Hello. I am a 48 year old woman who recently experienced a stress test with similar results as posted here. I went from 120 to 220 within the first 30-45 seconds. Amazingly I was able to complete the stress test only to find out that everything else seemed normal. Upon my follow up my bp was 134 - not a big deal. Im a little hyper anyway, but given me 30 minutes and bp is normal anytime anywhere. Everything else (except cholesterol) was excellent. You name it I had zero other issues. I am currently overweight and began beach walking again recently when I noticed my chest would get tight and breathing became labored. I figured it was bc I had not worked out in 3 years and I'm fat and I will work up to it. After the first week I was feeling the same. Some days better than others. I had some PREDNISONE left over from bronchitis last year and figured I would take it and use it until I was back to "normal" for me. And, that seemed to help - a great deal. So upon my primary visit I requested some. She looked baffled but obliged. She also said I needed to see a cardiologist based on what I told her I needed the PREDNISONE for. So, ok. And, here we are. Stress test was fine just not my spike to 220. I managed to stay on the entire 6 minutes just barely. They probably should've stopped me but I am a bit tenacious anyway. The two performing the test were SUPER freaked out, which freaked me out. My BP stayed high for 5-7 minutes and then went down enough I could go and get the images done. I thought there was something imminently wrong until I got results back 5 days later. My test and images were BOTH fine.

No liver problems, no kidney problems, no diabetes, not even high BP.

1. This is what I know so far: Few doctors know this even exists. And, for whatever reason when I took/take PREDNISONE it works. I hadn't taken the Prednisone for over 24 hours when I took the test. Be interested to find out the difference.
2. Never ever listen to your Dr. if they say they don't know why but... Mine decided they don't know why but I will put you on BP Meds. I sayd "WHY? MY BP IS FINE?" She said bc it spiked and 134 is not normal. I said check it now and would be normal. She didn't. Now I see how taking something you don't need could be pretty bad, by lowering my BP too much. That is uncool.
3. I found a concentrate capsule of Blueberry that corrects cholesterol.
4. Will try mixture of prednisone and (all natural) Glucosamine with Collagen and Tar Cherry with Turmeric which is a natural anti-inflammatory and see what if any all natural works or combined with prednisone.
5. I have breathing problems from being a smoker. Have had wheezing as of late and am taking White Lungs and it is clearing everything out. So I can breathe more freely without an inhaler, etc.

I feel like there is really something to the prednisone and will let you know what happens overall - if I can get this corrected to the point that I do not, we do not, have diminished capacity and can back to normal - it would be amazing.