I have low blood pressure. I not sure if it has anything to do with fibro. My aunt has it and my sister and they do not have fibro. Mine runs 90's/60's all the time. They told me to eat a high protein breakfast and eat more salt. But I don't like salt and my husband and daughter have high blood pressure.

I have Low BP..My Dos said to Drink more Fluids with Electrolytes..and to Increase my salts..salt is a Needed Electrolyte...those that have Seriously deleted salt from their Diets because of the High BP thing also tend to become Seriously Dehydrated..ya Need the Salts to keep Hydrated.

Mine is still fairly low..but no longer to the point I get Dizzy when I stand Up !!

Before FM struck full strength, I was taking a low dose blood pressure med. Now a high for me is 120/60 and only if I've been really active!

Low BP can be caused from meds that your taking also. Most meds you get through your pharmacy, if you read the info that come's w/ them will say can cause low BP. As for me, I have ahigh BP and I'm on BP meds and I think mine is due to 1 of two things, 1 being I gained alot of weight since taking meds,or 2 it does run my family BIGTIME on both side's. Alot of meds can cause alot of side effects and at time's I think if I weaned myself off of them, since being on them for so long, will it help me? I don't know and I'm afraid to do so because I do have servre Fibro and I don't want to take the chance, but it does make me wonder about it. And the reason I d wonder is alot of side effects on meds you will see they will say besides the nausea,headache wtc but they do mention muscle and joint pain also and I get to thinking, well is this doing me any good or making me worse...It is something to think about...Good luck.

I do not have low blood pressure. I have not heard about low BP before.

On a regular basis, my BP is really good, except when I am flaring.

While flaring my BP responds to the stress of pain and shoots up

I have always had low bp but it does run in my family. My sister and my youngest daughter have very low bp and anemia also and they don't have fibro.

Even when I am hte most stressed. my blood pressure is still on the low/normal said, and yes, I have heard that FM can keep it lower, also my , and other people i know with FM, has a lower temp rate too. I am also in the 97's unless I am sick.

Lots of folks have low-to-low-normal BP. Me included, unless I am mega-upset. I have a efw thoughts on why it may be common in FM, but it's just my thoughts, so I'll leave it at this:
When "they" make the "rules" for "normal".... those are just loose guidelines, not writ-in-stone tablets handed down from On High. (Despite what doctors tell us!) We all "live" somewhere on a sliding scale of "normal", not dead-center.

I typically have both low BP and low body temp. When they get right in the heart of that normal range I start feeling a little sick. The doctors check me out and say, nope everything is normal.

I had a problem with Neurontin, though, I've been taking it and Cymbalta and both increase BP. As a result, my blood pressure fluctuates between the standard "normal" ~110/70 (rather than my usual low normal ~90/60) all the way up to borderline high 140/90. Unforetunately, the docs haven't caught it at its highest so they ignore it and tell me to keep taking the meds.

All that said- I don't know why many of us do.

kandyland, low blood pressure and low body temperature are both symptoms low adrenal function commonly referred to by the alternative health community as adrenal fatigue. Sadly, the regular medical profession doesn't acknowledge anything between Cushing's Syndrome where the adrenals are pumping out so much cortisol that you gain weight like a newborn whale, or Addison's Disease where the adrenals have failed completely. Most in alternative health community realize that your adrenals can not be functioning up to par leaving you feeling sick.

The symptoms of adrenal fatigue are virtually the same as fibro without the pain. I really think my fibro diagnosis should be reclassified as low adrenal function but that's not about to happen so I treat myself using OTC supplements such as adrenal cortex, the Indian herb ashwagandha, a very high salt diet, panathetic acid [B5] and magnanese. Other than some fatigue if I do much, I feel good. BTW, might mention I had this for 29 since I was 26.

A couple of notes about the herb ashwagandha: Don't ake it if there's any chance you could be or will become pregnant as it can cause miscarriages. It also shouldn't be take if you have ulcers or severe inflammation such as RA. The great thing about it is that it balances the body by normalizing thyroid function, lowers cortisol levels to help you sleep--those of us with adrenal fatigue often have high cortisol levels at night that prevent us from being able to go to sleep, it's used in herbal weight loss products, helps mental function and memory and strengthens the immune system. I'm finding it very helpful in helping me get to sleep and stay asleep. Here are a couple of articles on it:

http://ashwagandhabenefits.com/
http://www.holistic-herbalist.com/ashwagandha-side-effects.html

This is a matrix showing the signs and symptoms of low adrenal and low thyroid function. The home page has a huge article on treating adrenal fatigue.

http://www.drrind.com/therapies/metabolic-symptoms-matrix

I have had low bp for as many years as I have had fibro. Roughly 15. I never thought much about it since I was also a martial artist and had heard that being physically fit meant low bp. Recently, I started taking baking soda with water after I read that it helped rebalance the ph in the blood from the acid released by the pain to a more basic. Since then my bp has gone up to normal levels and my mental fogginess is better. My stomach doesn't hurt so much and I actually feel hunger for the first time in years. But I am no doctor and don' t recommend this to anyone else. It is jus what worked for me. Stay safe, stay well.