willstar
07-26-2012, 04:29 PM
Morning!
Struggling with health anxiety is hard! Now its getting harder as i'm trying to work out if i'm having side effects from new medication, or my anxiety symptoms are worsening!
Is anyone else here on blood pressure meds. For high blood pressure, not beta blockers for anxiety?
Unfortunately i cant take beta blockers as i have a history of asthma, although i believe they would work wonders for both my anxiety and hypertension.
I am currently on my 4th week trial of Isoptin SR 180 (calcium channel blocker) and am yet to see a difference to my blood pressure.
The painful part is, i'm struggling to tell my anxiety symptoms apart from the negative side effects of the medicine.
I get chronic head spins, which is normal when blood pressure starts to drop. But if i take my blood pressure when im dizzy, my pressure is still up at its usual high levels.
I have struggled with anxiety long before i started these meds, and never had the dizzy spells.
I dont know how to work out if its a reaction to the meds, or my brain preempting the symptoms and bunging them on.
Any thoughts?
Struggling with health anxiety is hard! Now its getting harder as i'm trying to work out if i'm having side effects from new medication, or my anxiety symptoms are worsening!
Is anyone else here on blood pressure meds. For high blood pressure, not beta blockers for anxiety?
Unfortunately i cant take beta blockers as i have a history of asthma, although i believe they would work wonders for both my anxiety and hypertension.
I am currently on my 4th week trial of Isoptin SR 180 (calcium channel blocker) and am yet to see a difference to my blood pressure.
The painful part is, i'm struggling to tell my anxiety symptoms apart from the negative side effects of the medicine.
I get chronic head spins, which is normal when blood pressure starts to drop. But if i take my blood pressure when im dizzy, my pressure is still up at its usual high levels.
I have struggled with anxiety long before i started these meds, and never had the dizzy spells.
I dont know how to work out if its a reaction to the meds, or my brain preempting the symptoms and bunging them on.
Any thoughts?