My BP is Running Low Again...

By DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
United States
March 5, 2022 10:17pm CST
Pretty and I just got back from shopping, carrying in the groceries and putting them away. I got dizzy so took my blood pressure. It's 92/76. She wants me to go to the hospital. Normally, my blood pressure runs at 121/72. My doctor is really happy with that. I'm not going to the hospital. The people at the local hospital are quacks! And I don't feel like driving to the good hospital. I'm just going to lie on my bed for a while. Image is not mine. But that looks just like my home machine.
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Sanjeev
@sjvg1976 (41281)
• Delhi, India
6 Mar 22
Hope you feel better soon. Why aren't you going to the doctor? I don't think you need a good doctor for it, a local doctor will help.
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Sanjeev
@sjvg1976 (41281)
• Delhi, India
6 Mar 22
@DaddyEvil hope so, have a cup of coffee and eat normal salt that will increase BP. Good that you didn't get injured after you fell.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
6 Mar 22
@sjvg1976 My doctor wants my blood pressure to stay down. After I rested on my bed for 45 minutes my blood pressure is better now at 109/70, which is still on the low side but better than it was.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
6 Mar 22
I see my doctor once a month. Pretty is just worried because I fell down. I usually catch a wall or door when I feel dizzy but was in the middle of the room this time. I'm sure I'm okay. I have a doctor appointment at the end of the month.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (218921)
• Walnut Creek, California
6 Mar 22
121/72 sounds great. Do you know why it dipped after shopping?
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
6 Mar 22
No, we have no idea. This is the second time my bp has dropped like that.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
7 Mar 22
@TheHorse Thanks. I hope the doctor can figure it out.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (218921)
• Walnut Creek, California
6 Mar 22
@DaddyEvil I hope you can figure it out.
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ShannyBananny
@shaggin (72141)
• United States
6 Mar 22
Your low today is higher then my normal. I wonder if blood pressure is different between men and women on what’s high and low.
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ShannyBananny
@shaggin (72141)
• United States
7 Mar 22
@DaddyEvil it’s always been real low. I used to faint a lot but rarely anymore. Mine used to be so low doctors would ask if I was okay and I’d say yeah I’m fine why and they’d say because at this low people are usually fainting. My grandmother had very low blood pressure as well. My father and sister have high blood pressure so I’ll just be glad I don’t have to take medicine to control my blood pressure like they do.
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ShannyBananny
@shaggin (72141)
• United States
7 Mar 22
@DaddyEvil my dad had strokes so his blood pressure is something to be concerned about. Amazing your dad lived until 70 and never even took medicine for it. What did he die from?
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
7 Mar 22
@shaggin Mom had low blood pressure and dad had high blood pressure. Dad always refused to take meds for it and he lived to be 70 years old.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (180805)
• United States
6 Mar 22
Maybe you need to drop that diuretic.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (180805)
• United States
6 Mar 22
@DaddyEvil Have a salty snack.
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Sanjeev
@sjvg1976 (41281)
• Delhi, India
6 Mar 22
@DaddyEvil end of the month is too far, it's starting of the month.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
6 Mar 22
My doctor cut the dose in half... We'll see what she says when we see her at the end of the month. It was low again when I took it half an hour ago. 94/60. I'm dizzy again.
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vanny
@vandana7 (100297)
• India
7 Mar 22
I was wondering how your hand suddenly became so slim. LOL Kidding. Pretty and I have same issues apparently. Parents who think they know too much.
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vanny
@vandana7 (100297)
• India
7 Mar 22
@DaddyEvil You could ask a neighbor or friend. In India, we get drivers on hire. I love my country.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
7 Mar 22
You're mean. I asked Pretty if she was sure she wanted me to drive to the hospital when I felt faint. She decided I was right to wait at home. Crashing the car could have been bad for both of us.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
7 Mar 22
@vandana7 Yes, we could but won't. We have a car. Why ask someone else to drive us anywhere?
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471421)
• Switzerland
6 Mar 22
It is low but not so low to require to go to the ER. Should it go at 90/60, this is hypotension and requires attention. Mine is usually 116/68 that is considered normal.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471421)
• Switzerland
7 Mar 22
@DaddyEvil My husband has often a very low BP, his doctor told him to keep at home real licorice and chew a small piece if he feels dizzy and the BP is too low. I bought the licorice sticks, as the candies are all fake licorice.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
7 Mar 22
@LadyDuck Hmm... Pretty gave me a little salt a few days ago when I was dizzy. The doctor said that was fine. It worked okay. A few days ago when I had a problem I ate a piece of ham. It's salty and worked, too.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
6 Mar 22
I took it again about half an hour ago and it was low again. 94/63. I've fixed myself a sandwich and gotten a glass of water to go with it. Hopefully, that will help.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (139937)
• Philippines
6 Mar 22
I think it is too slow for me. Is it not because of the medicine?
