I have high blood pressure, my heart keeps racing at night, leg cramps and ...

Hi crysontherocks...I hate to hear that you are feeling poorly..I hope that you can get to the bottom of this. I would like share with you my problem about year ago. Im no doctor but it might be something you want to check into. Do some research on your own. I was having those heart pounding nights,sleepless nights, and very tired during the day. My sister told me I was depressed and having anxiety attacks. I first thought she was crazy. I did some research and sure enough that was my problem. I seek out a doctor for advise in this field..He said that the nerves does funny things to our body and I was indeed having panic attacks..He put me on some meds and now today I feel much better. Like I said I ain't no doctor but it may be worth checking into..I have you have the ansewers and start to feel better. Would keep us up dated on your progress?

Hi-You're not alone,please remember that.The dr. will need to do the fasting blood work-that's to check your true blood sugars and basically everything else.After she does the blood workup she should be able to help you with some of the things that are bothering you. Do you take b/p medicine or any meds to lower cholestrol? Those will cause the most terrible leg cramps I've ever had and I have them every night.Try to drink more water and if you take meds for anything,ask your dr. if you can take them in the morning instead of at night. The dr. told me to stop smoking-which I am trying to do-he said that would help too. If you drink sodas,tea,coffee or anything with caffeine in it,that will sometimes cause heart palpitations as well. I went to the dr.because of them and he said I needed to stop drinking so much ice tea and drink more water. I am not a dr.-just telling you some of the things I've been told because of the symptoms.I'm still trying to get relief from the leg cramps-they've checked to see if my potassium is low but it's not. Now,I'm going to try to drink a glass of water for every glass of tea I drink to see if that will help. I hope some of this gives you a few options to try-as I said I'm not a dr. but I know that those leg cramps and not being able to sleep takes a toll on your body.

Hi there! I'm sorry you're having those problems and I'm very glad you're consulting your doctor. I have high blood pressure too... much higher than yours, I'm afraid. At its worst, mine has been 200+ over 100+, although I have success in controlling it with meds finally (took forever for the doctor to find something that would work for me). I'm not a medical professional so I wouldn't offer you specific advice but I have been doing some research and thought I could offer you a bit of what I've read. In some cases, racing heart beat while sleeping (or heart palpitations) is explained as being anxiety or stress-induced. In some cases, it's mentioned as being like a panic attack (even in those that don't have those kind of attacks in the daytime hours). Are you under a lot of stress? Do you consume a lot of caffeine? Are you taking any medications that might also be causing those symptoms? (heart palpitations, lethargy or fatigue can sometimes be side effects). The last thing I just read said that a deficiency in calcium and magnesium has been linked to high blood pressure, muscle cramping, insomnia and heart palpitations. I should be aware of that, myself, since I don't think I consume an adequate amount of calcium (I'm always leaving the milk and dairy products for my daughters because of the cost of them... sigh). Might be something I should discuss with my doctor too! In any case, try not to get too upset because I think that's going to physically work against you. Let your doctor do the testing she wants to do but make sure you keep pushing if you don't get what you feel are solid answers. I hope you'll be feeling better soon!

Sorry to hear you're feeling poorly but I do want to point out that when something goes wrong in the body- it affects more than one area/ system. So your heart could be racing due to potential diabetes. Your sugar could be up depending on your diet. Your legs could hurt because both of these or countless other reasons. Your doctor is following a set of steps that will lead to a diagnosis... Even though it isn't coming fast enough for you. You say your heart is racing, how fast? Did you doctor say that there was something wrong with your rhythm or is your heart beat just fast? I know I'm giving you more questions and not answers but the only way to get answers is to follow through with your dr. If after that you still have cause for concern there is nothing wrong with getting a second opinoin. Good luck and I hope you feel better soon.

Hi!I'm a nurse and working for long years in the hospital.Maybe I can help you a little by giving a piece of advice and opinion too.What you may have experiencing right now is actually related to the high blood sugar.By the way,is that 188 done when you were on fasting?High bood sugar result more than 126 mg/L,means you are leading to diabetes.So,most probably the signs and symptoms you have are related to it.You've said:Your heart is pounding and racing faster,that is palpitations.You know,once you have diabetes and receiving insulin,there are complications that some parts of your body would be affected.First,every now and then you will suffer an attack of hypoglycemia (you may feel,severe hunger associated with headache,jeky movements,sweating,palpitation,body weakness....)second,the nerves mostly affected,so avoid any cuts down there on your feet as it will not heal and it will develop into gangrene and goes to amputation of your limbs;third thing is your eyes-may get cataract,fourth is coronary heart disease (that's why you have hypertension)and the fifth I forgot it please do researsh on the net,too much information about diabetes.So sorry about this,I don't want to scare you,but to alarm and warn you.Be careful with your health.Try to modify your diet,turn to healthy and nutritious foods instead.Be optimistic in life,try to consult your problems to the doctor as soon as possible.Just my two cents worth.

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At first, you must communicate with your doctor frequently about it. Secondly, I suggest you pay attention on your food. Fit and healthy food is useful to control your blood pressure. My father's blood pressure was high about half a year ago. And now he eat blackfungus (Jew's-ear in black or auricularia auricula) everyday. And his blood pressure is okay now. - As I really don't know its correct name in English, but in Chinese I know it well, we call it "Hei mu er". It's a amazing food especially for cardiovascular disease, incl. high blood pressure! Secondly, salty food makes blood pressure higher. So avoid intaking too much salt, 5 gram each day is okay. Also I just learn that massage certain acupuneture points which controls organs related to blood pressure. It's also useful! - But if you don't believe in Chinese traditional medicine, that's okay! Hope your well be better! Crysontherocks!

oh my, i had some problem like that for a while. but i cut out on my diet already. i am on a strict fish and wheat bread. less rice. and less eating as much as possible. i am more on vegetable salads. it is helping a lot but i didn't see any lose of weight yet. but i am not hurry but the important thing is i do feel better now. and hopefully with some exercise i do lose some weight soon. and also i cut on sugar and salt and almost every thing. ha ha.

oh sorry to hear your health problems. you have to go to the doctor for a regular check up and tell it to him about your feelings. it's not good having those palpitations at night. it's better to have your health checked by a doctor so that he would give you medicines for your health problems.

Hi I'm William, Why don't you try chinese medicine? Try this site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_Medicine. I recommend you find herbal contains extract of Lumbricus Rubellus in china medical store. It's some kind of red worms. It has effect to decrease your high blood pressure and could cure diabetic. Try it! Chinese medicine doesn't have any side effect. I give you warranty. May GBU Cryson, William