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01-23-2016, 06:26 AM
Julie, my sense now is you are being told to find another doctor, or at least go to a specialist. Is the doctor you mention above your internist/general practitioner? You may actually not be dealing with BP problems at all, but something else in your body which is affecting your blood pressure. Possibly it would be worthwhile to see an endocrinologist, and have your hormone levels checked. I am not insinuating menopause, but more your cortisol levels, and the way your body produces adrenaline.
In my case, yes, my BP is borderline to high, but I have chosen to ignore that, based on multiple studies in Europe (Germany specifically) which only advocate BP meds for very high or severe HBP. American doctors, unfortunately, have been lobbied successfully by the drug industry (and the same industry has successfully influenced the coursework in US medical schools) to focus on BP relentlessly, because all the drug industry wants is for patients to be identified with a long-term problem which will translate to a maintenance drug for the remainder of their life.
The fact that you have tried six different BP meds in the last year, and your doctor has now told you that the components of Esidrix, you have already tried too, is very telling. True, Esidrix may be a different formulation of the same components, but if it has been discontinued in the US, you are really at a loss, unless you move to another country where it is still manufactured and available.
That is why I believe God is telling you, there is something else going on, or possibly He is telling you to ignore it for now. He gives you the name of a drug which your doctor cannot prescribe, but then your doctor divulges that you have already tried a similar drug, and it didn't work.
For me, I have concluded that stress and my body's cortisol levels routinely get out of whack, so I have chosen to follow natural methods to help mitigate that, and keep my body's rush of adrenaline better under control. I still get stressed, and still have sleepless nights, but I have chosen not to worry obsessively about it. So much of life, it seems, is to learn to give up the need for control. God is in control, and while there is unsafety in that, God is good, and His purposes for us are good.
Thank you for sharing your story ... and all the best.
In my case, yes, my BP is borderline to high, but I have chosen to ignore that, based on multiple studies in Europe (Germany specifically) which only advocate BP meds for very high or severe HBP. American doctors, unfortunately, have been lobbied successfully by the drug industry (and the same industry has successfully influenced the coursework in US medical schools) to focus on BP relentlessly, because all the drug industry wants is for patients to be identified with a long-term problem which will translate to a maintenance drug for the remainder of their life.
The fact that you have tried six different BP meds in the last year, and your doctor has now told you that the components of Esidrix, you have already tried too, is very telling. True, Esidrix may be a different formulation of the same components, but if it has been discontinued in the US, you are really at a loss, unless you move to another country where it is still manufactured and available.
That is why I believe God is telling you, there is something else going on, or possibly He is telling you to ignore it for now. He gives you the name of a drug which your doctor cannot prescribe, but then your doctor divulges that you have already tried a similar drug, and it didn't work.
For me, I have concluded that stress and my body's cortisol levels routinely get out of whack, so I have chosen to follow natural methods to help mitigate that, and keep my body's rush of adrenaline better under control. I still get stressed, and still have sleepless nights, but I have chosen not to worry obsessively about it. So much of life, it seems, is to learn to give up the need for control. God is in control, and while there is unsafety in that, God is good, and His purposes for us are good.
Thank you for sharing your story ... and all the best.