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Light Headed, Shaky Feeling, Migraines, Overweight. History Of Operations For Degenerative Disc Disease. On Medication For High BP And Cholesterol. Suggest

I have high blood pressure and high cholesterol and I'm on medication for both but I feel like there is something more wrong. I start feeling light headed and my blood pressure goes up. It's been around 159/95 lately. I've been trying to watch what I eat and sometimes my sugar I think drops because I will get very shakey. I have migraines all the time but I've always figured it was because of the degenerative disc disease and I've had 2 operations on my neck. I'm just concerned that I will mistake my problems to the wrong thing. What do you think.....I know I'm a mess. I'm 48 years old and I'm over weight because of not exercising like I should with the disc problems.
Thu, 29 Aug 2013
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Hi,

Thank you for your query.

To summarize your issues are:
1. Feeling light headed and shaky.
2. High blood pressure.
3. High cholesterol.
4. Migraine.
5. Operated for disc degeneration.
6. Overweight.
You are wanting to know the cause for light headed and shaky and also way out for exercising.

You have not shared with me the investigative findings and whether you have diabetes mellitus or not. Your blood pressure is certainly not under control with the medications that you are having. I would suggest that you see your doctor and get your blood sugar checked and ask him to increase or change your blood pressure medication. With the lowering of your blood pressure you should feel better and the "migraine" should also improve.

I suggest that you discuss with your doctor and use a cervical support/collar so that your concerns regarding the degenerative cervical discs are resolved and you are able to exercise.

I hope I have answered your query to your satisfaction.

Wishing you all the best.

Regards,

Rajiv K Khandelwal
http://goo.gl/SuCjl
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Light Headed, Shaky Feeling, Migraines, Overweight. History Of Operations For Degenerative Disc Disease. On Medication For High BP And Cholesterol. Suggest

Hi, Thank you for your query. To summarize your issues are: 1. Feeling light headed and shaky. 2. High blood pressure. 3. High cholesterol. 4. Migraine. 5. Operated for disc degeneration. 6. Overweight. You are wanting to know the cause for light headed and shaky and also way out for exercising. You have not shared with me the investigative findings and whether you have diabetes mellitus or not. Your blood pressure is certainly not under control with the medications that you are having. I would suggest that you see your doctor and get your blood sugar checked and ask him to increase or change your blood pressure medication. With the lowering of your blood pressure you should feel better and the migraine should also improve. I suggest that you discuss with your doctor and use a cervical support/collar so that your concerns regarding the degenerative cervical discs are resolved and you are able to exercise. I hope I have answered your query to your satisfaction. Wishing you all the best. Regards, Rajiv K Khandelwal http://goo.gl/SuCjl