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (139937)
• Philippines
6 Mar 22
@DaddyEvil I think it is the dosage.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
6 Mar 22
It might be. We'll have to talk with the doctor about it at the appointment at the end of the month.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
6 Mar 22
@Shavkat Yes, it may be. I'll see the doctor as soon as I can.
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (68082)
• United States
6 Mar 22
I hope you get to feeling better quickly. We rarely think of low blood pressure as a problem.
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (68082)
• United States
7 Mar 22
@DaddyEvil — I think it’s time to get a new doctor. I had a quack, I mean doctor, tell me my back hurt because “you lost your butt” (meaning I’d lost weight). No, my back hurt because of sponylolisthesis, and if he’d taken an x-ray he would’ve KNOWN that. Anyway, stay healthy.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
7 Mar 22
@FourWalls We switched to this doctor three years ago because our last one was a quack. This doctor says I'm a nightmare patient but she's trying to get things right. The last doctor didn't even try. I hope you're doing better now.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
6 Mar 22
Thank you. I KNOW! My doctor keeps telling me we have to get my blood pressure lower but then it dips and she tells me I don't feel good when it does that because my body isn't used to "normal" blood pressure. *sigh*
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Marlina
@marlina (154131)
• Canada
6 Mar 22
So sorry about your situation. I have low blood pressure too and am always dizzy,
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Marlina
@marlina (154131)
• Canada
14 Mar 22
@DaddyEvil Not really
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
6 Mar 22
Thanks. I hope your doctor is helping you with that.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
14 Mar 22
@marlina That's not good. My doctor is trying to figure out the right combination of meds for me.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (106362)
• Marion, Ohio
6 Mar 22
Hope it comes up soon. Any lower you need to go.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
6 Mar 22
@wolfgirl569 And it's low again this morning. I'm eating a ham sandwich to help bring it up again.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
6 Mar 22
I know. It came up after I rested for 45 minutes last night.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (106362)
• Marion, Ohio
6 Mar 22
@DaddyEvil Thats good.
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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl
@1creekgirl (41444)
• United States
6 Mar 22
Hope you're feeling better!
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
6 Mar 22
Thanks. I'm not dizzy anymore but I haven't gotten up off the bed yet, either.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
6 Mar 22
@1creekgirl Yeah, the doctor told me I might get dizzy if my bp drops too low because my body isn't used to that. I've fallen down a couple of times lately. We have another appointment with her at the end of the month.
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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl
@1creekgirl (41444)
• United States
6 Mar 22
@DaddyEvil Low BP is better than high BP, but it can make you very faint so be careful when you get up.
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solxee
@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
6 Mar 22
As they say, parents are more hardheaded than their children.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
6 Mar 22
After lying on my bed for 45 minutes, my blood pressure started coming up where the doctor wants it. You'd rather I tried to drive to the good hospital and pass out along the drive?
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solxee
@sol_cee (38219)
• Philippines
6 Mar 22
@DaddyEvil whatta relief! What triggered it anyway?
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
6 Mar 22
@sol_cee We don't know. The doctor started me on diuretics a few weeks ago and that's when my blood pressure dropped the first time, so she cut the dose in half. Everything has been fine with the half dose until tonight.
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Arunima Singh
@arunima25 (87806)
• Bangalore, India
6 Mar 22
A little rest should help. I have a tendency to have low BP when anything goes wrong with my body..be it any sickness, spike in my sugar or my monthly cycle. Even my regular BP is 111/73.( That's the max) A glass of water with a bit of salt and sugar together helps instantly. That's the suggestion by my doctor for home remedy.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
6 Mar 22
My doctor is trying to get my bp lower. She doesn't want me to do anything to make it go up.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
6 Mar 22
@arunima25 I played on myLot for 45 minutes and my bp went back up again.
