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Anyone feel like their heart is restrained while taking blood pressure medicine?

Asked by JLeslie (65448points) May 21st, 2018 from iPhone

I just started taking blood pressure medicine recently, and when my heart rate needs to go up things feel different in my chest.

I just wondered if anyone else experienced that. I’m going to tell my doctor, but I figure there is a 50/50 chance she’ll dismiss what I tell her as being paranoid or a hypochondriac. That’s what doctors tend to do in my experience. I know it will likely be up to me to insist on trying a different drug if I want to.

I have some of my dad’s medication here, I’d have to check the dosage, that I can try. Same drug class.

I’m thinking of just skipping my med and testing the feeling I’m having. My blood pressure is not scary high right now unmedicated, it’s just bad for my heart over time.

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