinion as fact onto people that are trying to improve their health. IMO of course... :indifferent:

This is what I know. The POSSIBLE long term side effects of being on BP medication are far outweighed by the VERY LIKELY long term effects of leaving high blood pressure untreated. However, my doctor runs kidney panels on me at least once a year to make sure that my kidneys are not being adversely affected by my meds, so this leads me to believe that yes, long term use can damage internal organs.
The best route, I believe, is to be on the meds to control the high blood pressure and then take steps to naturally lower it to a sustainable level without the meds. This should be done under a doctor's supervision, and you should never "go off" your meds without talking to your doctor first.

The reason I said that is because an MD told me that when I kept asking the question. He/She finally told me yes, with longterm use of HBP meds, it is possible that your kidneys can be damaged. I've also done tons of research on hbp meds. All you have to do is look up in the library or net the ingredients in your medicine, then research each ingredient. Then you would research the effects of those ingredients.
I should have also included that I did take my medicine for about 2 or three months before I got off of them by eating healthier. Yes, do consult your doctor before deciding what to do when coming off the medicines.
Of course, all of the risks that come along with untreated high blood pressure is far worse than the chances of having kidney failure, but it is also ALWAYS good to do research for your own knowledge and your OWN body.

words of advice: seek Holistic medicine, it will help you far more than the prescription the doctors will try to give you. I hope it all works out.

This is what I was going to say also...........

I am now off all high blood pressure meds and off diabetes meds...............instead taking vitamins, minerals, amino acids and other natural supplements so that my body goes back to doing things the way that it used to.

My point exactly! You have to get to the "root" of the problem. The "root" of hbp is high sodium intake, etc. You have to get the right vitamins in your body, and the right foods in your body to reverse that, and any other ailment. I'm not against medicine, don't get me wrong, but medicines (in MY opinion) are definitely cover ups for the problem. It's like a "mask", but the problem is still there.
For example, I've done research on the nervous system, and the cure of damaged nerves. Well, there really isn't a cure for damaged nerves, however, by taking B12 / B complex can replenish nerve endings. I have light tremors, I've checked them out through a neurologist, nothings going wrong (thank God), but once I started taking B complex...I don't have them any longer.

words of advice: seek Holistic medicine, it will help you far more than the prescription the doctors will try to give you. I hope it all works out.

You are so right about this...

Also, Doctors don't tell you that High Blood pressure is actually caused because the body is in a constant state of dehydration................

Check out these websites!!!

Natural is the way to go, I don't believe in main stream medicine because they are all about take a pill everyday for the rest of your life.................

http://www.naturalnews.com/023441_water_dehydration_disease.html

http://www.naturalnews.com/007977.html

Straight from the article above.........

Hypertension (high blood pressure) is often caused by chronic dehydration. In fact, in one of the interviews I conducted with Dr. Batmanghelidj, he explains the mechanism by which this takes place. Essentially when the body is lacking water, it attempts to hold on to the available water supplies by resorting to vascular constriction throughout the body. This helps reduce the loss of water through the skin and through respiration. And by doing so, it helps conserve the remaining water in the body.

http://www.whale.to/a/water_cure.html

Also, Doctors don't tell you that High Blood pressure is actually caused because the body is in a constant state of dehydration................

Check out these websites!!!

Natural is the way to go, I don't believe in main stream medicine because they are all about take a pill everyday for the rest of your life.................

http://www.naturalnews.com/023441_water_dehydration_disease.html

http://www.naturalnews.com/007977.html

Straight from the article above.........

Hypertension (high blood pressure) is often caused by chronic dehydration. In fact, in one of the interviews I conducted with Dr. Batmanghelidj, he explains the mechanism by which this takes place. Essentially when the body is lacking water, it attempts to hold on to the available water supplies by resorting to vascular constriction throughout the body. This helps reduce the loss of water through the skin and through respiration. And by doing so, it helps conserve the remaining water in the body.

http://www.whale.to/a/water_cure.html

That is true!