Posted by George Romero on March 1, 2010, at 17:32:01
In reply to Re: Spontaneous Hypertensive Crisis on MAOI » George Romero, posted by evenintherain on March 1, 2010, at 17:04:26
> > i'm supposed to have already started tapering off > parnate, but i just can't bring myself to do it
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> i totally understand this. i think i would feel the same reluctance. what did you decide to do?
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> sometimes it is had to tell if the doctors are just covering their *sses or if the danger just really isn't worth the risk.
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> i wonder if someone who has experienced one spontaneous hypertensive crisis is more likely to experience another (it seems like they would be, but that might not be the case? unfortunately i doubt there are studies on this). i also wonder if having the hypOtensive problems you had make going into a hypertensive crises more dangerous because the fluctuation is so severe?i've wondered the same things--whether i'm more likely to have another episode b/c i've had one already, whether mine was worse b/c i started out with such a low bp (doctors/nurses at the hospital kept saying things to one another like "but it was 85/55 just this morning"). i don't know.
i guess i'm going to try something else. doctor gave me cymbalta (which i'm not excited about at all). i don't know what else to do. i've tried everything else.
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