High blood pressure

[Shabby73]

I have been suffering from simarlar symptoms to what have been mentioned here. Im 34 yrs old, smoke about 30 cigarettes a day, of which i blow most of the smoke out before i inhale thinking im not smoking as much.lol but havent always.. and i used to drink quite a bit but dont nowdays.....Ive always worked very hard in a physical industry (sandblasting and spraypainting) which isnt a healthy job  and very physically and mentally taxing when running jobs and men and makes home life hard as there is alot of time away. About 9 months ago i had to  go to a job that was away from home as usual and wasnt feeling well, all i wanted to do was lay on the couch and watch t.v.But I pushed on and went.I thought i had some flu. On the job I noticed I seemed to have no energy and would run out of breath when talking in meeting etc.My chest felt tight and i couldnt concentrate,was having dizzy spells and had to push myself. One night at work i was sitting down and my heart began to beat extremerly hard,,,my vision went strange and my hand went cold and ringing ears.. I thought i was going to die of stroke or something.This past but i didnt feel right after and it happen on another occassion.Felt strange and tired, my body was hurting, palpatations. I would be walking and stop dead and wonder if i could make it to were i was going.I went to a doctor who said i was burnt out?? My blood pressure was 192/104 and 108 bpm.He put me on 50mg of Atenolol a day which had to be stepped up to 100mg and has resolved the heart rate and pressure. But i still get palpatations,anxiety,tight chest  .I also feel that i cant see things properly.i see spots of light , floaters and my vision seems grainy.I havent worked for about 6 months due to the way i feel. I have improved in all areas i think as i can play golf etc and dont get puffed or fatigued but do at times get some sought of rush or panic come over me.I couldnt drive a car before as i couldnt concetrate and would feel like i couldnt breath when sitting.But i still feel i cant push to hard.I couldnt handle mental stress at all which has improved.Doctor said it was normal anxiety and i dont need any heart test done..Ive seen 3 different doctors who all said my heart is fine.But havent done any real tests. Any ideas out there??????????

[Shabby73]

I forgot to mention ive had all the blood test done that they do,,,,,everything was sweet..and i also did a 24 hour unine test as i was concerned about adrenal tumours...Ive talked myself into having every disease known to man...lol

[Shabby73]

Yes, the smoking is definately an issue i have to address.

I have been taking my blood pressure at home and it has been under 120/80 and about 70 bpm during the day at rest sometimes around 100/60 at 50 to 60bpm. Even after an afternoon of walking around a golf course it is under 120/80, but this is with 100 mg or atenolol a day.

I also was getting tingling in both my hands when i was breathing in deaply which  has improved.

Ive told 3 doctors of everything and they are'nt concerned by it,one of them wanted to but me on anti depressants, and the other one said not to take them...lol. I would have thought doctors would'nt have any trouble picking up a problem with the heart??

Ive seen a condition called adrenal burnout on the net recently which seems to have similar  symptoms to what I have experienced. But there seems to be so many conditions with the same symptoms who can tell.

I mentioned above I  couldnt focus or concentrate on anything at all, and the slightest bit of stress would freak me right out and i just couldnt deal with anything and i was so physical..and as i said everything seems to have improved all round. But I still just dont feel my of strong self. Everything seemed to happen so fast and out of the blue.

I think my concern is there is somthing wrong with my heart and the atenolol has slowed everything down and my body is just getting used to working with that amount of blood and oxygen pumping through it. Like someone who moves to a higher altitude or something like that, and one day will give.

[Brooke_38]

Wow! 30 cigarettes a day? The first thing I suggest you do is to stop smoking. I know that it is very hard to do, but your health depends on it.

That said, what has your BP been running lately. The symptoms you describe "I can't things properly.i see spots of light , floaters and my vision seems grainy" are common when blood pressure is too high.

What kind of tests have you had? If you have had nothing more than a physical then I think you need to advocate for youself and demand to have further studies. Anxiety is easy to diagnose but should be a diagnosis made be excluding all other possibilities. If the Dr won't listen, just keep asking. It's your health and when you are concerned they should be listening to you.

Good luck, remember...the squeaky wheel gets the oil:)