Hello and thank you for letting me join the Forum.
I suffer with high blood pressure but no real problems with cycling until January this year when my BP started to rise to unacceptable levels (155/95) according to my Doctor. He prescribed additional medication on top of what I was already taking, which brought my BP down ok, but after covering about 50km my BP drops (89/49) and I begin to feel dizzy, like I'm going to pass out and remains at this level for about 4 hours, after that back to around 115/55. I've spoken to my Doctor who I've been with for the past 10 years and he maintains I'm on the correct dosage and combination of medication and it may be something I have to live with.
I've tried not taking the new medication but after a couple of days my BP starts to rise, so that's no good. I ride a mountain bike and a road bike and up to the end of November last year I was entering road races of up to 100km with no problems. At the end of November I was knocked off my road bike while on a morning training run, by a drunk on a motorbike who came through a red traffic light. The bike needed a set of new wheels but I was ok, I landed on top of the motorbike driver, but this seems to have started my BP problems.
Has anyone else here been in a similar situation, is it something I have to live with or is thee hope of getting back to what is normal for me?
Peter H
I suffer with high blood pressure but no real problems with cycling until January this year when my BP started to rise to unacceptable levels (155/95) according to my Doctor. He prescribed additional medication on top of what I was already taking, which brought my BP down ok, but after covering about 50km my BP drops (89/49) and I begin to feel dizzy, like I'm going to pass out and remains at this level for about 4 hours, after that back to around 115/55. I've spoken to my Doctor who I've been with for the past 10 years and he maintains I'm on the correct dosage and combination of medication and it may be something I have to live with.
I've tried not taking the new medication but after a couple of days my BP starts to rise, so that's no good. I ride a mountain bike and a road bike and up to the end of November last year I was entering road races of up to 100km with no problems. At the end of November I was knocked off my road bike while on a morning training run, by a drunk on a motorbike who came through a red traffic light. The bike needed a set of new wheels but I was ok, I landed on top of the motorbike driver, but this seems to have started my BP problems.
Has anyone else here been in a similar situation, is it something I have to live with or is thee hope of getting back to what is normal for me?
Peter H