blood pressure

[Brittyn]

Has T made anyone elses blood pressure go up?  normal is around 120/80, and mine sometimes goes into the 130s.  I stopped drinking pop and not-so-good food and if I excersize regularly it seems to go back to 120s.  I stopped excersizing for about a month because of surgery and went to do a blood test yesterday and it was back up.  dang it.  i'm only 20.

[mr_marc]

Yep it goes up, you have to have it checked regulary.
Its one of the arms length list on why they push for people to stop smoking while on hormone treatment.

Also if you have nuerofibrematosis (no idea if thats spelt properly lol) your blood pressure might be slightly high any way.

[Ender]

Mine went up... but now instead of it being low enough that nurses think their equipment is faulty, it's just on the low end of normal.  Definitely higher than it used to be, though.

[Nicky]

130's is farily high in the normal range but not considered high blood pressure. But it is a good warning that something is up.

But stress can push it up, eating salty food or being unwell or angry or whatever. Best to look at it in the long term than one off events as it can fluctuate.

Mines normally 120/70, but with my seperation it has been up around 130/70.

[LordKAT]

Stress and smoking can add to high readings as well. So can sex, activity, and a number of other factors. Hormones do affect blood pressure also.


I agree with Nicky in that a  one off reading doesn't mean much but a series of high readings or increasing readings definitely needs analysis.

[Silver]

Well, mine seems to have gone up to 120/I-don't-remember-the-other-number and my mom thinks it's stress so I'll just go with that.

No T, I wish. Although excessive fat + testosterone is worse for health than excessive fat + estrogen. So I guess just try to watch it more now.

[Brittyn]

Before taking T mine used to be in the 90s.  The bottom number seems to stay around the same numbers.

[s1ncere]

yes....mines gone up...last Saturday I felt like crap....my heart was kindda racing so I checked my blood pressure....i think it was around the 130s

[Cindy]

Lots of factors affect blood pressure. Even the taking of it usually increases blood pressure. That's why if a Dr suspects high blood pressure it should be taken over a period of some months. I took mine daily for a while and the swings are really quite large.
Eat healthy, don't smoke, get exercise, and make sure you are wearing clean underwear in case the previous don't work

Cindy