Posted by Yuko on October 09, 1998 at 16:29:48:
Hello, fellow sufferers. Especially to other female sufferers out there with low blood pressure, have you found any correlation between your blood
pressure and CH episodes?
My normal blood pressure is 90/60 in the morning, and over the past years I've found it goes up to text book normal 120/80 during an episode.
I usually take 240 mg Verapamil a day, which of course doctors don't feel uncomfortable prescribing by looking at this normal blood pressure at the time of the office visit. In my normal CH episode for 8 weeks, Verapamil gave me absolutely no side effects in the past. However, this time for some reason, severe fatigue and GI disturbances (namely diarrhea, not constipation) are present, and I've asked the doctor to cut down the dosage. Nausea and cold sweat happen too with a sudden drop of my blood pressure. I'm just not sure if this is caused by Imitrex which I've cut way down.
We're so stressed to find out CH episodes are back, so maybe that alone raised my blood pressure. I just don't know. Also, I can tell whether I'm having
a "headache day", by having a dull pressure in my brain all day. Those days, any slight trigger brings on headaches, and until I have an attack which I abort with Imitrex, my head just doesn't clear.
I can't really afford to lose weight, and zero appetite just doesn't help the fatigue either. Maybe I'm simply depressed and my tummy is reacting??
Your input is appreciated.