Blood Pressure at young age 27 feeling depressed :(

I know your pain man. I'm 29 had recently found out i had high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. I did a couple of things i researched, and so far it seems to be working after only 2 weeks! My readings were around 160/100 and pulse was around 105ish. I'm about 15 lbs. Over weight, and moderately watched what i ate with the occasional splurge, but i realized i was rarely ever active except with playing with my kids.

So, first thing i did was set up an exercise routine (which i still do today) ride 3 miles in 10 minutes(or as fast as i could) on a bike in morning, and a high intensity workout at night for 25 minutes. I also limited myself to less than 2 grams of sodium a day, and cut dairy and all meats except salmon out of my diet. I drink a blended fruit and veggie smoothie for breakfast with Spirulina, a clove of garlic added to it and eat 1/4 a cup of whole flax seeds with it. For lunch i eat Turkey flavored Tofu(tastes identical to turkey seriously you couldn't tell the difference) and salad with a bosc pear. Dinner, i eat Quinoa(which if you hadn't seen or heard of this you need to get it, it's amazingly healthy) no sodium kidney beans, and either salmon or mixed vegetables. Doing this I've gotten it steadily to be around 120/75 with pulse around 80-90. And like i said this is all in literally 2 weeks. So don't give up man, it's a scary battle but research some foods that help reduce blood pressure, and change your lifestyle if possible. Even if you have to take the medication, rest assured that you've caught the problem early and i know a few people who've been on blood pressure medicine for 30+ years and still healthy and active. So keep your head up

The causes of HTN are mostly unknown.  There's no reason to feel depressed--most people get HTN at some point in their lives, or other, worse conditions; just shrug and accept it.

What meds?  And how much?

Hey Abhij how are you doing now?? Me too just got HBP last week with 164/ 93 reading.... it so depressing honestly but I tried to change my diet with lots of vegetables/ bananas/ herbal tea / juice/ Fish went don’t to 146/88... still high but at least I see some improvement 

I m working as nursing officer..25 yr and befor 2 day I found my self hypertensive...doctor start me metoprolol medicine.....its reallly hard to accept...I dnt know how I wil come out from anxiety...its soooooo hard.to soooohard to accept

Hi i was diagnosed with hbp yesterday and the doctor said that i need to take medicine/maintenance for lifetime. It's really depressing cause i'm only 22 years old. Any recommendations or suggestions please 

Im right there with you. Just left the doctor today and it was 160/100. I'm 31 and my mom had a stroke, grandmother, 3 aunts, 2 uncles and a cousin had one too. Yes it is very depressing. I'm going to try exercising which I hadn't really done on a regular basis because I associated it with weight loss, not health. Hopefully this will help. God bless!