lisa, Doctorshealthpress has been described as a "fraudelent swindle" and there are tons of complaints against them.

http://www.complaintboard.com/doctors-health-press-complaints-l17068.html

Personally I think the advice is dangerous and potentially fatal.

I see you have been posting links to that site on many boards.

I don't know what you are talking about. My name is not Lisa and I haven't posted any links. ????

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Hi, I am so sorry you are going through this. I am currently going through the same thing. I've had high blood pressure for three years, and I feel as if I can't get stable because the meds can't bring it under control for very long. I've been getting very high readings, too. Doc increased my dose a few days ago, and it looks okay. I just hope it stays that way. I am here if you ever want to talk. Hang in there, my friend.

Hello, this is for Pam640 and Komom. I had a friend who's son was 14 years old and he had very HBP and they didn't know why so they went to the Mayo clinic up in Minnesota because they specialize in all types of blood pressure issue that your internal Med doc does not. It was a tumor on his adrenal glands.and his Kidneys that was raising the BP. I also had a co-worker with the same thing. You Internal med doc is just going to keep putting you on meds.Look on the Mayo clinic website. It is a top Clinic in the country. You will see the sight for the BP. My advice is to go there and get checked out. Go on the site first. GodBless

I see an MD with alternative health training. My BP has been high since the end of July this past year. I started with inderol and it was fine for a couple weeks. Then it went up, so more inderol. It went down for a couple weeks. Then it went up, so again - a higher dose. But my doctor feels it's still too high (138/82)

Interestingly, a few years ago, unless your BP was more than 140/90, meds weren't considered. Now, it's 120/80. They're thinking of lowering it to 115/75. Part of that is motivated by profit.

But this new doctor is suggesting I stay on the inderol and we start with a few supplements - quite a bit of fish oil, CoQ10, D3, Magnesium, Primrose oil. Then I'm to take epsom salt baths and meditate and drink Hibiscus tea. And I'm continuing with interval training for exercise. I'll go back in a month and we'll see if it's working.

For diet, Himalayan salt is fine, ghee, coconut oil and olive oil. Lots and lots of veggies, 4 - 8 ounces of meat and very, very limited sugars and carbs. Wish me luck!

Alternative medicine offers tons of possible solutions and I just prefer to start there. Then we can add meds if necessary but if I'm already doing a lot of good things to support good overall health, hopefully I won't need as many meds.

Why can't I just take my meds and be ok???" Because meds are NOT the answer. Taking responsibility for your own health is the answer. Reed's advise is good. Look into an MD with alternative health training.
Reed: it is the ONLY motive.

Just wanted to post an update. I continue to work on eliminating sugar and realizing how very much it is in. It's not only candy, cake, cookies and sodas which were fairly easy to eliminate but it's also in peanut butter, jelly, bread.

I see my doctor next week and have a slew of questions for her. I'm supposed to drastically limit carbs which is more difficult for me than other dietary changes.

But with all of the herbs and Himalayan tea, exercise and meditation, my bp has gone from 140ish/95ish to 117/73. Hopefully it'll behave and show those numbers at the doctor's office although going out, driving through traffic and so forth may bring it up a bit. We'll see.

I think what I like about working on all of this is that I know it's also helping my overall health and will help prevent diabetes, heart disease, anxiety and a bunch of other problems.

Wishing others the best of luck in their journey. BP seems like a tough nut to crack.