How soon after you start taking high blood pressure medicine do you notice a difference?

Usually takes at least a couple of weeks, depending on the medication.

You will feel bad side-effects and symptoms of allergy after only a few doses.

If you start getting hives, it gets hard to breath, or your heart starts tripping out, call your doc IMMEDIATELY or go to the ER.

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3 years ago, I was diagnosed - hypertension with a reading of 160/100. I used to feel dizzy a lot, my legs had awful cramps, and levels were very low in my potassium, causing my fingers and toes to always cramp together. One day I started to feel really faint while I was driving with my daughter in the back seat and I passed out, hitting 3 cars and ending up in a ditch. That moment,I knew I had to do something because my meds weren't working. I heard about this diet from a friend and thought I'd give it a shot. The results have been remarkable. In just 21 days, I honestly can't remember feeling this good, my blood pressure went from 175/110 to 125/70.

First of all, there is no such thing as "the blood pressure", so "it" can't be either high nor low. There are four different pressures, all of which perform different functions, behave differently, don't rise and fall together, and they simply can't be lumped together and called "the Blood Pressure" That's just silly, and sloppy science. The way the cardiovascular system works is match "supply" with "demand, by varying Mean Arterial Pressure while also varying the impedance to blood flow by dilating or constricting blood vessels. It does this by varying both the pulse rate and the amount of blood pumped out at each stroke. So the Mean Pressure can NEVER be too high, - but of course -in cardiac failure, it can be too low. The brain sets the level of Mean pressure, which is {diastolic plus one-third of pulse-pressure} -pulse pressure being the difference between systolic (the top one) and diastolic (the lower one). It sets it at a level appropriate to deliver the correct bood supply to all the organs, including the heart, and the brain itself. Sometimes, in order to do this, higher than confortable levels of systolic pressures are the result. I don't know what age you are, but a rough rule of thumb for your systolic is "100 + your age".** (see source reference below). If it's wildly above that, it should be of concern. I swear by homeopathy, but only when orthodox medicine has failed you. So go see your doctor, and get the best advice and don't substitute homeopathic remedies until orthodoxy has failed. It probably will, because even the drugs companies admit that most of their medicines don't actually work! Then return to homeopathy. Inability to sleep has nothing to do with hypertension, and the pain in the back of your neck too is irrelevant. Get your doctor to investigate those separately. Pain relievers are mostly safe and effective, and sedatives to allow you to sleep (on a temporary basis) will assist.

Depending on the medication it can take up to 6 weeks but you usually feel better in 2-3 weeks. Some signs of feeling better are more energy because your heart is not working as hard, less dizziness from the pressure coming down, no more headaches from the pressure being too high. It is true that not all people have symptoms of high BP but some do and these are some that I have listed. I had them. I had horrible headaches, dizziness & tiredness. It is called the "silent killer" because not everyone gets symptoms but as I said, some people do. So yes, some people notice a difference and others don't.

I am 45 yrs old, a female and I am an EMT...I also work for Fed Ex and I lift weight at all times...I have none for about 6 months that something wasn't right.....heart racing, headaches, extreme sweating, and having trouble walking carrying weight....finally during a DOT physical I was cornered into meds.....Fourth pill....I am nauseated, dizzy and light headed but bp is still at 147/110 and sometimes I even get it down to 100....feel crappy and hope this works out soon !!

surprisingly I've been on BP meds for almost 10 years now.

I never felt a thing.

I had a friend who took some and he had a lot of side effects. He was shaking so hard he couldn't do anything, it was weird.

One time I took the kind that were water pills as well and I didn't like those at all. with those I had side effects.

I hope you're ok..

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It depends on what medication and dosage you're taking. Most of the time your doc will tweak your meds until he finds the right med & the right dose. You may not feel any different but it should start to affect your blood pressure as soon as you start taking it. If you feel dizzy call your doc. You'll probably want to go from lying to standing slowly at first because sometimes when you first start taking blood pressure meds they can make you dizzy if you stand up too fast.

I sure hope you're ok!

I've never felt a difference. Except when exercising. One medicine I used to take held my heart rate down and made it hard to exercise.

The effects on blood pressure on the other hand were immediate for me. Another one I took, called HCTZ I think, gave me kidney stones. I'm off that one obviously.

I been on high blood pressure med for a 2 years or so and didnt notice any difference other than when you check your blood pressure at doc or one of the machines in the retail store.

I felt fine before i was taking them and felt fine after starting, i didnt feel any difference but the numbers on the machine were lower.