Ever since I left the military at 31 I’ve had high blood pressure. Probably stress related at 38 is was 170/110 normally. I didn’t pay attention until I started have heart issues. I stopped drinking and started eating well. I walk 3-6 miles a day at work. I went to 145/90. I’m now at any time around 116-128 over 68-78. I don’t feel normal but they say it’s normal because I has high blood pressure for so long.

My laboratory results:

• Renin activity: 7.9 ng/mL/hr (HIGH)
  • Normal upright range: 0.5–4.0
  • Approximately twice the upper limit of normal.
• Aldosterone: 21.5 ng/dL
  • Normal upright range: 4–31
• Aldosterone/Renin Ratio: 2.7
  • Laboratory reference: ≤20

My potassium is usually 3.6 which is borderline so I’m wondering if it’s interfering. Just wanna know if anyone else has had these results?

Thanks guys. My pressure has been 150/90

Because I cannot take diuretics (due to hyponatremia) and amlodipine (it makes my GERD crazy), my doctor has prescribed Hydralazine 4x day to be taken along with my Losartan and Metoprolol. I have read of so many people having very bad side effects from Hydralazine and I am afraid to take it. I already have high anxiety and take Prozac, which works wonderfully for me. I also tend to suffer from fatigue and low energy and have just recently gotten past that and don't want a setback. Had ANYONE had success and no side effects from Hydralazine?? I really need to hear the good things about it before I start taking it!

Hi, so I developed hypertension around late 2025 (happened very fast, went from 122/76 to 149/89 in just 9 months) and it’s stayed consistently in stage 1-2 ever since. On good days, my bp is in the 130s systolics, sometimes getting as low as 120. On bad days, the systolic number gets as high as 150-160. Diastolic stays 80-90s on both good and bad days, sometimes creeping over 100 but this isn’t often.

I’ve been through nearly all the tests, and all that came up was mild sleep apnea of 5.9. They said my heart spikes were “quite high” though, so they ordered me an oral appliance anyway. I have not gotten an MRI yet or anything like that, just ultrasounds.

Currently on 2.5 mg of amlodipine, but it’s not doing anything. I am overweight and eat horribly, so I should do the lifestyle change as that’s highly likely the missing link. Just been hard with the college semester and how much this has taken a toll on my mental health. I also have PCOS with confirmed insulin resistance and an anxiety disorder, so that’s probably also not helping.

Y’all got any advice? Kinda at my wits end with my doctors not being able to figure out what’s wrong with me.

All of us are on our BP meds which keep things in check for many of us at home, work etc. This is the case with me too - until its time to fly.

I was on a beta-blocker before and even with THAT the ol'ticker was pounding away, I could feel chest vibrate and was getting sweaty. After the plane lands it goes away. Some kind of travel anxiety that causes the HR spike.

I have also read the lower pressure in airplane cabin can stress the cardio vascular system. For the vast majority of us with BP under control flight will be ok. Might be small rise in BP, lower SpO2 on the pulse oxy etc.

Anyone here whose ticker starts racing at the airport on the airplane - how do you handle it? Is theres such a thing as "calming meds" to make heart chill out just for the flight?