I've been on a mild dose of Lisinopril HCTZ for a few years, for high blood pressure. My blood pressure is pretty consistently around 130/70 on this med. If I take more of it, I get lightheaded, so doc agreed we're good at that level.
This summer, I had a few episodes, working outside in the heat, where I got really lightheaded. Doesn't usually happen to me. Occurred to me that I hadn't taken my blood pressure in a while. Started taking it for a few days, and it was consistently 110/70. While the lower blood pressure is nice, I hated the dizziness that came with it when exerting myself in the yard. I cut my BP med dose in half, and the BP went up about 10 points on top, and has steadied there, and the lightheaded episodes have gone away.
Being 56 years old, family history of high blood pressure, the last thing you expect is blood pressure to go down and stay down. What the hell is this all about? It occurred to me that this started not long after my second Moderna shot. Okay, weird, maybe linked, maybe not.
Just got off the phone with a long time friend, who experienced exactly the same thing. He's a few years older than me, but same meds for high blood pressure. He said his doc was taking him off his BP meds because he was feeling lightheaded and his blood pressure seems to have dropped. I asked if he had been vaccinated and what vaccine he had gotten. The answer: Yes. Moderna.
Some may read this and think, "Great, the vaccines cure high blood pressure." Unfortunately, the answer may be less positive. Low pressure in people who normally have high blood pressure can be a sign of heart damage or other circulatory ailments.
Anyway, interested to hear from anybody who got vaccinated and experienced a sustained drop in blood pressure.
This summer, I had a few episodes, working outside in the heat, where I got really lightheaded. Doesn't usually happen to me. Occurred to me that I hadn't taken my blood pressure in a while. Started taking it for a few days, and it was consistently 110/70. While the lower blood pressure is nice, I hated the dizziness that came with it when exerting myself in the yard. I cut my BP med dose in half, and the BP went up about 10 points on top, and has steadied there, and the lightheaded episodes have gone away.
Being 56 years old, family history of high blood pressure, the last thing you expect is blood pressure to go down and stay down. What the hell is this all about? It occurred to me that this started not long after my second Moderna shot. Okay, weird, maybe linked, maybe not.
Just got off the phone with a long time friend, who experienced exactly the same thing. He's a few years older than me, but same meds for high blood pressure. He said his doc was taking him off his BP meds because he was feeling lightheaded and his blood pressure seems to have dropped. I asked if he had been vaccinated and what vaccine he had gotten. The answer: Yes. Moderna.
Some may read this and think, "Great, the vaccines cure high blood pressure." Unfortunately, the answer may be less positive. Low pressure in people who normally have high blood pressure can be a sign of heart damage or other circulatory ailments.
Anyway, interested to hear from anybody who got vaccinated and experienced a sustained drop in blood pressure.
