High Blood Pressure

When I last went to the nurse for my Pill (in December) I had very high blood pressure, so I had to go back in January and it was still high. I now have to keep going every month to get it checked, it's always high everytime I go yet she isn't doing anything about it.

I also get headaches (but always have done really) and I am always tired.

I just wondered if anyone knew what causes these type of symptoms and if anyone else has high blood pressure, as the nurse said someone of my age shouldn't have such high blood pressure

I have just put it down to my stupid amount of work I have got on at the minute - does anyone else think that could be the reason?

When i got my blood pressure taken before i went on the pill i was told i had high blood pressure but it was put down to all the stress from studying. but if you are worried about your blood pressure being high, i would demand something done about it because the type of pill you are on may not be suited to you! that's the whole point of checkups!

hope i don't scare you but a friend of mine had a blood clot and it was blamed on the pill. Try to find out if any of your family suffer from high blood pressure because it could just be inherited!

i agree with you that it could be possibly down to all the work you are doing at the moment!
i hope it gets sorted for you!!

Stress could well be the reason, and at your age they're really NOT going to want to put you on any drugs to reduce it. Just exercising and eating healthily are the best ways to keep it normal, and don't worry about having the reading taken, as it'll just shoot straight up!

have they switched your pill?

depends how 'high' 'high' is. are we talking 130/80 here, 140, 160..?

Isn't 130/80 normal?

textbook normal - according to mine is 120/80. so you'd perhaps expect it to be slightly lower than that in a young healthy person.

if i had your readings..i'd definitely want to make sure i was being very closely monitored. mine was 130/80 last time i went for my check-up & my GP was concerned - although this was the day before an exam..

good news that it's gone down - but even if it is 'just stress' perhaps look into some methods of reducing stress? because i think high blood pressure per se is dangerous, the interactions might merely slightly differ dependent on whether it's stress/hormonally caused.

the obvious stress related hypertension approaches would be relaxation techniques or substantial exercise.

but no doubt Foolfarian will be along again soon to tell you more.

Mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure in healthy people for a female 20-24 is 116+/-11.8 for systolic and 73+/-9.7 for diastolic. (Not sure how in date these figures are, just getting them off a handout I'm actually currently revising from).

High blood pressure is a repeatedly elevated blood pressure that exceeds 140/90. If yours has been coming down everytime you're tested then it probably is down to stress as you say.

Uncomplicated hypertension usually occurs without any symptoms, which is why most people have no idea they have it until they're tested.

How outlandishly precise.