I too am having questions here regarding my blood pressure reading and my not feeling well lately, which sent me to the doctor in the first place.

for 2 weeks now I"ve been extremely weak and become very groggy and sleepy at the wheel while driving to work in the morning. I can barely walk up a flight of stairs because my legs and arms feel so heavy and lead like. it makes my heart pound so hard to walk up them and I avoid the hill to get back to work after lunch. I instead take the stairs. I don't which one is worst? I feel like a woman who may be in her late 90's, not 46.
My mind feels foggy and light headed and there are times I feel like I'm going to just pass out doing just minor things like looking down on my desk at work to sign some papers.

I am 46 yrs old and was diagnosed with hypertension years ago and have been taking lisinopril for years now. the medication does help me and has helped lower my blood pressure to a good reading of 120/80 to 130/90 every time I get my blood pressure performed in the past.

My co-workers and my boss even asked me last week if I feel ok because I'm so pale looking. My boss sent me home and told me not to come in if I still didn't feel well the next day.

I went to the dr the other day and my blood pressure reading was 100/70 which is low for me but considered within normal range by the new dr I saw that day. My temperature had to be retaken because the nurse became concerned when she saw how low it was, so she repeated it and this time it read higher, but it was still low for me, which the reading said, 97.1
My temperature is always the perfect reading of 98.6 and nothing ever lower than that.

so my blood pressure and temperature were way off as far as I'm concerned.
for ME it is not normal. I have never had a reading this low in my life other than when my body was going into shock from internal hemmoraging after an abdominal surgery I had for a tubal ligation years back.

there is no change in my diet, no change in my dosage of lisinopril.
the dr. I saw the other day was not my family dr and knows nothing about my medical history or my body like my regular doctor does.

If anyone else went thru this, could you please share your information with me of what you went thru and what was the final outcome of your problem?

any info would be deeply appreciated. I can't go back to my regular dr till I get my medical insurance in August or Sept. which is in a few months.
I don't know what to do to correct the problem meanwhile and i"m thinking of just stoppping the blood pressure medication since the pressure is so low. I am aware to never stop this particular medication abruptly and that it needs to be done gradually.


Linda