High blood pressure after you started vaping?
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Mine dropped. Significantly. 110/75 is my current standard and I am not a spring chicken. I'm more like a late summer turkey.
One hates to say it, particularly to a lady, but it could be...advancing age. Your arteries harden as you get older, blood pressure tends to rise.
Or if you have a family history. I do, but seem to have dodged the bullet on that one (so far, at least).
One hates to say it, particularly to a lady, but it could be...advancing age. Your arteries harden as you get older, blood pressure tends to rise.
Or if you have a family history. I do, but seem to have dodged the bullet on that one (so far, at least).
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Nicotine itself causes a raise in blood pressure, maybe you're vaping more than you think, since it's easier to vape versus finding spot to light one up.
Y'know, I'm not so sure about that any longer with the recent dental studies (which measured blood pressure and blood flow to determine if smokers' and vapers' gums were oxygen-deprived).
For now, I'd still run with it and say that nicotine is going to cause high blood pressure. Even if incorrect, I want more proof before I change my mind.
It is natural for the body to develop all kinds of things as you age.
The concept that "if I do what I'm supposed to do" ensures I'll live forever is what the "powers that be" is spoon feeding the masses to keep the money coming in. I.E., "I'll tell you how to live forever if you send in $19.99 a month for the next hundred years."
The concept that "if I do what I'm supposed to do" ensures I'll live forever is what the "powers that be" is spoon feeding the masses to keep the money coming in. I.E., "I'll tell you how to live forever if you send in $19.99 a month for the next hundred years."
My blood pressure went down (I know this because I have a monitor and was checking it at the time because it was going up), but I also cut nicotine.
After I increased nicotine above the level I quit at my blood pressure has gone up to my smoking levels. But I've also started taking drugs that increase blood pressure (the reason for the drugs is the same reason I went back on nicotine and a little high BP is better than other options).
Something to note that you may not want to note, you're a couple years older now.
After I increased nicotine above the level I quit at my blood pressure has gone up to my smoking levels. But I've also started taking drugs that increase blood pressure (the reason for the drugs is the same reason I went back on nicotine and a little high BP is better than other options).
Something to note that you may not want to note, you're a couple years older now.
It's also worth considering that blood pressure is one of those indicators that is really sensitive to a lot of things:
it can be raised by dietary salt, stress, sleep deprivation, weight gain (even minor gain!), other medications you are taking (including common ones like the birth control pill), reduced athletic activity, caffeine intake, hormonal changes, other underlying conditions......and surely more that I don't know.
it can be raised by dietary salt, stress, sleep deprivation, weight gain (even minor gain!), other medications you are taking (including common ones like the birth control pill), reduced athletic activity, caffeine intake, hormonal changes, other underlying conditions......and surely more that I don't know.
Maybe I am using more nicotine than when I smoked. I only use 6 mg., but I tend to chain vape. What sucks is I have to take blood pressure medicine now.
There is a study conducted by Dr. Konstantinos Farsalinos recently on the absorption rates of nicotine by vaping vs smoking. You can find it and other studies on the CASAA website.
I doubt if it's the nicotine at 6mg.
Have you tried PG free? I never took my BP while vaping PG but it makes me feel bad. PEG laxative also makes me feel bad and the PEG colonoscopy prep had my BP scary high.
I vape a lot of nicotine and nurses are always shocked at my blood pressure. I have the resting heart rate that folks half my age would be envious of because I eat right and exercise every day. I also get rest and avoid stress and drama like the plague. There's no substitute for taking care of yourself. If you are stressing (nicotine, caffeine, etc) an already stressed system (poor circulation because of diet and lack of exercise) expect the worst as it will eventually catch up with you.
My only problem is that vaping tends to dehydrate me.
My only problem is that vaping tends to dehydrate me.
Mine went way up- 190/?? a few months after I started. Family history of it around 50 yrs old or so.
Just my two cents here -- Were you just borderline high? Did your doctor recheck your blood pressure a few times during the visit? Were you vaping right before you went in? On any cold meds, over the counter even?
