AD symptoms with lower blood pressures

[Chaz19]

Over the past two months I’ve been struggling with profuse sweating, headaches and relatively elevated blood pressures for me. I was wondering if anyone else has had moderate to severe symptoms of ADD but with lower blood pressures. This is never happened to me before and I’m unsure exactly how to treat myself if blood pressure is 135/70 but my normal runs around 80/50. I’ve been journaling every day to try to figure out what is the stimulus ad should find out after an MRI. Any thoughts?

[C1Jeff]

Your normal blood pressure is 80/50? That seems really low. My normal symptoms of mine goes low is lightheaded/tired and the lights get really bright.

[goldnucs]

I'm normally around 85/50's but often I ran even lower: 70/40's, especially when I had a uti, which can be frequently. Solution: fludrocortisone. Now my BP generally holds around 100/80's

[crags]

I'm normally around 85/50's but often I ran even lower: 70/40's, especially when I had a uti, which can be frequently. Solution: fludrocortisone. Now my BP generally holds around 100/80's

I currently take midodrine for getting out of bed in the morning for substantial orthostatic hypotension. My mail order PBM wanted me to take fludrocortisone (florinef), as it was cheaper for them. Taking a corticosteroid long-term has substantial side effects as compared to midodrine.

I appealed the decision and they allowed me to take the midodrine instead.

But I'm not so sure the midodrine is all that effective. I take it with one gram of salt.

[tinern]

My blood pressure is in the neighborhood of Goldnucs and like him I was prescribed Florinef. Unfortunately, I also had to start taking hydrocortisone. I'm not thrilled with taking the medication because of the steroid face side effect but it truly has given me a better quality of life. I was diagnosed with Adrenal Insufficiency. I tried Midodrine and it did not help at all.

[SCI-Nurse]

You may need to take medication to elevate your blood pressure
Midodrine is a medication commonly used
call your health care provider
SCI-Nursepbr

[Gregsw]

My blood pressure runs very low, but often drops to 70/50s. That's when I can't sit up in my chair and I have to take midodrin. I also have to take midodrin before I eat a big meal because eating really causes my blood pressure to drop.