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Arunima Singh
@arunima25 (87806)
• Bangalore, India
6 Mar 22
@DaddyEvil Oh! I see. Then you should not go for anything like that. Deep breathing for some time keeps BP in control. It's supposed to be effective for both low and high BP. My husband has a tendency of high BP while I am on lower side. My husband has to be very careful about his salt intake.
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[eds]
@ZedSmart (19787)
• Philippines
6 Mar 22
I hope that you are OK now. Mine is always going up so I don't stop taking my meds.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
6 Mar 22
Thank you. I have to take blood pressure meds twice a day to keep it down where the doctor wants it. She just started me on diuretic pills to see if that would help hold it down. This is the second time my blood pressure has dropped like that.
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bonnie
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
7 Mar 22
@DaddyEvil I have suspected that those meds are what causes it to go down too much. I stopped my meds and it's much better now.
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@ZedSmart (19787)
• Philippines
7 Mar 22
@bunnybon7 I think he should ask the doctor so that he can lower the dose of his intake.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (112875)
• El Paso, Texas
6 Mar 22
I don't know much about blood pressure as I rarely take mine.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (112875)
• El Paso, Texas
7 Mar 22
I know that when blood pressure is too high or too low it's bad but I have no idea what numbers are in the good range.
DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
7 Mar 22
Mine normally runs way high so I have to take meds to bring it down. My doctor says my body doesn't know how to handle it when my blood pressure goes below the normal range. When something causes it to drop, I have problems.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (139742)
• Roseburg, Oregon
6 Mar 22
I hope you feel better really soon.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (139742)
• Roseburg, Oregon
6 Mar 22
@DaddyEvil Mine is always in the 120's.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
6 Mar 22
@jstory07 Without my daily two doses of medication, my blood pressure runs around 190/150 or so.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
6 Mar 22
Thank you. I hope so, too. I'm going to get up and take my blood pressure again. 109/70 now, which the doctor will like.
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Juliaacv
@Juliaacv (50979)
• Canada
6 Mar 22
I hope that you can rest and it will help, make sure that Pretty is checking on you regularly and that if your bp doesn't rebound, that you are okay with going to the hospital.
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Juliaacv
@Juliaacv (50979)
• Canada
6 Mar 22
@DaddyEvil It might be helpful if you marked it down and the time when you take it in case your daughter needs to get you emergency care. I hope that does not happen.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
6 Mar 22
The rest did help. Then I took my morning meds at 6 am and went to sleep. I woke up a little bit ago and was dizzy again. My blood pressure is down again to 94/63. I made a sandwich and got a glass of water. Hopefully that will help.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
6 Mar 22
@Juliaacv I keep track on the notepad in my phone, just in case. Thank you.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340150)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Mar 22
I'm sorry to hear this. I hope your BP comes good after you lie down for a while but don't put off going to a doctor if that is what you need to do.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
7 Mar 22
@JudyEv Mine had been holding pretty steady but the doctor thought it was still a little too high, so she added a diuretic a little over a month ago. It dropped too low and she cut the diuretic dose in half once. I'm not sure what she's going to do now.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
6 Mar 22
My bp came up after I'd been lying in bed for 45 minutes last night but still not as high as the doctor wanted it. I took it again about half an hour ago and it was low again. I have an appointment at the end of the month. We'll talk with the doctor then.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340150)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Mar 22
@DaddyEvil Vince's BP was all over the place for a while but the tablets he is on now do seem to help.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
6 Mar 22
Wow that is very low. I hope it improves soon.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
6 Mar 22
Thank you. It comes back up for a while and then dips again. I don't know why.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
6 Mar 22
@CarolDM Yeah... but my doctor is in the hospital right now. I have an appointment when they believe she'll be back in the office. I'm keeping track so I can show her then.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
6 Mar 22
@DaddyEvil That can be very dangerous as you know.
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Marie Coyle
@MarieCoyle (37562)
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6 Mar 22
Oh, my. I have low BP all the time. Normal for me is about 95/68. So when it goes lower, I get a bit woozy like you. Sometimes I eat some salted nuts and it goes back up, but you are right to lie on your bed and rest a bit. Take care of yourself, please!
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
7 Mar 22
@MarieCoyle That's exactly what happened.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
6 Mar 22
Thanks. That's exactly what i did. When I got up this morning, it dropped again, so I ate a ham sandwich. The salt in the ham pushed it back up where it should be.
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Marie Coyle
@MarieCoyle (37562)
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6 Mar 22
@DaddyEvil Ham will shoot mine right up, too. Lots of salt there!
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