If you can’t get to Dr then I would think any chemist/pharmacy would be able to do a quick check and stop you from worrying.

Hello Jolie,

You blood pressure is not panic stations high. Measure it a few times – 10 minutes apart – and you will probably find it falls after an hour or so and you get bored with the BP measuring and start to relax.

Contacting your doctor is a good idea. The first few days can be a little rocky.

Hi. I haven’t monitored my blood pressure yet, but have the bp monitor at how, as my wife has high bp.

I’ve noticed that my tinnitus gone a bit worse, since started tx, shortness of breath and have a strange taste in my mouth.

I experienced the first 2 sensations before tx as well, on and off.

The chest pain is there as well from time to time. As I experienced most of it in the past and my GP didn’t pay attention to it, I just try to ignore these symptoms for now. If it gets worse, there is always A&E to check ECG and liver function. I booked my GP the next appointment is on the 21st of December.

‘I don’t really have the “speedy” feeling some describe, I don’t have more energy, but I do have very strong pulsations & can hear my heartbeat in my head very strong, esp at night when I try to sleep on my sides. My head hurts & I suspect my blood pressure could be high.
Does anyone measures their Blood Pressure while on tx?’

Hi Jolie
You very accurately described a sensation that I have experienced periodically over the years and for me it was always at night. For me this feeling generally occurred when attempting sleep and it was sometimes after a couple of drinks. It felt as though the virus was replicating and like you I could feel a strong sensation of ‘heartbeat in my head’ especially when lying on my side and it was just impossible to relax or sleep until the sensation passed which usually took several hours. I take meds for high blood pressure and my blood pressure is recorded as at the high end of ‘normal’. I was also on cholesterol meds which I have halted in anticipation of my sof/dac tx.

,Hi Jolie, sorry to hear about the BP machine ‘adventure’ and thanks for posting.

As you know I’m not on tx yet but have concerns re getting BP monitored once I am.

I get a pulsing thing going on pre-tx, mid centre rib-cage. It’s like another heartbeat.
This is worse when I go to bed the minute I lie down and is accompanied by a ‘weak’ sensation generally as if I may faint, hard to describe. I have told two Drs and they just ignore it.
I hate it. I also get it when stretching or bending over and on climbing stairs.
It doesn’t hurt, isn’t really alarming, but would like to know what it is!

First consultant noted my BP was on the edge of cautious/high marker, previously it was always low.

Our Drs surgery has a BP machine in reception. Not sure if you can just walk in and use it, or if you have to be there for a reason! Keep intending to find out, will try maybe this week. It may be worth finding out if there’s a surgery near you with this option?
Hope you feel a bit brighter in the coming days and you can put your mind at rest. It must be annoying when trying to sleep.

Hi Jolie,

Just returned from my GP who checked my BP while there and It is back into my normal range.
I do know that when my blood pressure is raised due to stress I feel very little difference and can’t really pick it by how my body feels. It is most noticeable to me when driving so I diagnose by how loudly I’m shouting at other “idiot” drivers and how deep are the finger impressions I leave in the steering wheel. A 260 horsepower Blood Pressure Monitor with mag wheels!

I do wonder how much of this is us anticipating and therefore looking for sides, so when we find something that is new or unnoticed previously, our minds focus on that and magnify it out of proportion to its true meaning. Particularly late at night in bed when our imagination is free to roam far and wide and with us being so quiet and still, everything that our body does is more noticeable.* This isn’t to devalue your’s and others (and indeed my own) experiences as they are important to us and by sharing them we can get a better idea of how universal they are and build a database of expected sides vs those that may require urgent medical attention.

G

* remind me to tell you how I spent a night in hospital in Feb this year having a “heart attack”. 15hrs with ECGs, treadmill stress tests, the works! Got a clean bill of health, nothing wrong. (My excuse now is that I’d been outside in the heat (40°C) all day and was tired and dehydrated) illy:' />

I get a pulsing thing going on pre-tx, mid centre rib-cage. It’s like another heartbeat.
This is worse when I go to bed the minute I lie down and U.S. accompanied by a ‘weak’ sensation generally as if I may faint, hard to describe. I have told two Drs and they just ignore it.

That’s strange London Girl, I’ve also experienced that or something similar that no doc can explain, , it is hard to explain anyway.
I feel like the heart starts kind of racing & I feel weak & need to cough or something….? it sort of “thumps” all over chest.
Once I tried to explain this to a doc & they sat me down & made me inhale ventilin, but this did nothing.

I always have quite low blood pressure & exercise regularly, so don’t know what it can be??
weird.