My hearing and gets muffled when my blood pressure goes up

Thank you I have had my meds adjusted once a year ago and I'm going to the cardiologist in two weeks I will have another adjustment hopefully but this only happens every once in awhile it's not everyday but I'm sure that it needs adjusted or it wouldn't go up when I least expect it to and make me feel ill

You should have a BP monitor at home, they don't cost much for a decent one these days. In the UK, most doctors use Omron, so people tend to buy the same. You can then measure it throughout the day, and especially when you hear the pounding to see if it really has gone up and by how much.

I do have one and I take it everyday and check it when I get those spikes in my blood pressure I usually take some anxiety medicine and a half of a BP medicine but I want the doctor to adjust it so I won't be medicating myself thank you for your concern?

Hi Diane when you say it goes up how high does it go to and what's your base BP

RHGB

I'm assuming you aren't a physician, because no physician, in their right

mind would ever advise a patient to measure their BP throughout the day,

that may happen in an ICU, but not at home, especially measured by a

person who, by their own admission suffers from anxiety and panic attacks.  Taking her BP measurements throughout the day would only

cause more neurosis and panicd attacks.

I never indicated I was medically trained or even alluded to that. I think most people are fully aware that they are not talking to doctors here, but merely people who have suffered similar problems and have a personal interest in the subject.

I have been asked to monitor my BP at home, throughout the day previously. AM & PM, to see if it fluctuates. Last year I had an ambulatory monitor.

Although I am not a doctor, I take a calcium channel blocker, a beta blocker and a diuretic. Three years ago I had a brain haemorrhage from hypertension. So I am reasonably au fait with the workings of blood pressure and how it is treated.

By all means, give the OP advice, she has asked for it, but I have not.

I'm sure as far as brain hemmorhages are concerned, you could write a book, but as for recommending someone take their BP measurements

throughout the day iwould not be something physicians in the US would recommend, and that comes from a nephrologist who told a relative of mine that that would only cause more stress and neurosis.  Obviously,

your brain hemmorhage was not that serious, you're very lucky.  All the people I've known who had one didn't live to tell about it, they can be 

quite catasrophic.

Dianah needs to go back to GP and find out exactly what it is and as you say to see if her symptoms are BP related

I was also told to do it 2/3 times a week for another month, its fine and only spikes when I am anxious.

Sometimes it awakens me after a night terror are horrifying nightmare which is a thing that I have been suffering from since I started taking Ranexa which is a heart pain medication it has stated that it can be a side effect but my BP happens usually in the middle of the night but can happen just out of nowhere and it seems as though my anxiety Med doesn't make it go down by itself all-in-all I will have it checked and see what the cardiologist says thank you all for your concern and your help

Well, at least if you can pin down your nightime problems to starting Ranexa, then hopefully that may be a medicine that can be changed to something that won't cause the same side effect.  Be absolutely honest with the cardiologist when you see him/her next month and hopefully you will get the expert help and advice that you need....and deserve.   

Hi Dianna I notice you haven been on to comment on how your consultation went with the cardiologist, its great that we have this site to come on when we are struggling to come to grips with some health issues or even just need a friendly to give support when we are down and its even better that our peer's take the time and energy to give that support, so its nice when the reciprecant comes back after there issues are either resolved or they have a good course of action to follow, this information could help someone in a similar situation feel less anxious or even persuade them to seek medical intervention themselves, I hope your on the mend and it was good news you received.