tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123453264169963762.post7677084162862916287..comments2023-04-27T18:37:40.633-07:00Comments on Pinata of Pathology: OMG WTF BBQ?Medical Mojavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14445140579589340514noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123453264169963762.post-16607632453901099182010-11-22T13:52:04.192-08:002010-11-22T13:52:04.192-08:00Oh no problem, everyone gives me an "e" ...Oh no problem, everyone gives me an "e" :)<br /><br />Parts of your story are so similar to my family members.<br /><br />Going high before a crash makes sense - the body can compensate... for a while.<br /><br />The mag citrate was just a thought.<br /><br />Whiteocoat hypertension tends to more be systolic (first number) as that is a measure of anxiety. The diastolic (lower number) shouldn't really go crazy for the doc (although I find many docs hypertension worthy myself).<br /><br />The problem the docs have with us, is the patient has a medical education, and I sort of secondarily acquired one. So we're not so easy to BS. I could tell you stories... occasionally very gratifying. There was one very high placed endocrinologist, who got to look very very foolish.<br /><br />TracyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123453264169963762.post-16483623671550497392010-11-22T11:23:17.292-08:002010-11-22T11:23:17.292-08:00Oops Tracy not Tracey.
Sorry.Oops Tracy not Tracey.<br /><br />Sorry.Medical Mojavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14445140579589340514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123453264169963762.post-62504812000844672322010-11-22T11:19:27.588-08:002010-11-22T11:19:27.588-08:00Tracey: Thanks for all your comments sorry I have ...Tracey: Thanks for all your comments sorry I have not kept up with responding. I appreciate all the information you have provided.<br /><br />Oral steroids make my blood pressure normal. I was high earlier this year. Got sick started prednisone and didn't need BP meds anymore. Well look at that.<br /><br />I am ONLY super high at the doctor's office or right before a crash. That is the pattern. I spend A LOT of time ping ponging from high to way too low and very little time in normal anymore.<br /><br />My BP right this moment is 120/80. I know that whitecoat htn is considered to still be hypertension (if I am remembering correctly) however, I don't even know if it's true whitecoat hypertension. It's beyond simple anxiety at this point and I doubt it will resolve until I get better and have had some time away from doctors and constant medical stupidity. The pressure is immense, for it to be anything other than incredibly stressful is impossible.<br /><br />The mag actually is due to low carb, it tends to make me low in magnesium. The levels haven't been tested though in a while though because doctors don't do that unless they are familiar with low carb and most are not. So I don't know for sure what the mag is doing in my body at this moment, but my body tends to run low.<br /><br />I don't have diarrhea at the dose I'm at, which is, from what I recall, a sign of over supplementation.<br /><br />It also helps relieve the leftover muscle pain/cramping from the last time I had SAI, which never quite went away. Mag and Potassium make a big difference in that.<br /><br />MMedical Mojavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14445140579589340514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6123453264169963762.post-4285971774512942772010-11-22T10:24:05.999-08:002010-11-22T10:24:05.999-08:00And me again...
Oral steroids can raise your bloo...And me again...<br /><br />Oral steroids can raise your blood pressure. In adrenal insufficiency, if it's not severe, the body can try to compensate for the lack of cortisol, and have high bp and hypertension at times (happened to my family member too).<br /><br />Then, if you're taking BP meds, things can go low (yep, we remember that too).<br /><br />It's hard to separate actual disease from medication side effects. We never did have a doctor do so - we just gradually d/c'd ever med that wasn't absolutely necessary.<br /><br />btw - I also noticed you are taking more mag citrate per day then the what I believe the recommended maximum (a little over) - note effects of too much mag citrate are "magnesium overdose can result in serious complication such as slow heart beat, low blood pressure, nausea, drowsiness, etc." I wonder if that could be a factor.<br /><br />TracyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com