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[netminder1976]

Hello everyone. New here to post but not to read. I finally decided to register and say my problem. I was drinking alot to ease my anxiety and my blood pressure was averaging about 140/87. I quit drinking just over a month ago and now I fear my blood pressure is too low!! Now I average about 112/70 and get down to 100/62 sometimes in the morning. My mother has an average of about 105/65 and her doctor says that is normal for her. Is it possible that my average was always that but always higher from the drinking?? I am nervous about my heart rate too. At rest it is usually between 55 and 65.... is that bad?? I am 29 and not overweight and don't smoke. I work in construction and have 4 boys so I am pretty active.

[eeyorelover]

Hi netminder and welcome to the site -
my blood pressure has always been low - last time I was at the docs it was 97/57 - and I've never had any probs. I would ask your doc tho just to be safe. I did some searching and found this about heartrates - resting heart rate of less than 84 is considered good (I can see everyone reading this reply hurriedly checking their pulse right now but it also says that it can vary due to many different factors - lol) - normal for an athlete is 40-60. Sounds like you are in pretty good shape then huh??!!
Hope that helps :)

[netminder1976]

I made a mistake now and was reading up on bradycardia
and now I am panicking and am convinced that is what is wrong with me.

[eeyorelover]

uh oh - late night googling??!! We have all done that and boy it can really freak you out huh??
just slow down your breathing, try to take your mind off it and NO MORE GOOGLING - lol
Try to get some sleep :)
take care

[chucklehound]

Hi and welcome to NMP:D

Take care

Chuckle

xxxx

[emma chant]

Hi netminder,
WELCOME to no more panic.
:)
xxx

e chant

[jackie]

sounds perfectly normal to me

glad you decided to join

jackie

[JennyW]

<b id="quote">quote:</b id="quote"><table border="0" id="quote"><tr id="quote"><td class="quote" id="quote">uh oh - late night googling??!! We have all done that and boy it can really freak you out huh??
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OMG! Yes I did this earlier in the week - ended up still googling at midnight and scaring myself to death