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Any audiophile who is on blood pressure medication

I was put on HBP medication couple weeks ago due to slight blood pressure elevated from 135/85 in am to 145/92 in early pm time and my life has been turning up side down. As much as I love to listen to the music and mess around with my equipments on my day-off, now I see myself tired all days coping with the side effects of different type of HBP meds. I have not be able to turn on my gear for weeks due to the lacking of energy and I wonder how do other audiophiles who has the same medical issue can overcome the tiresome to enjpy the music. Please share some thoughts .
andrewdoan
photon46
1,008 posts
 
Only about half of us are sodium sensitive to the point it has much bearing on blood pressure from what I've read. If you're among that half, it's a total pain to try and keep your sodium intake as low as it should be if you eat anything out of a package or from a restaurant. I know it does influence my bp to a degree, as does too much meat and alcohol. Modern western lifestyles are a huge contributor to the epidemic of high blood pressure.
bobf
207 posts
 
Hi Jadem,
Hope your feeling a little better and our family wish you the best!

Kind Regards,
Bob
david12
1,398 posts
 
Indeed Jadem, good luck with your impending operation. You are right, that not everyone is salt sensitive. However on a population basis, I am not so sure. A study on Amazonian Indians some years ago, found there BP's were about 90/70 and they did'nt fall over when they stood up. The suggested reason is very low salt intake, high rainfall in the Amazon basin washes all the salt out of the soil.
Incidentally, if you look at salt intake, consider Bread. It is packed with salt, why? It lasts 6 days on the shelf, not 2, simple economics for the supermarkets.
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