Hypertension in late twenties..

[Lak1115]

Not an aibu so I apologise. I posted in the health section and got little replies.

But how many of you have had high blood pressure in twenties?

I don’t smoke or drink at all, my diet isn’t great and I’m overweight so losing weight would help. I could exercise more. I don’t drink tea or coffee so caffeine isn’t a problem. I have anxiety and am under a lot of stress at the minute.

Advice? I’m yet to see a doctor again. I had a ambulatory monitor yesterday and the readings were consistently High. Had. A phone call today to say the machine is playing up and they can’t retrieve my results because of an error. No more bp monitors available until after Christmas. So I’m going to be anxious about it all until it’s done.. great Christmas!!

Advice? Gonna try lowering my bp with eating healthier and exercising more to start with. I average about 10-15000 steps a day with my Fitbit but need to do more cardio. I will try and reduce my stress but seems really hard. I have a son with additional needs and he’s particularly testing at the minute.

I don’t know what to do or who to turn to.

Also had blood tests which came back normal.

Surely I’m too young for high blood pressure?

So with additional needs + anxiety + overweight = high blood pressure.

Work on the easiest thing to change first

And you're not too you g for high blood pressure. Its based on a risk factors rather than age

How high were the readings? Do you have a BP machine at home, if not will you be able to get a digital monitor if you're worried? Is there hypertension in your family?

Yes, do the 'healthy' living things, but you might need to have some simple tests to make sure there isn't anything else underlying it.

Good luck :)

You can buy a blood pressure monitor from pharmacies for around £25.

I'm older than you, but going through similar things, and the medication is really helping to manage my blood pressure. Have the docs said anything about blood pressure tables, beta blockers or diuretics?

My top number wasn’t too bad but bottom number was anywhere between 89 and 110 😱 highest when the stress hit. It was really high when the nurse took it first thing before putting the monitor on. But I do believe I have white coat syndrome.

I’ve have always had slightly elevated blood pressure. I had it checked about 3-4 years ago before this and it was around 150/90 but at the time they said it was ok as long as it didn’t increase.

I plan to buy a bp monitor. I’ve asked the receptionist if I should monitor at home and bring in the results because the bp monitor isn’t available until after Christmas. She said I could buy the doctor would rather use their own machine as more reliable (obviously wasn’t yesterday).

Hypertension does run in my family. My mother (in her forties) has it but she is particularly large, does little to no exercise and has a very poor diet which doesn’t help. My weight and diet isn’t the best but certainly not terrible but I can make improvements. My grandparents both have it but they are elderly and in good health with it being controlled with medication. Heart attacks and strokes have killed people in my family but mainly in old and due to poor life style so I really need to turn this around now 😭

Is it possible to lower blood pressure with diet & exercise, reducing stress, eating less salt etc without the need of medication?

Yes, you can lower blood pressure by being healthier...

Try to avoid salt, try to relax a bit more, eat better generally, lose weight, reassess in 6 months

I haven’t seen a doctor again yet. It was high when I seen him a month ago. The plan was to have the bp monitor yesterday before seeing him again so they can see how my bp changes throughout the day but for some reason it failed and the staff aren’t able to retrieve my results. So I need to have it done again! I’m going to call back tomorrow to discuss my options. I don’t feel it’s fair for me to wait until after Christmas. I know they cannot magic up a monitor but maybe I could buy my own and record them for the doctor to see...

I have had blood tests a few weeks ago. Checked thyroid, sugar levels, iron and whatever else they check on routine blood tests and all came back fine. Worrying about this is making me stress even more. 😥😭

Also, does feeling poorly increase not significantly? Both times it’s been tested. A month ago at the doctors I was suffering from an awful headache due to wisdom teeth. I have a stinking cold, congested and sore throat would this have affected my readings?

I have had high bp since my thirties, I’m 54 now. I have some genetic issue with my heart which causes it, but it’s controlled with medication

I was in hospital recently for an operation and every time they took it, it was spot on

My husband who is a similar age and very healthy and fit no smoking or drinking, healthy weight and religiously at gym 3x a week had high blood pressure when it was checked at work. Checked multiple times at home and always fine. He has anxiety disorder so have put it down to white coat syndrome.

Have a look at the DASH diet
Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension
It’s American and well researched

You are never 'too young' for high blood pressure. I know someone who was diagnosed with hypertension at the age of 15. I was diagnosed with it at the age of 35 (I'm 56 now) and have been taking tablets for it ever since. I AM overweight,but had given up smoking when I was diagnosed,and have never drunk much alcohol. But,apparently 'essential' hypertension can be hereditary. My late DM had it from the age of 45,and both of my older brothers,when they were in their me 40s. Neither of them are overweight,smoke or drink much.
My BP was fairly well controlled up until my last-but-one check. I was regularly getting readings of 140/90,which is just about OK for my age. However,in the last year,I have lost 4 stone in weight (combination of diet and exercise) and when I had my BP checked last week,it was120/70,the lowest it's been in years. So I guess losing weight,improving your diet and increasing the amount of exercise you do can help.