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Blood decreases greatly after doing some breathing exercises
Posted on 3/11/24 at 8:50 pm
Posted on 3/11/24 at 8:50 pm
I’m starting to think my high blood pressure might be strictly stress induced. Blood pressure after breath work goes down to 117/67 prior 136/85. Does this point to strictly stress induced blood pressure? I am currently on BP medicine.
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Posted on 3/11/24 at 9:07 pm to thadcastle
I do not know, but I'm having similar issues. My BP was staying nice and steady at around 115-122/74-78 for I don't know how long, over a year. The past 2 weeks I've been up around 135-145 systolic, 80-85 diastolic. My heart rate is the same, average resting heart rate is actually trying to decrease ever so slightly, it used to run 50-51, but now my Garmin reports are telling me its 48-49..
I haven't really been doing much different lately, but I've been getting really frustrated with myself a lot due to various things and I've been dealing with the stress by pushing harder in the gym and especially with cardio. Maybe it's stress, maybe I'm overdoing it, I don't know, but it's got me concerned that's for sure.
I used to take 5mg once a day Lisinopril, but I started taking Carditone once a day several months back and when I ran out of my last bottle of Lisinopril I just never got any more, but that was months ago. My BP has been phenomenal all that time, until 2 weeks ago. I haven't upped my Carditone yet, I'm just watching closely, taking at least 1 BP reading a day.
I haven't really been doing much different lately, but I've been getting really frustrated with myself a lot due to various things and I've been dealing with the stress by pushing harder in the gym and especially with cardio. Maybe it's stress, maybe I'm overdoing it, I don't know, but it's got me concerned that's for sure.
I used to take 5mg once a day Lisinopril, but I started taking Carditone once a day several months back and when I ran out of my last bottle of Lisinopril I just never got any more, but that was months ago. My BP has been phenomenal all that time, until 2 weeks ago. I haven't upped my Carditone yet, I'm just watching closely, taking at least 1 BP reading a day.
Posted on 3/11/24 at 9:15 pm to DrDenim
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when I ran out of my last bottle of Lisinopril I just never got any more,
I am going to go with that as being the reason
Posted on 3/11/24 at 11:16 pm to thadcastle
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Blood pressure after breath work goes down to 117/67 prior 136/85.
The second reading is probably after you’re nice and relaxed and have sat still for a while, which is how you are supposed to check BP. Sounds like you have perfect blood pressure, so congrats!
Posted on 3/12/24 at 9:22 am to FieldEngineer
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The second reading is probably after you’re nice and relaxed and have sat still for a while, which is how you are supposed to check BP. Sounds like you have perfect blood pressure, so congrats!
Ehh I don't know about that. I have to try really hard to get it down that low. 95% of the time it is in the 136/85 but if I really focus and do some breath work it can get down that low.
Posted on 3/12/24 at 11:08 am to thadcastle
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95% of the time it is in the 136/85
Pretty normal when you’re up and about doing stuff. You should be checking at consistent times, with no caffeine or stimulants and an empty bladder, after resting for 15-30 minutes.
Posted on 3/12/24 at 1:54 pm to FieldEngineer
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Pretty normal when you’re up and about doing stuff. You should be checking at consistent times, with no caffeine or stimulants and an empty bladder, after resting for 15-30 minutes.
Ok good. Is it weird that it gets up to 155/90?
Posted on 3/12/24 at 2:09 pm to thadcastle
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Is it weird that it gets up to 155/90?
If it stays there, that’s no good. If it’s just a random reading during the day when you’ve been doing activity or having caffeine, I wouldn’t sweat it much.
Take your reading at consistent times and log them. Then you can look at the average and figure out if it’s an issue or not.
Posted on 3/12/24 at 6:01 pm to thadcastle
Description of these exercises, por favor.
Posted on 3/12/24 at 6:43 pm to Jim Rockford
Maybe I spoke too soon, I'm back to normal now. 117/73. I think I was training too hard, my body was constantly sore, and I was taking at least 1000mg of tylenol a day. That'll likely raise BP.
So I decided to tough it out and stop any and all NSAIDS, and back off on training so hard every day. I'm still gonna keep a close eye on it for a few more weeks.
Rockford, he's probably talking about something like "Box Breathing", inhale on a 4 count, hold for 4 seconds, exhale on a 4 count, hold for 4 seconds, repeat, 4, 4, 4, 4. Or some other kind of controlled breathing exercise pattern. There are many different patterns of breathing that will relieve stress/anxiety and are proven to lower blood pressure.
So I decided to tough it out and stop any and all NSAIDS, and back off on training so hard every day. I'm still gonna keep a close eye on it for a few more weeks.
Rockford, he's probably talking about something like "Box Breathing", inhale on a 4 count, hold for 4 seconds, exhale on a 4 count, hold for 4 seconds, repeat, 4, 4, 4, 4. Or some other kind of controlled breathing exercise pattern. There are many different patterns of breathing that will relieve stress/anxiety and are proven to lower blood pressure.
Posted on 3/12/24 at 6:47 pm to thadcastle
Breath work is and has been a common practice for a very long time. Recent studies have shown that certain breathing patterns stimulate the Vagus Nerve which in turn causes an uptick in your Parasympathetic Nervous System (part of your Autonomic Nervous System that regulates rest, digestion, recovery, and healing).
There are more ways to stimulate the Vagus Nerve during breathwork. A few of these are, breathing in and out through your nose only. Also, having a breathing cadence that makes your exhalation twice as long as your inhalation is very effective. An example would be to breath in for 4 seconds, hold for 4 seconds, and breath out for 8 seconds.
There are more ways to stimulate the Vagus Nerve during breathwork. A few of these are, breathing in and out through your nose only. Also, having a breathing cadence that makes your exhalation twice as long as your inhalation is very effective. An example would be to breath in for 4 seconds, hold for 4 seconds, and breath out for 8 seconds.
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