re: Anyone in their 40s taking blood pressure meds?

Started taking Lisinopril last year.. I’m 35

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crazy the difference between my morning readings and my evening readings.

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Which is higher? I only check mine in the mornings and sometimes midday. 110-125/75-80 in the morning, but 130s/80s after coffee and working a few hours. I’m fine with that.

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Been on blood pressure meds since I was in my late 40s. I'm a fat boy now but was not when I first started on HBP meds. My late brother since his 30s. My brother was never overweight until he was in his 60s and then not obese, my mom was not overweight until she was in her 70s as she became less active, she was never obese, she passed away in 2022 at 86 years old. All my siblings and my mom were on high blood pressure meds regardless of weight. I would say there is a clear genetic component for us.

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Same. My mother was a string bean her whole life, born with high BP and I have always been the same. It wasn't until I was 44 at a Dr appt and after the 44th time being told I had high blood pressure, I asked "shouldn't I be medicated for that?" I finally got on ATE and NIP. Sure I have some weight to lose but my high BP predates my fatness, I've had it since I was a teenager in peak physical condition. Doctors and nurses always pawned it off on "you must get nervous coming to the doctor, your blood pressure is high". They were the experts, I believed them. After a while I'm the one who said something to my doctor who then prescribed meds to get it down into normal levels. Much of it is absolutely hereditary disease.

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Which is higher? I only check mine in the mornings and sometimes midday. 110-125/75-80 in the morning, but 130s/80s after coffee and working a few hours. I’m fine with that.

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I’m higher in the mornings. And I quit drinking coffee over 3 years ago

Im normal in the afternoon/evenings before bed

Just got my blood work back, blood pressure is 118/76 after coffee and nicotine pouches, total cholesterol is 161. All blood work is optimal. Vitamin d is low (Covid moved me to virtual work and I haven’t been out much this winter but I fish every weekend in the spring/summer) but I’m making a few changes to get more sun and taking some supplement, also increasing fish and dairy. I’ve come to learn that genetics are the main factor in blood work/heart health. I’m 6’1 208 at 40. My family is the most unhealthy people I know and they all smoke, eat terribly and live well into their 80s with no issues.

Hdl - 50
Ldl - 97
Tg - 76
A1c - 5.4
Test - 615 (tried to get on trt but Dr would not do it)
Liver and kidney are perfect (don’t drink)
Blood counts are optimal.

Crazy thing is I’m not near as active as I used to be but I changed my diet, fast every morning, and I take several very important supplements (ginkgo, magnesium, turmeric, black seed oil, l-theanine, ashwagandha, nicotine and several others)

If there is one thing I can recommend is eat early and no calories until lunch. Also drink a green shake with minerals and vitamins.

Been on BP meds since I was 32. You just takes the meds and rock on.

Better to get your problems controlled now than dealing with the complications from them in 20 years.



Or just listen to the experts on the OT and political boards because medical doctors are just quacks who have whores themselves out to big pharm.

I used to work with a nurse that was stringbean thin,she and her children(also thin) were all on BP meds at 18 yo.

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Lisinopril

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I had to quit taking that because it made me cough too much

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Same here. That dry cough was awful. I switched to metroprolol(sp?) and didn't have any issues with that. Getting prescribed metformin for pre-diabetes was my wake up call though. I finally decided to get my shite together after that.