Hello! Hope everyone had a pain free thanksgiving or at least with minimal pain. I know it’s too much to ask but we have to find things to be thankful for.
I have been quiet for a long while as I have been doing pretty well since I’ve moved to a warmer climate and I guess i’ve gone and hidden from what may well return and tried to disconnect.
Anyway, I write to ask those with high blood pressure and are taking medication for it.
The question is does your blood pressure medication trigger pain?
As i write this, i realize that some may not be able to answer my question “correctly” Being as I have been in “remission”. I have been pain free so I can say that the last two B.O. medications I had been prescribed, within 3-5 days, have triggered pain.
Dang, I just shot down my own question ha ha ha. But, am still going to go ahead and publish this question just in case there are folks out there who may help.
The doctor looked at me like I was crazy, but I know my body and i know what my TN pain is like and it was UH_OH (major) here it is again. I stopped taking it and got away without getting put back on high blood pressure medicine until a week ago when they said I was still reading high.
This time, they put me on lisinopril (first it was lisinopril hctz , one with water pill) the NP said it could have been what caused it to start.
My thinking is this medication, and I quote from lisinopril website, "works by decreasing certain chemicals that tighten the blood vessels, so blood flows more smoothly and the heart can pump blood more efficiently"
My tapped or pinched nerve is getting more blood pumped into it, more forceful maybe, stronger pulses perhaps and each pulse or beat is working on my Trigeminal nerve wherever it is getting pinched and sending those signals of pain.
I’ve said it before, most of you have said it too, I’ll say it again, Am I crazy or what??
Thanks,
Gia
I would say anything is possible. I’ve taking lisinopril hctz for about 20 years (wasn’t always called that, because that is the generic form). I’ve also been on that plus 2 lasix a day for awhile - that was awhile ago. No changes in meds here, so I can’t say it was a trigger… but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t helped me along.
WOW -- just before my 2nd oral surgery -- my dr. told me to load up on lisinopril that I had neglected to take for weeks -- so I took one or two the night before - and two the next morning -- and besides ending up in the ER for first day of TN hell -- I had a swollen throat and tongue -- apparently caused by lisinopril --
I'm on new blood pressure meds now - numbers much better unless I start thinking about the first time trileptal doesn't work!
6 weeks pain free : )
I think if you have high blood pressure and TN you should do something for that blood pressure. TN takes such a toll on your body that if you have high blood pressure you could be more likely for stroke or heart attack. Walk/exercise if you can, especially during “quiet” periods.Good luck to all…
@KC Enjoy those pain free moments. I’ve taken on other steps to manage my BP. I didn’t have it really bad, just that it was constantly on the borderline for hypertension and so they wanted to take care of it. I’ve since switched, then quit taking it and still am in pain so I’m back on the BP meds.
@Jerry, you are so right. Now when in Pain, they have to attempt several times before they believe the reading on the machine cause it shoots high up there, but I’ve taken to doing exercising and walking more when pain is below a “5”. It’s been constant since it was triggered a month ago.
I have uncontrolled BP and take many meds for it. Sure hope it isnt making matters worse. I think the pain makes my BP much worse. Dentist did not even want to work on me it was so high. I told her I would take responsibility for it. Anyone else with uncontrolled hypertension, possibly because of the pain?
Kath
Pain always makes my BP shoot up. I"m not talking about the everyday, always there pain. I mean the shooting pains and all those nasty attacks, then it goes sky high. I’ve had it where I rip the cuff off cause it would keep pumping higher and higher to the point that it hurts my arm as bad as my face pain. The ER I frequented when it was at it’s peak and I was frequent flyer, knew it was really bad and they’d say, you beat your old record, and somehow they moved quicker understanding the urgency and level of pain
. So from their explanation, I’d say pain and bp readings are somehow tied in together. You’re stressed and in pain, hence the higher blood pressure reading.
I have Bradycardia, until I have PAIN. Then my 56 pulse, well, the 210/110 along with profuse sweating - gave the Paramedics/ER (nice people), a good run for their money; checking me out for a heart attack and such.
I haven't had to have an ambulance ride in awhile: ) The PAIN is the same, as well, my initial reactions; I'm very grateful that it no longer rules me, this PAIN just makes me pause...sometimes I wince, sometimes I get all teary-eyed. Then I smile. Am I crazy or what? bob
Bob, if you’re able to smile, then smile for all it’s worth. I remind myself to smile more often when I can.
We trudge on and not let it rule us. I insist on working until the day I’m fired from work because they can’t take me anymore. Yet, even after that, life will go on.
So Smile!
So they don’t check you out for heart conditions again, carry a sheet of paper detailing what you’ve got and what can help you as well as let them know how high your blood pressure can get when having a bad attack. Saves you both time and useless procedures.