Don't use the exception as the rule and ignore the facts.
John, you know I like you but you've always been the reckless guinea pig and the jury is still out on your future...only time will tell. Also, being alive and having quality of life are two different things...the quality of ones life can change in an instant.
I guess I’m obviously extremely prejudiced in that i had horrible experiences with blood pressure meds so there’s no way anyone could convince me to use them again. My blood pressure has always been high. It’s genetic with my entire family.
Yes, clonidine HCL is a bad example because it has nasty side effects and is rarely prescribed. My experience was that beginning a few years ago i started getting frequent muscle tears; hamstrings, abductor, both rotator cuffs, left lat insert, left pec, left bicep. For the life of me i couldn’t figure out why. My strength gradually got to the point that i lifted less than a 10 year old girl.
My friend kept telling me it was the clonidine but i feared if i stopped using it i would die because even on it my blood pressure was very high.
Finally, i took his advice and tapered off clonidine and decided no cheat meals ever, and a 3,000 calorie diet. I haven’t had a cheat meal since July.
The funny thing is i learned clonidine has an inverse effect in that if your dose is too high it actually increases blood pressure. After dropping 35Lbs and getting lean and mean my blood pressure improved a lot.
Then, i decided to slowly up my doses and I put back 15Lbs of muscle, my stength has come back quite a bit. My injuries have been healing. Clonidine literally destroys muscle tissue. I’ve never seen any studies on this but i would make an excellent case study proving this fact.
I’m sure my blood pressure is high but not as high as it’s been in the past because i always feel it in the form of angina and vertigo when it’s real high. I don’t check it any more because my OCD will drive me insane again if I do.