Is my bp too high to start cycle?

[DinAZ]

I'm lurking and been reading and I appreciate your words of wisdom. I am 38 years old and am on 20mg lisinopril. I am at 121/65 with it. My diastolic used to be a bit higher but exercise has helped it go down from 80 to 65ish. If I can get my systolic down I'd like to talk to the doc about getting off the BP meds but maybe I will be taking them for life who knows.

I take my health seriously but I didn't always and let my BP get out of hand. I am running test only right now and I was worried that my BP might go up during the test, but it has actually gone down. My guess is that it is because I was sedentary during COVID and have been working out hard again many months and now my body is just getting in better shape because test should be raising my BP not lowering it. Also, I wonder if supplements can help BP? I have started on Taurine and Insotil-Choline and CoQ10 and others, and some people have reported some of these helped their BP. I think exercise has more impact than supplements.

Anyways, I don't have much to add, just lurking and want to watch this thread. I hope to get off the Lisinopril someday but hearing others use it here and don't have problems with it is reassuring.

[Bigbadwolf250]

I'm lurking and been reading and I appreciate your words of wisdom. I am 38 years old and am on 20mg lisinopril. I am at 121/65 with it. My diastolic used to be a bit higher but exercise has helped it go down from 80 to 65ish. If I can get my systolic down I'd like to talk to the doc about getting off the BP meds but maybe I will be taking them for life who knows.

I take my health seriously but I didn't always and let my BP get out of hand. I am running test only right now and I was worried that my BP might go up during the test, but it has actually gone down. My guess is that it is because I was sedentary during COVID and have been working out hard again many months and now my body is just getting in better shape because test should be raising my BP not lowering it. Also, I wonder if supplements can help BP? I have started on Taurine and Insotil-Choline and CoQ10 and others, and some people have reported some of these helped their BP. I think exercise has more impact than supplements.

Anyways, I don't have much to add, just lurking and want to watch this thread. I hope to get off the Lisinopril someday but hearing others use it here and don't have problems with it is reassuring.

Thanks bro what your recent egfr level

[Honkey_Kong]

I'm lurking and been reading and I appreciate your words of wisdom. I am 38 years old and am on 20mg lisinopril. I am at 121/65 with it. My diastolic used to be a bit higher but exercise has helped it go down from 80 to 65ish. If I can get my systolic down I'd like to talk to the doc about getting off the BP meds but maybe I will be taking them for life who knows.

I take my health seriously but I didn't always and let my BP get out of hand. I am running test only right now and I was worried that my BP might go up during the test, but it has actually gone down. My guess is that it is because I was sedentary during COVID and have been working out hard again many months and now my body is just getting in better shape because test should be raising my BP not lowering it. Also, I wonder if supplements can help BP? I have started on Taurine and Insotil-Choline and CoQ10 and others, and some people have reported some of these helped their BP. I think exercise has more impact than supplements.

Anyways, I don't have much to add, just lurking and want to watch this thread. I hope to get off the Lisinopril someday but hearing others use it here and don't have problems with it is reassuring.

lisinopril is one of the most common BP medications. I think that was the first one my doctor prescribed me. It gave me a constant chronic cough though. I throat always felt like it was itching from the inside. But there are a whole plethora of other medications.

Some people can improve their diets and cardio and not need to continue to take BP meds. But if you're not one of those people, taking a pill everyday isn't that big of a deal. It certainly beats having a stroke, heart attack or other organ failure early in life.