Posted by myco on March 18, 2009, at 10:18:02
In reply to Re: MYCO-READ ASAP » myco, posted by JadeKelly on March 18, 2009, at 0:04:17
Hi hun,
Thank you for caring so much...makes me smile.
At this point the sides are easing up though I still get mild boughts...worst ones at night when i'm tired and/or laying down. When I started nardil my bp, dr check, was on the low end of normal...he was fine with that because I was normally on the high end of normal. The green tea thing made it stay low end of normal but bounce up and down into the are of too low....last safeway check while I was in that bad week was ok though at 101/68. Now...I didnt know what was going on so I decided to stop the seroquel and the melatonin...well I think they were helping my bp stay on the low side because once taken away...the sides dimished somewhat but now my bp is on the high end of normal with jumps into the hypertensive area....bought a machine like you suggested....readings on average seem to be "normal" in the morning area at about 120/70 area then they gradually get worse towards bedtime....fluctuating in the 135-145/70-90 area...Also depend on whether i am standing, sitting or laying...standing I am normal, sitting I am borderline more often and laying it bounces occasionally into the hypertensive area...highest reading was laying down at night with 148/90 or so. Im not sure on the actual accuracy here though...its a new machine and its manual...pharmacist said its a great machine but you must learn how to do it properly, there is technique beyond just following instructions that will make your values way off....so I read my values in reps of 3 then average. Anyway blah blah...minor episodes still continuing.....yes I will be goin to dr tommorrow, earlier if something dire happens. Tommorrow is only availability of dr and car....so another clinic or emerge are my only options. dr would be angry if i went to another clinic (unless it was emergency)...he's very protective of my treatment..its the way he wants it and doesnt want other dr messing with it.
I'm watching this very closely though Jade...i will not hesitate to call ambulance if i need to. I just want to be sure because i know my dr....he will suggest, most likely, that this bouncing around of bp is do to my stopping the melatonin and seroquel (for sleep) cold turkey which may have sent my bp into an exagerated state of readjustment that may fix intself....most likely he will say myco go home and rest and use that lil machine and monitor close, stay off all other meds only nardil and if problem come back immediately or lower the nardil (which he may do right away)....but I will fight like a dog if you says "ya time to stop nardil"...this med has "turned it around" for me and i'm not gonna give up unless i am in trouble so i want to be sure....i know this may indicate i am headed, well it does im sure, in a bad direction. Id like to just treat it or wait it out if I can. I'm not sure he will have an answer for the green tea extract reaction though...biochem and gp's? not sure they mix well.
Anyway...i will keep in touch with you Jade...you seem to be a very caring person. this is good to have on babble...someone who will actually speak up and hey buddy get your *ss to the hospital or dr now.
oh the headaches you wanted to know about...it's like this fizzy feeling, intense at times, all over my brain with tinnitus (they go hand in hand)...then throbbing occurs sometimes always in reps of 4 and directing in a semi-circle or arch above each ear going toward the back of my head to forward to my eyes. effects vision at its worst times. these have thankly gotten very minimal and more subtle.
*hugs
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> Hey myco,
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> When you turn into a horse we'll get right on that....until then, I do think its very possible you have some BP issues that need to be addressed immediately. At this point I don't think it matters what caused it, other than drop everything you've added that wasn't Doc approved. Go get a monitor in the morning and then call your PDoc if the results aren't normal. 120-130/80 roughly is the norm. But you should contact your PDoc if Systolic goes over 145-150,or under 90 or your diastolic goes below 60. Those are the perameters my PDoc gave me. He is a little conservative but with symptoms, I'd follow it.
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> I think you need to contact him anyway as you are symptomatic and you don't know why. Give him exact symptoms and BP #'s and he should be able to figure it out. You'll have to fess up to whatever you've added. But thats better than an "undesirable" outcome.Btw- is the headache in the back of your head, kinda in those two vertical muscles in your neck, does it pound? Thats high blood pressure.
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> Myco, I just reread your symptoms and I think you should be seen asap. I'm not an alarmist, but those sound like BP issues and you don't want to mess with that. Do you have insurance? If your symptoms are bad or that headache is as I described, I think you should get hold of your PDoc, now, or I'd get seen tonight at the ER. They may just monitor you, but better safe than sorry. Make sure they know about MAOI's.Don't ask for pain meds. They are contraindicated.
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> Maybe first go to an allnite grocery/pharmacy and check your BP again. What was it last time, when?
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> Jeez, Myco, didn't your mommy teach you never to play with your meds?? Let me hear back from you asap, Okay? Describe your current state. Babble me tonite if you can. I'll be up.
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> ~Jade
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