I've had a life change in that I resigned from work due to stress, and blood pressure impacts. I am about 20 lb overweight, mostly due to being on Propranolol 60mg/day for the last 4 years. And a sedentary career lifestyle...I sit at a desk. Right now I am at home, not working (maybe 20 hrs a week Uber driving for some cash). I've started a walk routine, 3 miles a day, brisk. I've had to increase the Propranolol for now, because I tried Thiazide Diuretic and then Losartan and both gave me awful side effects that I couldn't go thru. I'm doing the best I can but the anxiety is awful in the AM, which sends my BP up to 150-160/100 for periods of 1-2 hrs. It's not a fun time in my life, I get built up anxious before I got to bed, hoping I'll sleep thru the night and knowing my BP will go up when I wake. Not sure what to do.

I've done med blood tests (Everlywell cause scared of doc offices-ha) my cholesterol is ok, my trigs are a touch high (160) my T is low and my Cortisol is low but Propranolol and beta blockers do this from what I can see). I don't think anything is major wrong but I've always been an anxious, sensitive person. I just need I think a med to calm me better rather than more betas which have long term effects. Ideally I'll lose 20 lbs and get off them. Probably a year away. But the mornings are hell. My wife wants me to try intermittent fasting. I said I would.

I'm 56 years old male, btw. Thanks for reading my drivel