I am on blood pressure medication and have been for over ten years. (I am 58 - only started vaping two months ago.) So many things influence your blood pressure, some only temporarily - salt, food, drink, cold meds, anxiety. You can remove some of the things that raise your blood pressure by watching your diet and learning to relax yourself as well as avoiding medications that many of us take not realizing that a side effect is the raising of your blood pressure. Many of us just inherit high blood pressure, or it becomes more of a problem if we are sedentary and put on a little weight or go through menopause. Millions of Americans have high blood pressure and have never vaped in their lives. It's so very common among us baby boomers, not sure how old you are, though.
Again, I am NOT a doctor, this is just my personal experience! My blood pressure fluctuates a lot based on what is going on at the moment. Being at the doctor's office, for me, is a guarantee it will be elevated. I hate checkups and only go when I have to! If I could lose 20 pounds, relax, and control my diet better I probably would not need blood pressure meds at all - but I live in the real world and I know myself. I'm still trying to lose the "baby weight" and my kids are in their 30s!
Good luck to you!
I am on blood pressure medication and have been for over ten years. (I am 58 - only started vaping two months ago.) So many things influence your blood pressure, some only temporarily - salt, food, drink, cold meds, anxiety. You can remove some of the things that raise your blood pressure by watching your diet and learning to relax yourself as well as avoiding medications that many of us take not realizing that a side effect is the raising of your blood pressure. Many of us just inherit high blood pressure, or it becomes more of a problem if we are sedentary and put on a little weight or go through menopause. Millions of Americans have high blood pressure and have never vaped in their lives. It's so very common among us baby boomers, not sure how old you are, though.
Again, I am NOT a doctor, this is just my personal experience! My blood pressure fluctuates a lot based on what is going on at the moment. Being at the doctor's office, for me, is a guarantee it will be elevated. I hate checkups and only go when I have to! If I could lose 20 pounds, relax, and control my diet better I probably would not need blood pressure meds at all - but I live in the real world and I know myself. I'm still trying to lose the "baby weight" and my kids are in their 30s!
Good luck to you!
Mine is high if I check it within 30 minutes of my last vape. If I wait longer than that it's about what my normal BP has been all of my life. I know I'm getting more nicotine now than when I smoked so I've been trying to cut down, I was vaping 24mg for almost a year.
Just out of nowhere with no medical condition to cause it mine increased to the point where meds were required. Cardiologist said reason was age. I never told the cardio my smoking had increased from one to two packs a day so don't know if it was age or smoking actually. Since I started vaping, its come down but if I vape too high a nic ... 36 mgs... too much it will creep up... not to the levels it was but higher none-the-less. The smoking with loss of oxygen plus the nic was the main reason IMHO. Vaping and staying sensible about nic is the way to go. Try decreasing nic and see what happens. If it doesn't come down, you need to see a doc.
I did test it for a couple of weeks before I went to the doctor. It wasn't that high. Usually in the 150/90 rate. The highest was 170/100. I do cardio. Zumba twice a week and exercise bike most other days. I am on a beta blocker now; I hate taking medication! Now it is down to 100/60 most days, sometimes 120/70
Recently saw my doctor about my blood pressure which I take meds for and have for a couple of years (while I was a smoker). I told him I'd quit the cigs and switched to vaping. Even though he was happy I quit, warned me that the continued use of tobacco will not lower my blood pressure alone though I have seen it get a little better since switching. Once I get my dosage down, I expect my BP levels to drop further. One thing to point out that for most people, once put on BP medicine, you're usually on it for life unless you make some rather drastic lifestyle changes -and that would include removing nicotine all together.
Well that's pretty good, except that you're on meds to get there. I'm on 2 meds and still run 120 to 140.
120/70 is excellent and the "normal" goal. Mine was that as a teen and all through my adult life until age set in around 65. Now, taking a calcium channel blocker its still the goal and what mine is vaping.
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