Re: Doctor prescribed blood pressure med.

December 18, 2007

I don't know what is causing my High blood pressure Val. It started at the exact

same time I started back on Armour and isocort, but I was going through

menopause at the same time too. So we have three likely suspects.

Three theories.

1. I always had high blood pressure, but the severe blood loss each mouth was

keeping the strain off my arteries and reducing the pressure. The only thing the

ancient practice of blood-letting was really good for, was lowering blood

pressure. I was not on Armour back then so I bled copiously, so much so I had to

use adult diapers. Sanitary pads just leaked right through.

2. The hormone changes caused by the menopause itself caused the HBP

3. The hormone changes caused by going on Armour and Isocort caused the HBP. But

no way am I going off of them!

Either way I don't know what to do about it other than take High blood pressure

meds which do seem to be working without any side effects. Lisonopril is an ACE

inhibitor, which is the one to be on if your HBP is hormone related and is the

one least likely to cause depression. In fact my moods and insomnia are a little

better on it. It is possible it caused depression in you because it lowered

aldosterone and helped me not to be so depressed because my aldosterone might

have been too high. If I have to take a little extra thyroid, so be it. It beats

having a bunch of strokes as folks in my family did. I've had fewer autistic

" melt downs " since going on the lisonopril, too.

My depression occurred decades before the HBP and is due to severe sleep

deprivation from sleep apnea which was not diagnosed for decades (as well as

hypothyroidism and other health problems in myself and my family not being

diagnosed), so I don't think there is much of a connection. The sleep apnea is

NOT under control. I have central as well as obstructive and the only thing that

I know to help me would be getting a VPAP machine instead of just a CPAP and

breast reduction surgery. I can't afford either of those right now. I need to

lose 10 more pounds before I can get any health insurance of any kind at all,

and since my apnea is a pre existing condition, getting insurance to pay for a

VPAP machine is iffy. Sleep apnea can also cause HBP but if that is the cause,

theory number 1 is true because my bp was low before menopause.

Hensley <>< 8-)

Val asked,

Liz while on antidepressants, how would you know? Maybe with a better BP med or

none at all and correcting the cause of your BP you might not need the

antidepressants. It also might tmean you would need a whole lot less thyroid as

it directly interferes with it working in the body.

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