I hope you have a good day bobby!
((((HUGS))))
love bizi

thank you Bizi
tomorrow I go to primary care. he wants to test for something. ugh
love
bobby

i don't know what to do. my blood pressure really came down today on my cuff machine. I think it is correct. that means the medicine like klonopin doesn't work under stress.I am angry at my pdoc.why won't he let me try a higher dose of topamax again. it worked before for bingeing. does he want me to die from obesity?

Bobby
You will get it worked through. And maybe the blood pressure is
just sometimes. Mine will do that and it just takes some work
to keep it down. Plus I take medicine for mine.

Good luck tomorrow,

Donna

i take medicine for mine too ramipril in the morning and and at night. is it and the klonopin 2 n working and the fast heart beat?

I'm so glad that your neuro was pleased with your progress from PT and how you were walking. It was good that you explained that you were ****** about the long wait, so she wouldn't worry about your blood pressure too much. An hour is a long wait. I hate that.

Stress and anxiety can really raise systolic blood pressure (the top number) and your pulse. It has less of an effect on your diastolic (bottom number) BP. Klonopin can lower your systolic blood pressure and heart rate.

I may be remembering incorrectly and thinking of a different drug, but I thought you said that your pdoc reduced the Topamax because it was linked to an increased risk of stroke, but a different kind of stroke. I would ask him to explain himself clearly again as to exactly why he won't raise the Topamax, since it has helped curb your binging in the past.

Good thought Kay.

Bobby, when I get to a doctor's office they seem to take my blood pressure
right away or within 5 minutes. That way if its really high they can retake
it when I might be calmer. I realize that wouldn't have worked for you
this time.

But makes me wonder.

Donna

it was risperdal. he cut in half wellbutrin because of my irritability and let risperdal alone

yesterday was a nightmare. I fasted til 10 for the doctor's and then found out i didn't have to fast.after the doctors. my legs got weak. then my legs went.they were so weak. I don't know what to do. three people asked if i needed help. one helped me get up. then I was near home and another walked me home. she asked if I needed an ambulance. My doorman asked if i needed an ambulance . he gave me water and i sat in the lobby- when i got up he told me to call him when i got into my apartment if ididn't want anybody to go with me,
what do i do.go back to physical therapy? i was doing so well without it. I started doing badly with it

That sounds like an awful day, and must have been scary! I'm sorry Bobby!

I wish you had gone to the hospital (but I probably would not have either), so that they could have ruled out medical causes for what happened, or tell you for sure if your weakness was due to the fasting or not...
But I think it was probably due to the fasting, especially if you were also a little dehydrated. Something like that is going to effect you more now than in the past. Any residual weakness from the stroke can get worse under the right circumstances.

How did you feel once you got home, had something to eat, and got some rest? And how do you feel today?

How long has it been since you have been out of PT? Have you still been going for your walks, and if so how do you feel since leaving PT?