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What Causes Elevated Blood Pressure?

I m 48 years old I have had blood pressure pills for a little under a year now for a little over a year I m on 40 milligram tablet I m also going through menopause I quit taking some menopause natural vitamins about a month ago and about 2 weeks ago my blood pressure started to get bizarre getting a little high the last week I ve noticed that when I m hungry in the evening or when I m just hungry where I haven t eaten very much at all my blood pressure will rise and it will last night it was 170 over 105 which it s never been that high but I took half of another blood pressure medicine another pill but it didn t seem to help much in until I ate anything down right now I tried again and I was feeling a little hungry I hate I was trying to go for 30 minute walks every day I ve been diagnosed with anxiety I m supposed to be taking clonazepam 1 Tablet 3 times today but I don t want to complicate things and I don t I don t know what to do so I was taking a half of a half tablet for the past few days I did feel better then I read that it was habit-forming I was taking a half tablet at night although I don t see that this can be healthy to constantly be worrying about my blood pressure and not knowing what to do I m trying to eat a lot of fat salt I take magnesium calcium multivitamin I m starting to take again and vitamin D vitamin for the menopause Brown and folate acid I don t know what else to do I would really like some help I don t have money to go to the doctor I don t have health insurance please help I m I m
Thu, 12 Jan 2017
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Hi,

I do understand your pain and discomfort. As per your history check your BP every 15 days and adjust dose accordingly talk to your doctor to give two medications at a time to control blood pressure [beta blocker- Atenolol in the morning and ACE Fosinopril at bed time]. And keep the third drug Thiazide diuretics Aquazide tab starting from 12.5 mg for quick control of pressure. Other medications will be as usual.

I hope I was able to address your query. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to write to me. Wishing you all the best.

Thanks,
Dr. Uday Nath Sahoo
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What Causes Elevated Blood Pressure?

Hi, I do understand your pain and discomfort. As per your history check your BP every 15 days and adjust dose accordingly talk to your doctor to give two medications at a time to control blood pressure [beta blocker- Atenolol in the morning and ACE Fosinopril at bed time]. And keep the third drug Thiazide diuretics Aquazide tab starting from 12.5 mg for quick control of pressure. Other medications will be as usual. I hope I was able to address your query. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to write to me. Wishing you all the best. Thanks, Dr. Uday Nath Sahoo