It made a big difference for me, and not just with my BP. Hope it gives you some good results.
Blood pressure
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Post the bad with the good. Stopped all BP supplements over a month ago. In particular Nigella Sativa/Black Seed oil. Numbers varied three times this week between 130/170 to 140/175 with a RHR between 55-65 first thing in the morning.
Ordering Nigella Sativa today - starting Ubiquinol 200 mg a day and Theracurmin today (can't take low dose aspirin at night right now). Hopefully, get the numbers back under 120 systolic.
Ordering Nigella Sativa today - starting Ubiquinol 200 mg a day and Theracurmin today (can't take low dose aspirin at night right now). Hopefully, get the numbers back under 120 systolic.
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Black seed oil out of all the things I have tried really works. Hibiscus tea works as well, but you need to remember to drink 2 cups of it a day, so much easier to take 2 pills.
I am fine with the seed oil now, it was the protein powder blowing out my guts and the seed oil just gave it a bit more push, but now I have zero issues since I am not taking protein powder anymore.
I'm back under 120/80
so blackseed oil helped with lowering BP?
I have read about the benefits of blackseed oil but have yet to try it myself
My BP had spike couple of weeks ago but has come back in range and the only thing that changed was my TRT dosage.
Yes, I posted a few double blind placebo studies in the health section and it performed as well as some BP medication. It lowers my systolic/diastolic by about 10 points and reduces my RHR (not sure how it does the latter but it does). The longer I take it, the better the effects. I try to find supplements that have multi - uses and black seed oil has anti-inflammatory properties and reduces BP. It is referred to as the wonder herb I believe. There are articles stating it is being used as a covid treatment but to what degree of efficacy I have no idea.
It has only been two days and I won't have Nigella Sativa for a week. I am increasing my 15 minutes walks after meals (2 a day), adding in 200 mg of ubiquinol and 200 mg of Q10 (for whatever reason the combo works better for me than 400 mg of ubiquinol), two theracurmin pills a day (AM and PM), and 2000 mg of combined EPA/DHA fish oil. As needed, I will increase the fish oil up to 10,000 to get it back in check.
Trying to get back to below 120 systolic and 50 for my RHR.
Trying to get back to below 120 systolic and 50 for my RHR.
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Had not taken BP in about 3 months. Hemoglobin was high when I donated blood this week so started drinking sufficient water (i fall off this wagon regularly) and took BP today.
125/72.
Was pleased with that…will take 3 times per week for next few weeks to make sure its all good.
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125/72.
Was pleased with that…will take 3 times per week for next few weeks to make sure its all good.
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this morning it was 130/69hr 72
does coffee increase your bp much?
123/70
This morning right after breakfast. Was a little shocked as it has been a high stress week and anxiety was significant.
Will keep monitoring right up until next time i donate to see if BP increases as hemoglobin increases (post donation one week ago)
This morning right after breakfast. Was a little shocked as it has been a high stress week and anxiety was significant.
Will keep monitoring right up until next time i donate to see if BP increases as hemoglobin increases (post donation one week ago)
No, but my RHR is in the high 40's with no coffee and low 50's with coffee (normally).
Harley00
The Rebel
Up top in march, i read you stopped all your supplements cold turkey? Was that correct? Im curious as to why you didn't ween off slowly to allow your system to properly recover.
If you had mentioned this and i missed it , then sorry, was just curious.
I was taking telesmartin as a trial period and came off cold turkey as well lol was super bad idea to go from a decent 124/71 to 145/85 lol
i should have came off differently, probably adding in my fish oils 1 month prior etc to coming off telesmartin lol. This time around i think im going to try telesmartin with amlodipine, i have a relatively higher heart rate 75s to 90s and from what i can gather is calcium channel blockers can help lower heart rate, so thats my next step, is to combine those 2.
Morning @Harley00 - I was experiencing stomach issues. Bloating, stomach pain, and frequent urination (not prostate related). Long story short, I am friends with a GP and an internist and knew the potential culprits so I spoke to those docs and was referred to an internal medicine specialist. They did a regular urinalysis, 24 hour urinalysis and a lot of blood work - results indicated everything was normal except I was urinating 4.9 L of water compared to the normal 2 L per day. Part of that is due to the fact I drink more but I was measuring the amount of liquid I drink daily in my log.Up top in march, i read you stopped all your supplements cold turkey? Was that correct? Im curious as to why you didn't ween off slowly to allow your system to properly recover.
If you had mentioned this and i missed it , then sorry, was just curious.
I was taking telesmartin as a trial period and came off cold turkey as well lol was super bad idea to go from a decent 124/71 to 145/85 lol
This time around i think im going to try telesmartin with amlodipine, i have a relatively higher heart rate 75s to 90s and from what i can gather is calcium channel blockers can help lower heart rate, so thats my next step, is to combine those 2.
It is being investigated thoroughly and the typical culprits are not the problem. To remove all possibilities of a reaction or a bad batch of supplements I stopped them all and added in one a week and kept a journal. I am slowly getting the ones I consider more essential back in with no issues. I am improving and yesterday my urine output was 2.3 L which is normal for me as I drink a lot of H20.
So - waiting for results of a recent battery of tests when I went through another episode of the same but in the short term I said F it and stopped all supplements. My BP went up approx 20 points but the pain disappeared in my stomach and the bloat went down so I am continuing with this system - 1 new supplement I consider important a week.
Regarding your high HR, I don't do cardio unless its fun. Sex (I don't get it everyday), sparring with friends/hitting the heavy bag but that is just twice a week, and walks with my dogs. Point is my RHR if I take it without coffee is high 40's, and with coffee low 50's. If you look back at my posts on BP it used to be in the 60-75 range. My only change is continuous use of Nigella Sativa. I'm not saying it is for you - but I will be taking this herb as long as I can. I'm not sure if your stepping on the gas with gear but I still don't. If I ever ran a real cycle again of 500 mg for 12-16 weeks, I would be over 250 lbs and I have no interest in being that heavy.
Try black seed oil for a month and see if it helps your RHR. You get much cardio every week?
Sorry for the long story but without any context, it doesn't make much sense. How are you doing these days?
Taken during my morning coffee: I made an error above - I am taking 1000 mg of Nigella Sativa in the morning and night plus the aforementioned items. 4000 mg's of combined EPA/DHA fish oil and 200 mg of Q10 and 200 mg of Ubiquinol.
Appears my BP is back into the good range.
Appears my BP is back into the good range.
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110/75hr 65
Harley00
The Rebel
Thnx for that detailed message, id be curious to know what they find, and if you would rather tell me in pm sometime im definitely interested.
The symptoms you suggested, would make me think, leaky gut/ blood surgar/ thyroid/cortisol/kidneys those would be my suggestions, ither way im still interested.
On the regard of drinking lots of water, the issue i found with drinking lots of water is your going to piss out all your electrolytes with heavy water consumption, i would suggest adding in Gatorade, or a electrolyte supplement drink, that should help your body hold water, over pissing takes out all your potassium/sodium/minerals, leaving you with high blood pressure etc.
Yes im pluggin away doing well, thank you for asking.
Even though you have a doctor you like, im more then willing to give you a second opinion for thought on your blood work if your interested in showing it, hear or pm.
Thanks for the suggestions/offer @Harley00