I was chronically hypertensive since starting the treatment and upon stopping it dropped to 120/80. Anyone else?
Im not sure about the hypertension but I was just in the hospital for an Atrial Firbrilation. I stopped taking the Propecia two weeks ago because of a terrible allergic reaction. The trip to ER occurred on November 14th and was really unexpected. Common things in a diet that cause this is to much caffeine, smoking, drinking, etc. I dont do any of that except for the occasional drink on the weekend. I felt the onset of a panic attack and then started to feel faint. I was immediately taken to the hospital and they said I had a AFIB. The DR. was not sure it was propecia related but I think it had something to do with it. Since coming off of it, I feel great and my blood pressure is always normal.
In 1999 nurse told me that I had what is considered pre-hypertension, this was about a month after I started feeling like complete shit. The doctors office checked my records and found that I had perfectly normal BP readings prior to this.
My blood pressure has been gradually increasing since 99’.
2/06/2010 I went to the emergency room with BP readings around 185/115. I went on a low salt diet and began cutting back on caffeine/nicotine but my BP readings still linger around 140/90 a year later.
I’m not quite sure how androgens can effect blood pressure, but my hypertension definitely developed within a few months of my “becoming half a man”
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OK so some went from hypertensive to low BP when other have experimented the opposite…
I’m thinking of Dopamine here and its role in regulating BP
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14610323
Most if not all of us here (especially those that are currently in a depressive state) are clearly lacking Dopamine (or dopamine receptors), the neurotransmitter that in the brain promotes motivation, libido and pleasure.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dopamine
Dopaminergic drugs and supplements can either raise BP or lower it
Outside the CNS, dopamine in low doses it improves blood flow to the kidney and increases the force of contraction of the heart. At higher doses it appears to act like an alpha receptor agonist and increase blood pressure and decrease blood flow to the kidney. (cf wiki)
Have you checked your prolactin levels? There is an inverse relationship between prolactin and dopamine levels.
Interesting that you mentioned this. Yes I have tested prolactin many times, it was somewhat high perhaps once or twice. It has tested well within the normal range (~8-11ng/ml) several times. Still, i took low dose (1.25mg) bromocriptine for nearly 4 years for the simple reason that it seemed to help me slightly in the sexual department, and i began feeling much worse mentally and sexually when i quit taking it 2 years ago (this could be coincidental or a withdrawal effect too), I believe this is around the time my BP skyrocketed.
Bromocriptine is a dopamine receptor agonist and has a hypotensive effect.
www.sciencedirect.com
but its use is counter-indicated in people with uncontrolled hypertension
www.webmd.com
Even at very low doses, cabergoline is a very strong dopaminergic drug, so I’m not at all surprised that you experienced mental and sexual withdrawal symptoms upon quitting cold turkey (dopamine recptors have most likely been downregulated with chronic carbergoline intake). Your raise in BP is most probably linked to your cessation of dostinex.
If you want to try a dopaminergic drug for long term use, please investigate about selegiline and rasagiline as much as you can. A lot of “life extensionist” are pushing its use for “nootropic” and “neuroprotective” and antioxydant properties!! Selegiline is dirt cheap too. I’ve been taking 2.5mg selegiline EOD for 2 years now and I can notice improved mental clarity, mood, motivation, libido, pleasure etc. Now I dont want to be pushing chronic use of a dopaminergic drug for anyone and i plan to quit once I have cured the root cause of my symptoms, but selegiline effect should definitely be more subtle compared to cabergoline, and since it is a selective MAO inhibitor, even if one quits cold turkey the effect of the drug wil naturally gradually decrease, decreasing intensity of withdrawal effects (I still plan to taper off selegiline when I quit, to totally avoid any withdrawal symptoms).