Guest guest Posted May 22, 2011 Report Share Posted May 22, 2011 Congrats on your progress. Since being on Spiro I sweat a lot more and am generally really warm versus always being cold before all this started. The only time I had an increased heartbeat was when we were trying to get the K and HTN controlled. Since then I have not experienced that. Dash will help in the weight loss area. I am doing 5 pounds now. Hang in there, Kellie Female – Age 41 – Height: 5’5” – Weight since HTN and Low K at all time high of 190.Treated for HTN from age 18-32 when it suddenly dropped. Started HCTZ for swelling in 04’. Have not tested positive for PA however the treatment of Spiro is keeping both HTN and K in check. No tumor on adrenal gland. Insulin resistant-Hypoglycemic-No testing of AVS. Meds: 100 mg of spiro in the morning and 50 mg in the evening. Xanax: .5 mg three times a day. DASHING MRI revealed benign tumor in left eye socket Well I've been dashing hard for a week now along with spiro. BP has responded favorably, down from 165/105 area to the 135/88 vicinity. On 25mg spiro, 50 hctz, 80 micardis, 5 amlodipine. Now I feel better but my typical heart rate has increased from mid/high 60s to mid/high 80s mostly. I'm sweating a lot more now and sweat has a noticeably different odor. I have to think the increased heart rate is causing the sweating. I seem to have read here that when you bring down longstanding HTN, you get a higher heart rate for a while. Has anyone else experienced this? Note I've tried dashing before but results were disappointing. This time the combination of spiro/dashing seems to be having a big impact. In any case I am thankful to at least have the pressure down. I'm also finally starting to lose some weight so I'm guardedly optimistic about my health for the first time in quite a while. Thanks for listening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 22, 2011 Report Share Posted May 22, 2011 I can explain the fast heart rate real fast... your BP is made by this equation: BP = HR x Peripheral Resistance your body thinks there's something wrong, because for YOUR body the sudden change in BP ( it going down ) means there's something wrong (it is used to a very high BP ), now it is raising the HR to raise your BP, to keep it " normal " for itself. So for sometime while your baroreceptors ( pressure recetors ) get used to your new low BPs your body will compensate with higher HR. Anyhoo 80 is not a high HR, it is a normal one, a tad higher for your but normal. Sweat = more HR = more excercise = sweat... Also we have an electrolite problem so we tend to sweat. At last the sweat smells different yes.. because the composition changed now it has less sodium... bacteria react different to it, and the odor can change. In my case the urine changed it's smell as well.. Keep Dashing until you don't even need spiro ! TC. > > Well I've been dashing hard for a week now along with spiro. BP has responded favorably, down from 165/105 area to the 135/88 vicinity. On 25mg spiro, 50 hctz, 80 micardis, 5 amlodipine. > > Now I feel better but my typical heart rate has increased from mid/high 60s to mid/high 80s mostly. I'm sweating a lot more now and sweat has a noticeably different odor. I have to think the increased heart rate is causing the sweating. > > I seem to have read here that when you bring down longstanding HTN, you get a higher heart rate for a while. Has anyone else experienced this? > > Note I've tried dashing before but results were disappointing. This time the combination of spiro/dashing seems to be having a big impact. > > In any case I am thankful to at least have the pressure down. I'm also finally starting to lose some weight so I'm guardedly optimistic about my health for the first time in quite a while. > > Thanks for listening. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 Thanks this makes a lot of sense. > > > > Well I've been dashing hard for a week now along with spiro. BP has responded favorably, down from 165/105 area to the 135/88 vicinity. On 25mg spiro, 50 hctz, 80 micardis, 5 amlodipine. > > > > Now I feel better but my typical heart rate has increased from mid/high 60s to mid/high 80s mostly. I'm sweating a lot more now and sweat has a noticeably different odor. I have to think the increased heart rate is causing the sweating. > > > > I seem to have read here that when you bring down longstanding HTN, you get a higher heart rate for a while. Has anyone else experienced this? > > > > Note I've tried dashing before but results were disappointing. This time the combination of spiro/dashing seems to be having a big impact. > > > > In any case I am thankful to at least have the pressure down. I'm also finally starting to lose some weight so I'm guardedly optimistic about my health for the first time in quite a while. > > > > Thanks for listening. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 You might want to look a wikipedia baroreceptors.CE grim MDThanks this makes a lot of sense.> >> > Well I've been dashing hard for a week now along with spiro. BP has responded favorably, down from 165/105 area to the 135/88 vicinity. On 25mg spiro, 50 hctz, 80 micardis, 5 amlodipine.> > > > Now I feel better but my typical heart rate has increased from mid/high 60s to mid/high 80s mostly. I'm sweating a lot more now and sweat has a noticeably different odor. I have to think the increased heart rate is causing the sweating.> > > > I seem to have read here that when you bring down longstanding HTN, you get a higher heart rate for a while. Has anyone else experienced this?> > > > Note I've tried dashing before but results were disappointing. This time the combination of spiro/dashing seems to be having a big impact.> > > > In any case I am thankful to at least have the pressure down. I'm also finally starting to lose some weight so I'm guardedly optimistic about my health for the first time in quite a while.> > > > Thanks for listening.> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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