Elevated Bp And Hr

[DIXZELAND]

Here lately the past 4 days, my medication Clonidine is not helping with my excellerated bp and hr. Will it eventually come down on its own? The only relief I get from it is when I lay down. But as soon as I get up to go to the bathroom, etc., there is goes again.

Anyone have any answers to this or experienced this? I am in a wheelchair, but just being upright causes it to go haywire.

I am quite concerned as it has never lasted this long while being on medication.

Thanks,

Dixie

[MomtoGiuliana]

It sounds like you are having a flare up. For most people POTS symptoms are a moving target with some days better than others.

I would track the bp and hr and call my doctor. They may want you to adjust your meds to get you through the flare up and/or increase fluids (for me, increasing fluids often brings bp down when it is higher than normal).

I had a bd flare up in April--my bp went up to 160/90. I was already taking a beta blocker. My dr had me triple my dose, and then a week later the flare seemed to have ended bc my bp was way down (and I felt better) so I weaned back down.

Hope you feel better soon.

Katherine

[DIXZELAND]

It sounds like you are having a flare up. For most people POTS symptoms are a moving target with some days better than others.

I would track the bp and hr and call my doctor. They may want you to adjust your meds to get you through the flare up and/or increase fluids (for me, increasing fluids often brings bp down when it is higher than normal).

I had a bd flare up in April--my bp went up to 160/90. I was already taking a beta blocker. My dr had me triple my dose, and then a week later the flare seemed to have ended bc my bp was way down (and I felt better) so I weaned back down.

Hope you feel better soon.

Katherine

My POTS doctor suggested getting a Home Health Nurse to come to my house to give me IV fluids. I drink so much on my own that I spend half the time in the bathroom. But I guess it might be worth the effort to try.

tthanks~Dixie

[Lovebug]

I have the same problem when my POTS makes me orthostatic...my BP goes up rather than down. Just this morning my BP reading on a wrist cuff was 160/117 so I took it manually. I found that I was 140/90 while sitting and 150/100 while standing. I'm sure if I took it again after standing for a period of time it'd be even higher but I know better than to stand for too long. What do I do when this happens? Fluid, fluid, fluid. I normally drink over 4L/day so I usually get symptoms when I'm slow to get the fluid in. My cardiologist will not recommend IVF as long as I can drink it...afterall, that's less invasive and you have a less chance of complications (infection, vasovagal response from IV start, etc). I hope you start feeling better and do what you need (i.e. lying down) to keep it from getting too high.

[Sallysblooms]

My BP is high also. Many docs don't know that BP can be very high with POTS.It is hard to manage and so destructive, scary. Mine will be very high, then a few days of sort of high, then much better.. Never low on the bottom number.