Post Pardum High BP

[caseyharbison]

I am 31, post pardum (3weeks), have chronic hypertension which was well controlled during pregnancy on Labetalol 100 mg bid.  Now, I can't seem to keep my bp in accepable levels.  It is mostly running 130's/90's....even after uping my dose to 150 mg bid.  My primary care dr. is a little stumped....says it must be hormones.  Anyone else have experience with this?  Dr. says it has nothing to do with Post Pardum Eclampsia.

[caseyharbison]

Like I said, MS is very much suspected, but all symptoms minus facial numbness happened during pregnancy, so there is the hope that this may have been a fluke.  I am also overweight and female.....the medical community does not seem to take overweight females very seriously so i have had some additional issues with getting a dr. to take me seriously....much less my husband.   I have a followup with my neuro tomorrow.  Hope he will let me have an mri so I can start getting some answers.  IT's been a heck of a wierd year.

[RockRose]

High blood pressure doesn't seem to be one of the classic symptoms of MS,  but it seems sometimes to go hand in hand.

What really caught my eye was your description of buzzing and tingling in your prior posts.

My SIL has MS and your descriptions sound like what led her to go get a diagnosis.  She's doing great now thanks to newer medications.

[Peetpot]

You can still have gestational hypertension 3 months postpartum , very common to still struggle with bp for 6-8 weeks after delivery.

[caseyharbison]

Seeing a neuro who can order an mri now that I am PP.  What would ms have to do with BP?  I have never read about a connection.

[RockRose]

I went to your profile and read through your other posts.

Has a doctor ever suggested to you that you might have MS (multiple schlerosis)?