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Posted by bubblegumchewer on August 7, 2002, at 18:26:18
For myself, anyway. "Low blood pressure" is my middle name. I try to drink water, I try to eat more salt, but the second I slack off, those heartbeat irregularities are back and my blood pressure is ALWAYS low. Anyone else in the same boat? Check this out:
Posted by katekite on August 7, 2002, at 20:34:23
In reply to Very, very interesting, posted by bubblegumchewer on August 7, 2002, at 18:26:18
Yes - very interesting. One thing I notice about that report was that they defined low blood pressure as anything under 120/75. Which is weird to me as I was always told I had normal blood pressure at 105/65 and that diastolic wasn't considered low until it was under 50. Interesting there are different scales of low. So in that in the study they weren't even looking at 'extremely' low pressures, just run of the mill low-normals. Which means the association could be even stronger at even lower pressures. Or not.
I did read somewhere that mildly depressed women actually live longer than never-depressed women. At least there is 1 benefit, LOL.
Posted by bubblegumchewer on August 8, 2002, at 9:38:58
In reply to Very, very interesting, posted by bubblegumchewer on August 7, 2002, at 18:26:18
While surfing around reading up on this subject, I read that effexor raises blood pressure. I wonder if this drug is useful to those of us with chronic low blood pressure.
I'm always told that my low blood pressure is "good," and I'm sure it is in many ways. However, I just can't hold onto fluid and I get heart arrhymias. Again, I'm told they're not particularly dangerous but not a sign of wonderful heart function, either. (actually, I think they are caused by low blood volume and pressure and the concomitant loss of salts.) This possible correlation between depression/anxiety and low blood pressure is interesting.
Strangely, benzos LOWER blood pressure. I took them around the clock for three months last summer and wound up in the hospital in a disabling depression. Also strangely, the nortriptyline that supposedly yanked me out of the depression also lowers blood pressure.
I'm starting to get an idea of why I CRAVE coffee... it raises my blood pressure just enough that I feel good and not like I need to lie down. But then it dehydrates you and lowers your blood volume and pressure over the long run and here we go again...
Posted by Compucat on August 8, 2002, at 20:12:09
In reply to Very, very interesting, posted by bubblegumchewer on August 7, 2002, at 18:26:18
I am (and have always) been on the low blood
pressure team (105/60), and have battled
bipolar II for over 25 years, so the
information in the link in bubblegumchewer's
post is truly "very, very interesting".However, I don't think I have heard of anyone
dying of hypotension, so I won't worry about
this too much, unless I get up too fast from
sitting down and crack my skull on the coffee
table.
Posted by cybercafe on August 11, 2002, at 5:04:14
In reply to A comment on effexor and blood pressure, posted by bubblegumchewer on August 8, 2002, at 9:38:58
> I'm always told that my low blood pressure is "good," and I'm sure it is in many ways. However, I just can't hold onto fluid and I get heart arrhymias. Again, I'm told they're not particularly dangerous but not a sign of wonderful heart function, either. (actually, I think they are caused by low blood volume and pressure and the concomitant loss of salts.) This possible correlation between depression/anxiety and low blood pressure is interesting.
yeah i am looking into adrenal fatigue now...
i think it involves low blood pressure, coldness, slow metabolism and depression/anxiety...
... but then i also get so many of the symptoms of hypothyroidism (easily bruised, umm. .what's a nice why of saying 'constipated'?, wounds take a while to heal) ... but i havn't been diagnosed for any of these conditions...
... i want to get some blood work done dammit...
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