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Old 03-03-2018, 10:43 AM
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HeidiM
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Blood Pressure

Originally Posted by Zebra1275 View Post
Whenever I stop drinking for 3-4 days my blood pressure spikes;

Any suggestions?

Pretty obvious to me, don't drink anymore and then you won't get the BP spikes during withdrawal.

I've had high blood pressure for ~ 25 years. Very high when it first was detected, my Dr. thought his BP gauge was faulty, it was that high. I'm sure the root cause was my heavy alcohol consumption.

Eventually we got it under control through medication. However, I kept drinking.

Now that I've been sober for several years, I still take medication, but my blood pressure is not an issue. It is always about 115 over 75 and for that I feel very blessed.
Zebra 1275 - the same things happen to me. However, I had spikes while I drank. Had not one spike while I was in AA for 2 yrs. Did I learn anything from that? No, I started gradually drinking again. So here I am on day #5 and hope for the best. I feel great upon completing a sober day and happy the next morning; I pray for a sober day today.
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