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Depression, Regular Drinker, No Sleep, Less Salt In Diet, High Blood Pressure. Heavy Alcohol?
Hi I have just been to my doctor today. I suffer major depression and am over weight. I recently went from 150 mg Zoloft to 150mg effexor. I am a regular drinker of beer. I Have very little salt in my diet . On the weekend I met up with a mate and over 2 nights I would have had 15 or so beers on Fri night and 20ish beers with no sleep on Saturday night. A beer for us is 375ml 4.9% Alc. My blood pressure has been high ish but we have been getting it down to around 140/90without meds. My BP today was 147/103 which has my doctor reaching for BP meds, Do you think this could be a temp thing because of my massive weekend? Im 45 and 125kg
Tue, 19 Mar 2013
Hello,
Thanks for posting a query in health care magic.
From the description that you have stated it appears that you have a momentary rise in your BP. You should measure your BP daily for 5 consecutive days in a relaxed state and if still it is high,then you probably dont have any option than to start to anti hypertensive. The 147/109 mmHg is not an emergency and can wait for 5 more days to measure the BPs. Hope I am able to solve your concerns.
If you need any further details, you can contact me directly by using the below mentioned link:
http://bit.ly/dr-srikanth-reddy
Wish you good health.
Regards,
Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.
Thanks for posting a query in health care magic.
From the description that you have stated it appears that you have a momentary rise in your BP. You should measure your BP daily for 5 consecutive days in a relaxed state and if still it is high,then you probably dont have any option than to start to anti hypertensive. The 147/109 mmHg is not an emergency and can wait for 5 more days to measure the BPs. Hope I am able to solve your concerns.
If you need any further details, you can contact me directly by using the below mentioned link:
http://bit.ly/dr-srikanth-reddy
Wish you good health.
Regards,
Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.
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