I’m surprised they didn’t give you some medication to lower that. My father had idiopathic high blood pressure which was not treated properly and it caused damage to his vessels which was not known about. He also had a fib and sic sinus rhythm… had a pacemaker and he was on medication for the blood pressure and anticoagulant, etc. however, the blood pressure medication was not properly controlling his blood pressure which is very dangerous.
About two years ago, my brother had an emergency and discovered at the ER that he also has a fib so now he is on better medication for that and for the blood pressure. During the pandemic, he took his blood pressure once because we were constantly taking my father‘s blood pressure and it was high. I told him you better start taking more medication, but he ignored me. He already saw a cardiologist for other issues which were cardiomyopathy which he had from the time he was a lot younger. So he was already on medication for that for a long time but I think he ran out of it maybe during the pandemic or it just wasn’t enough to control his blood pressure. He lost a lot of weight recently, and that is going to help a lot too.
A friend was diagnosed about 3-4 years ago with a fib after having a stroke. It’s really criminal that his doctor did not figure this out in advance because he obviously had it for a long time. He’s older… fortunately, he made a very good recovery from the stroke and is now on anticoagulants etc., and also has a pacemaker.
I am on blood pressure medication because I have type one diabetes and they tell you to do that to protect your kidneys. Most of the time my blood pressure is normal. However, when I go to the doctor, it seems to always go up, not every time though.
It’s probably the white coat syndrome but also if I’m not feeling well, it seems to happen more. And they don’t take it the right way- they’re supposed to take it once in the beginning wait 20 minutes and do it again. And they don’t do it in the right position, etc. even at my cardiologist- at least at my cardiologist they take it on both arms.
The only time that it has been really high when I was in DKA, when I had Covid, and one other emergency I think. Usually, it’s when I’m having some type of respiratory issues. One thing I noticed is that when my blood sugar is very low my blood pressure also seems to be low. However, when my blood sugar is high, my blood pressure is not high. I do have some type of cardiology issue going on since I had Covid so, I’m monitored for that but they can’t seem to figure out what it is. But there have been changes in my echo.
I hope your cardiologist figures this out. And gets you on medication that will control it.
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