sleep problems and high blood preasure

my blood preasure problems seemed to start when i started having major sleep problems. i have had obstructive speep apnea for years, waking in my sleep trying to catch my breathe. i finally did something about it 7 months ago, i have been on cpap ever since. its been an adjustment but it seems to help. has anyone had blood preasure problems along with the sleep problems. if so how did you treat it? the blood preasure meds im on dont seem to be able to lower my blook preasue. so now i am on(4) different ones and i think them make me very tired, and all i want to do is to sleep.i am sleeping 9-10 hours a night, is there such thing as getting too much sleep. i just dont know what to do, my blood preasue is still high and i am allways tired, i hate tired feeling. nor do i like going to work at noon.

would love to hear from anyone with simlar problems and how they worked through it, thanks alot

i don't know what you and your doctor consider high. if your doctor can't get your blood pressure down, you need to find a new doctor and get in to see him soon. your life may depend on it.

it seems to stay around 185, way too high. yes not happy with my doc, but have been with him a long time, may need a speacilist to help. i cant stand it being that high, he has changed my meds a bunch over the last couple months and its not helping still too high

whats the bottom number like? you don't need a specialist. you need a new primary doctor. blood pressure is a pretty basic thing and with the right medications it will come down.

You might want to get a referral to a nephrologist. They not only specialize in kidney problems but also HYPERTENSION. Kidney problems can cause or contribute to HBP, better safe than sorry.

You might want to get a referral to a nephrologist. They not only specialize in kidney problems but also HYPERTENSION. Kidney problems can cause or contribute to HBP, better safe than sorry.

You might want to get a referral to a nephrologist. They not only specialize in kidney problems but also HYPERTENSION. Kidney problems can cause or contribute to HBP, better safe than sorry.

Anyone want to tell me why my first post was deleted?

The system's behaving weird today. Maybe your post got dropped.

I am 40, female, and I was diagnosed with high blood pressure a little over a year ago. Mostly 170s over 100-105. My doctor started me on toprol, then doubled it, then added lisiniprol, then doubled it, then added hydrochlorthiazide. With the 3 meds, it was running in the 150s-160s over 90 something. better, but not great.

Then I saw on tv that sleep apnea causes heart problems, high blood pressure and stroke. My doctor had been warning me that I was at high risk of a stroke. I confessed about my sleep apnea that I have known about for years, but never did anything about. I had my sleep study in april, and I was severe, what a surprise.

If I take all 3 meds AND sleep well, I have normal blood pressure. If I have crappy nights or go off my medication, it goes back up.

I can tell you that with medication, I never saw a reading below 140, but with medication AND cpap, I sometimes get down below 120.

Considering that you have the escape, you have no way of knowing if your cpap treatment is actually therapeutic. I believe you have two main options. Find a doctor who will get you on a machine with data and optimize your therapy. Or buy one yourself (cpap.com, criaglist, etc). I would still find a new doctor anyway since you have seriously bad high blood pressure.

I just went to the dentist last week for an exam and detailed cleaning. They were not happy with my blood pressue (160 over 90 something). I had another appointment for yesterday to remove my 3 remaining wisdom teeth and fill several cavities. My dentist told me in advance that she would not do the extractions if my blood pressure was too high. They were concerned that the medication would make it worse and put me at risk.

I went to my appointment, and they checked my blood pressure. 143 over 85. Better, not awesome. They planned to do the cavities first anyway since the extractions would cause bleeding. So, they did those, and then checked my blood pressure again. 150 over 90. They decided they would do one first, and then decide whether to do the other 2 or not. The first one was the remaining top one. I actually thought it would be the worse since it was broken and covered over. But I guess the roots are more difficult on the bottom. So, they did that one and rechecked my blood pressure. 137 or 80 something. They did the last two. I am very grateful that they did them all, and it is finally done.

But honestly, if a dentist is worried about 160, then 185 should be sending sirens to your regular doctor.

My blood pressure was getting up to the 140's level before I started CPAP. CPAP brought it down some, and then adding exercise (walking) also helped my blood pressure some more, as well as my resting pulse rate. Blood pressure is now somewhere in the neighborhood of 115/65, and resting pulse is in the low 60's, hasn't been that low for a long time. So I'm pretty happy about that and feeling better. Until recently, I had a stressful, sedentary job that really didn't help my health a whole lot.

However, one should be careful adding exercise to your daily routine if you haven't been doing it already, start slow and build up. Good idea to have a chat with your doctor about it, and see what they think. But I find that I feel a lot better when I'm just out walking 30-40 minute 6 times a week. Definitely feel more energetic.

The side effect of all high BP meds is FATIGUE. Is you're sleep apnea getting better? Are you a male over 40? Have you had a thorough blood work-up? I am on a low dose of metoprolol. And am also tired ALL day. I have had sleep "issues" for over a decade ,but was forced to finally get a sleep study done this summer because I needed to be cardioverted out of A-fib. My AHI was about 40 and my BP has always been a little elevated (nothing like yours). I recently had bloodwork done and my Testosterone level is low as well as my vitamin D levels. Low levels of these can cause-- you guessed it FATIGUE. You may have different things going on, sometimes it takes different meds at different amounts to help. You definitely need to get your pressure down though

I was first diagnosed with high blood pressure at age 21. I'm 67 now. I have been taking BP meds for over 40 years. I think I've tried most of them. Some worked, some didn't work and some have bad side effects. In November, 2011, persistent atrial fibrilation began. My cardiologist took me off the BP med I was taking at the time. His idea was to treat the A-fib first and the BP second. My cardiologist tried a variety of meds and three cardioversions to control the A-fib. The cardioversions worked for a couple of days, but then my heart reverted to A-fib.

As part of my cardiology work up for A-fib, I did a sleep study. The results were that I had sleep apnea. I was never aware that I had a problem with sleeping. I've been on bipap since January, 2012. I really can't tell much difference.

In April, 2012 I had a catheter ablation, which seems to have cured my A-fib for now. I'm also taking carvedilol and hydrochorothiazide, which are supposed to control both the heart rhythm and BP.

My BP is usually high when I get up in the morning and decreases during the day. My BP also decreases after exercise. I saw my sleep doc in the afternoon this week and my BP was great in her office. My pulse (after catheter ablation) is usually in the 40's.

Right now, as I type, I'm 150/100 on a higher than normal dose of BP meds trying to get it down. My high bp issues I think came from drinking bad milk in Surat, India (yes, I was an idiot) and not related to OSA, because since "getting on the hose", my BP has not at all changed.