Headaches on waking
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Having got my palpatations sorted I now have low BP ! after being high for 15 years all tests prove ok but I'm waking up with the most horrendous headaches that last all day and a woozy feeling its very strange nothing moves them its as if I've been drinking alchol the night before and I don't even drink ! anyone got any ideas, I feel daft going to GP for a headache and woozyness ! Its not every morning and I can't work out what sparks them but when there bad there bad.
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neb03649 lesley21458
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Congratulations on dropping your BP, that's a great achievement and will really help your overall health.
The headaches sound pretty rough, I feel for you.
Getting tension out of the body with regular massages (including Indian Head massages), acupuncture which really helped my energy system, and yoga as well as good hydration will help. Avoid stress and alcohol. It may not help immediately, but the best long term cures/ preventative actions don't necessarily work immediately but will over time. Oxygen therapy and breathing techniques to get a little more 02 in to your brain and be a short term solution when headaches are bad.
As hard as it may be, I'd advise avoiding pain killers as people who take them a lot become reliant on the pills to take the headache away meaning the body doesn't learn to deal with headaches itself. Therefore they often become worse and the pills become less effective over time.
Rishi mushrooms are incredible also with the compounds they contain. Having studied cluster headaches which are a living nightmare for the sufferers(I'm sure you are not getting cluster headaches just to clarify) there has been one identified cure. As contriversial as it may sound, apparently it's the only thing that has worked for the sufferers. That product is 'magic mushrooms', where people grow their own and eat them, or dry them and take them in capsules when they need them. There is a good documentary available on this. It is illegal in some countries it should be remembered, however in areas where it is not, it could be a useful solution in desperate cases.
Oxygen cans can be purchased and may just help when the next one comes along. Prevention is always more effective than cure so a healthy lifestyle in general minus stressors is a good start.
It would be good to hear from you if you manage to get on top of the headache problem.
Keep well.
Ben
derek76 lesley21458
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At the end of October my BP was higher than usual and I began to have a semi permanent headache even waking up during the night with one. After three weeks I went to my GP who suggested waiting a bit longer. After another two visits he referred me to a neurologist who I am not seeing for another two weeks.
Later in January I mentioned it to the consultant at the Blood Pressure Referral centre who arranged for me to have a head CT scan that was normal.
Like you my BP has for some reason dropped in the past two or three weeks.
It is high in the morning but not nearly as high as it had been and is dropping during the day despite now taking my losartan and bisoprolol at night and last night not at all as at bed time my BP was 97/57 and I did not want to lower it any more.
This morning my BP averaged 155/100 but by lunchtime it had dropped to 113/71 and was 126/80 at 5.45 pm.
The headaches have eased and now come and go so I am not sure what the neurologist will make of it.
neb03649 derek76
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Rather than BMI a lot of doctors now are using waist size as a pre determinant for health issues. One could conclude that keeping or striving for a slim waist region could help the cardiovascular system be more efficient and less stressed.
Putting plants in the bedroom could help with oxygen levels perhaps. I was just gardening in a poly tunnel loaded with green plants and therefore oxygen rich. I felt great having been there for a couple of hours.
I think trying to avoid beta blockers is a good thing if it's safe to do so. I think they then work better when we really need them, if the time comes again.
interestingly, in studies, people who believed in stress related illness were 40 percent more likely to actually get stress related illnesses. I think keeping optimistic beliefs and expectations can help a long term improvement.
Ben
derek76 neb03649
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History
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Process
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jacqui1162 lesley21458
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neb03649 lesley21458
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That made really interesting reading and i think I could get used to being in a jungle maybe.
A lot of emphasis is made on what we eat, but not so much on what we breathe. I think as we're breathing all the time its just as important, or maybe more so that we ensure that over the long term our air is as clean and oxygenated as possible.
I live in Bournemouth inn the UK. Apparently people live longer here than anywhere else in the UK. Its right on the coast and theres huge forests here. as a result the air quality is pretty good.
I wonder how much that has to do with the positive statistics.
Ben
derek76 neb03649
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