Since my accident my BP pressures have been running around 136/65 or higher. When I was in ICU my pressures were running very high. My heart rate NOW is always in the 50's.

Before my accident my pressures were in the 110/70 range and my heart rate was in the 60's, low 70's (All of these numbers are at rest). Until I am constantly in the 140's my doctor will not put me on medicine. I told him I would really like to see my systolic pressure <130.

On my stress test my starting blood pressure was 133/70 and I was told they expect the systolic number to go up and the diastolic to go down as mine did. So they said everything was fine. It took me a week to recover from the stress test. I felt like I got hit by a truck.

You wrote: "Maybe you need to exercise more often so your fluid pressure in your brain normalizes to the BP effects. "

I would if I didn't feel like someone was hitting me in the head with a hammer

I see a new neurologist in 3 weeks and I will bring up the calcium channel blocker. Maybe start out on a small dose to see if it helps.

Thanks again for your reply Mark - hope all is going good for you.

SIB