Ended up in Emergency Room. ByeBye Blood Pressure Meds

[Startingoverat50 3]

Hi

My blood pressure tanked this morning and i actually blacked out for a few seconds. My blood pressure wouldn't even register on my blood pressure cuff it was so low. Husband took me in and they got it stabilized but end result is no more blood pressure meds. I started this journey taking three different blood pressure medicines and the one the ER Dr stopped today was the last one. I have to see my regular Dr. this week for followup, but the ER Dr said with as much weight as I have lost he sees no need for me to be taking any blood pressure medication any longer.

I am not happy how it happened but I am thrilled to be off of the medications. Now all I have left is a very low dose of lipitor. Hopefully that will be gone when I see my Dr. for bloodwork in September.

[Laylas grandma 2]

OMG thats wonderful..CONGRATS!

I am waiting on that day, Im currently on 2 BP meds. Hope to join you soon..

[elcee 3,341]

The same thing happened to me a couple of months ago. I collapsed in a lift at the hotel we were staying at! Hotel called 000 and I got taken to hospital by ambulance and spent the night in emergency. They also couldn't measure my BP initially as it was so low. After doing lots of tests the only other thing they found was that I had low potassium so they made me drink an evil tasting supplement.

I am happy not to be on BP meds any more but it's not the best way to find out. I am also paranoid that it could go back up so I have a home monitor and measure it at home to check that it is still OK.

[Startingoverat50 3]

elcee

I will continue to monitor mine at home too. I would not want it to start creeping up again and not be aware of it.

[vlp1968 83]

Good for you! I know how excited I was to get off not only blood pressure, but blood sugar and choesterol meds.

[onenuttynurse 0]

Congrats for being off the meds but beware. I have been hospitalized twice since my banding in DEC 09 due to syncope and low pressure with low potassium and magnesium..I am a cardiac RN so i knew right away to go in. However, my pressure is labile so beware. That means it is fluctuating up and down...Keep monitoring your pressure because it will fluctuate and you certainly don't want rebounding.......onenuttynurse

[Startingoverat50 3]

Thanks onenuttynurse. I will monitor it closely.

[msdv 5]

That happened to me the last time I lost weight.

I was down 50lbs and I woke up 1 morning to use the bathroom and promptly fainted dead away at the foot of my bed.

Unfortunately, I broke my ankle in the fall so I had to go to the ER.

When I got there my pressure was so low it didn't even register on the cuff. So I was admitted for thorough testing and had to stay about 4 days.

Since that time I have gained back all the weight and it bought friends and my BP is up again.

I hope to get to the point where my BP is back under control again but we can all do w/o the fainting and passing out.

[warriors_journey 2]

Now, u have me nervous....my insurance nurses called me the other day and told me since I've lost a good amount of weight, I need to monitor my pressure. Was on 2 meds (one is a Water pill I take when the other one doesn't work alone).

I've been monitoring it and it's seems low but it does register like 92/66, 112/70, 113/70. Is this too low (will have to google or webmd?? I know to stop the Water pill so now I'm down to one bp med.

[msdv 5]

That seems low but I don't know about too low.

You need to go to your Dr. ASAP

You may be able to stop the meds altogether. That's a good thing.

I can't wait to be off mine.

[elcee 3,341]

I would talk to your Dr.They are normally more concerned about high than low. As far as I know your readings are still OK.The table below gives a rough guide.

130 -85 = High Normal

120 -80 = Normal

110 - 75 = Low Normal

90 - 60 = Borderline Low

60 - 40 = too low

I asked my Dr at what level I should be concerned when it comes to high BP. It depends on the time of day as it is normal for BP to differ depending on time.

I was told in the morning it shouldn't be over 150/90-95

afternoon 160/90-95 and evening 160 - 170/100.

HTH

[Froggie D 1]

My doctor cut my BP meds back when I got to 110/60. It went back up to 124/82 by cutting my meds. I hope to cut it back more as I lose more weight!

This is the primary reason I got banded - to improve my health. So glad to see it is working! :wub:

[onenuttynurse 0]

Low normal is where you now want to be. Used to be that 120/80 was normal. That is not the case anymore in the medical field. Even though it is acceptable, a more acceptable range would be 110/70 or a little lower....They are coming out with new cardiac research that states to keep the pressure a little on the lower side of normal to reduce oxygen demand on the heart.....

[warriors_journey 2]

:wub: good deal....I'm on the right track. Thx everyone!!