Does anyone on DU, without diabetes, suffer from high blood

pressure and low blood sugar? If so, is it a common disorder?

It's not uncommon.

tablets until I can see my doctor. Will this help?

My blood pressure got up to 210 / 120 and the Red Cross would not let me donate blood on several occasions.

Then I made a lifestyle change.

I quit drinking. I went from a quart of whiskey a day down to zero.

I lost weight. I went from 200 Lbs. to 160 Lbs.

I started to exercise.

Today my blood pressure is 110 / 65 with no medication.

In my case, my health problems were brought on by myself.

debilitating dizzy spells - I am 85 and do not drink or smoke . The Dr is still treating the blood pressure, changing the meds but the dizzy spells persist.

Yesterday, I decided to eat some chocolates I had been give for my birthday last week and within 15 minutes the dizzy spells were gone. I did some research on the Interent and thought perhaps I had a combination of high bood pressure and low blood sugar.

My brother in law suggested that I try the glucose tablets until I can see my Dr. this coming week. The dizzy spells have put me down to the point where I can barely function and have to go back to bed to maintain stability.

I drink fruit juice, milk and nibble on chcoloate as has been suggested but the results and are short lived and the spells return within an hour or so.

Blood pressure and blood sugar can both vary throughout the day. When you go to the doctor, the doctor only gets the number at that moment. Since low blood pressure and low blood sugar can go together, it is possible that you are also getting some low blood pressure numbers. You can also get home blood sugar numbers.

If you have those numbers, your doctor will have more information on which to base a decision about medications. You may be having enough "white coat syndrome" to bring up bp to normal at the doctor's office, while it could be low at home.

If the bp numbers are okay, but blood glucose levels low, you might want to talk to the doctor about dietary changes.

Glucose tablets work great, but only in the very short run.

This sounds miserable, by the way. Good luck.

Other good advice is eating protein and complex carbohydrates like peanut butter on crackers instead of high sugar snacks. The latter cause a peak and then a crash in blood sugar. The former cause a slow rise and maintain blood sugar for far longer.

Low blood pressure or glucose can cause dizziness. Medication can make it too low. The ups and downs are a problem with both.

My grandmother suffered from low blood pressure. She took a shot to get it back up. Of-course you can't drink too much or you will be very dizzy!!

Best to check your blood pressure standing up and sitting down. Check it during the day with one of those home blood pressure devices you can buy at the drug store. There is such as thing as doctors office stress which gives you a higher BP reading when tested. When you go on medication to lower it...it might be too low.

Get a glucose meter and test your blood sugar to see if it is too low. Yes...drink orange juice to get a faster result.

Call your pharmacy or doctor don't wait.

You can get one at the drug store. Check your sugar when you are feeling dizzy, but also several other times a day. The data would be very useful to your doc when you do go in.

Hypoglycemia can be dangerous. If your numbers are below 70, that's an urgent problem.

That took a lot of hard work.

When they went on a low salt diet, so did I. I've never eaten a high salt diet and avoid high salt foods like chips and processed food like the plague. I didn't start to develop hypertension until many, many years after they did.

My hypertension is one of those genetically programmed things that can be brought on early by lifestyle. Fortunately for me, it can be controlled by drugs---cheap drugs.

My dad was skinny as they come and rode his bicycle at least 10 miles a day until a month before his death at 89. He still had hypertension. My guess is that yours will reappear at some point, too.

Congratulations on making that day a lot farther into the future than it once was!

I've had hypoglycemia and HBP for years.

If I get hungry and forget to eat, I immediately start throwing up saliva. Not fun. Glucose tablets are OK for emergencies.

Eat high protein snacks with a bit of carbohydrates like cheese and crackers.
Make sure you eat protein frequently, and do not skip breakfast.

i cant risk going to a doctor & getting a bloodtest for diabetes. but it's in my family! it'd prolly cost thousands to get a simple blood test these days.

find someone with a glucose meter and have them check for you. It's not as accurate as a plasma blood test, but it can give you an idea of where you are.

So your idea that a test would cost "thousands" is silly. Get a monitor at your local pharmacy, ask them how to use it, and check it yourself.

Untreated diabetes is a death sentence.

according to my GP, so I had to start taking some med for it. My partner(40) also has high blood pressure and takes a med for it.