Hypertension amp; Bodybuilding...? -

To All: My dream is to make a comeback in the sport of bodybuilding. My wife and friends are 100% supportive. I m dieting right now and I m holding water that I can not seem to get rid of. After review of my medication quot;Toprol - XLquot; I learned that it will cause one to quot;retainquot; water. I am going to try to see if I can be prescribed something else if there is nothing available - I am apt to just go quot;cold turkey.quot; I m doing aerobics everyday and I feel fine plus I m taking supplements like L-Arginine Alpha Keto Gluterate to aid in lowering my readings. My question: Has anyone out there quot;stoppedquot; their medication for hypertension and were just fine?

I used to take Toprol XL and just stopped, and I m ok. I started excercising and eating right and blood pressure is just fine.... Be sure to monitor it regularly.

Assuming you were put on medication appropriately, it would not be wise to stop taking them. However, this is on the proviso that you did not have an obvious lifestyle that resulted in your high blood pressure, ie smoking, high alcohol or salt intake, or morbid obesity. In these settings, lifestyle modification may negate the need for medicines. Unfortunately 90-95% of high blood pressure is described as quot;essential.quot; In other words we don t really understand why it goes up, but it certainly doesn t go away. Medicines in this setting would be lifelong to reduce your risk of strokes, heart attacks and kidney failure.

Bodybuilding actually somewhat increases your risk of Hypertension due to repetative fatigue and stress on not only your muscles but also your organs. I really do not recommend this, as youd be hitting yourself with a one two punch. Dropping your meds, always a bad plan to immediatly discontiune use, and taking up bodybuilding. You need to ask your doctor about this, you could have potentially serious complications. Yahoo Answers can not help you with this.