Why do medications meant to lower my BP raise it instead?

Posted by acblack629 @acblack629, Jan 28 10:06pm

I'm 42 and have very odd side effects to not just bp medicine. However I went to my cardiologist for occasional pvc and occasional high bp. I'm far worse now than I was when I started It's common for me to try a new medicine while hooked up to monitors & the BP medicine to immediately put me in bi or trigemeny rhythm, weaken my pulse or run my heart rate up high, and raise my BP instead of lowering it. I'm currently on a heart monitor and am trying clonidine patches. I started at 143/83 put on the patch it's steadily gone up to 208/138 so far . Anyone have an idea why? My cardiologist just keeps throwing pills at me and only believes me when he sees the monitor ( this has happened plenty of verifiable times in medical facilities). Labetilol, cardene, hydralazine, etc Even pills like losartan & lisinopril give me side effects like nose bleeds, chest pain, not being able to breathe, and not lowering my BP. Any thoughts or tests I could suggest would be helpful. Thanks

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stuffy | @stuffy | Sep 22 1:06pm

That is the regime I have been on for the last month, though only three weeks of no caffeine. Water: 10 1/2 cups a day (for kidney stones). Now I am low-sodium which distresses the endocrinologist. Exercise: swimming laps, lifting weights, working with PT on balance (not new, and the eating low-sodium is also not new, also for kidney stones.) Have done the DASH diet twice with no results. Have extensive experience with low-carb diet which usually lowers BP like a rock but I am one of the 25% that doesn't get that result. Still have the big spikes.
Of course if I moved to England my BP would improve instantly, since they didn't lower the "normal" cutoff for BP - possibly because patients don't pay for prescriptions. Or perhaps they are hopelessly backward. I haven't checked their death rates.