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lisalisa67
lisalisa67

I have a panic disorder. I have gad. I have bad reflux and gerd. Blood pressure medication was recently an optiondue to the pressure readings. bUT i tried toporol and got horrific tinnitus and was whoozy. So switched to norvasc a calcium blocker and by day four sever heartburn and big time depression accompanied it. I am not overweight. What do i do. Doctor is annoyed and doesnt know what to do and told me depression can just come. But when we stopped the medicine the depression went away. The panic attacks right now are an issue. He recommended a echo cardiogram to see how the arteries look and gave me buspar as i also get more depressed on ssris. Why is this happening. Am i the only one who gets  these side effects. Im hoping someone out there  has similiar issues and has had luck with a bp med that didnt increase reflux and depression. I dont want to go insane cause i need a bp meds. My husband think the anxiety. Is giving me high blood pressure and i dont really have high bp. And he can be correct because i was always in the low range until last year. Spmeone please help. I smoked for the last thirty years. Although a half a packer i  want to quit very bad

y it is hard with the panic attacks and now worrying about bp

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  • helen_07568
    helen_07568 lisalisa67

    Posted

    Anxiety certainly sends your bp readings into havoc, and worry will make it worse I think you probably need to treat your anxiety levels and your husband is probably right panic is making the whole situation worse.. have you got a home bp monitor so you can keep an eye on it.  giving up smoking might be hard at this stressful time 

    good luck

  • hails63112
    hails63112 lisalisa67

    Posted

    Hi Lisalisa,

    My experience is so similar to mine and I felt relieved to read it, 2yrs ago, I was diagnosed with high bloodpressure but severe hypertension! I was put on medication that were calcium channel blockers, I had horrific side effects so swapped to ramapril, no side effects so far! The doctor is baffled by my BP readings as sometimes okay and sometimes off the scale! I was told to buy a monitor and record at home, this is where the problem started, I became obsessed with doing my BP and did not know what to do when it was high. I once took it at the start of a panic attack (didn't realise) and I freeked out at the reading! I now have a phobia of the machine and my family have banned it as it was making me ill! I have been diagnosed with panic attacks and on citalopram since November, I feel great now and I have been given beta blocker to calm me down when needed. The GP said my BP is most likely related to anxiety and he will monitor again in a couple of months when citalopram is fully working! You sound like me , let me know what the outcome is for you and I completely understand your worry, my view would be not to buy home BP monitor if you have anxiety but pop to chemist weekly who will record it for you. Good luck

    • helen_07568
      helen_07568 hails63112

      Posted

      Yes hails it is difficult some of us are banned from the machines and in other cases they bring relief to an anxious person taking it when you have just got out the bath is a good time, they serve their purpose but not  for individuals that worry if the reading is slightly high, and stress will totally over rule bp medication in any case, white coat syndrome is one instance that if you suffer from bp meds will make no difference at all..   take care and good luck 
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