39 years old and worried

i have had high bp on and off for some years. but recently it just wouldnt go down. my normal high bp is 160/110, but ive had it go as high as 214/140 something.

anyway the doc has put me on 2.5mg of ramipril. in the first few days i had some banging headaches, but today my headache was more or less gone, and has been replaced with itching it seems. i had my bp checked again and its still high, so they have suggested i take another dose of 2.5mg at night. well i took the dose tonight and my bp is still high 175/110. the best ive seen it was yesterday i think when it was 148/99.

the strange thing is my bp sometimes drops from say 160/110 to 120/80 in literally a couple of weeks between checks. this confuses the gp's big time. so this is why in the past i havent had meds, as my bp has suddenly dropped.

also at the moment i seem to have a small amount of pain in the left part of my chest, like a dull ache, as if ive pulled a pec mussle. im not sure if this is syco symatic or real. im having an ecg in about 10 days.

im not over wieght as such. im about 11st6 and 5ft6 tall. but i do have a desk job and not much excercise at all. though i did hammer the excercise bike for about a week, with hardly any improvement in my bp.

have i left it too late to get my bp sorted and in the process knakered my heart?

i also wondered if there are other forums i can join to ask questions on.

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