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Adult Life after a Traumatic Brain Injury
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Hi, @sadivari - that sounds like an extremely painful fall.
I moved your post here to this discussion of adult life after traumatic brain injury (TBI) so you can speak to others who have had a TBI. Some members here have had a TBI for a short time, and some have been living with a TBI for years. I think their collective wisdom will be helpful. They may have ideas on why your blood pressure might have gotten so high after your fall or have common experiences to share.
sadivari - Is the highest blood pressure reading occurring when you awaken, or at another time of day or following a certain activity? Or does it stay about the same all day?
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I take three pills before bed around midnight. It's not uncommon around 5:00 a.m. to have head pain wake me. Or something touches me and I get startled and wake up in a panic. Especially if something touches my face. My BP that time of night and also when I wake up is usually over 200, or in the 190's. Today my high was 213/112 at 11:37 a.m. at 4:32 it dropped to 125/70 (this is more unusual then the higher number) it's combined with either a fever of 100.4 - 100.7 or like all day yesterday just severe chills. Yesterday I was unable to get off the couch I felt awful. First reading was 171/98 @ 9:25 a.m. later in the day it was 214/103 at 9:56 p.m. after taking 9 BP pills...very frustrating as I do have an aneurysm I'm concerned about. I do take a photo of each reading if not the doctors would not believe this is happening. No issues like this before the brain injury. No one will address that. I keep getting excuses. I really am afraid of a stroke.