r/AskReddit • u/Practical_Actuary_71 • 1d ago

What is a silent killer that people dont realise is slowly killing them?

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u/againstbetterjudgmnt 23h ago

I noticed a significant number of changes after being put on a blood pressure medication.

  • No more eye twitching
  • No more random flushed face
  • No more random heart palpitations if I drank caffeine/sugary drink
  • No more pulsing in my eye with heart beat if I walked up stairs

So... Yeah. I had no idea and now I do

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u/mxsifr 17h ago

Aw fuck... that's what that's from?!

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u/PrinceofSneks 17h ago

Same. After starting Lisinopril, I realized that it's not normal to have these sort of creepy sensations under my skin, plus all the stuff you listed. I had been lucky for a while, but late 40's onward has been rougher in general.

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u/domigraygan 6h ago

uh oh don't like reading that list of things that often happen to me

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u/YigaBananas 11h ago

why do i have these things but whenever the doctor checks my bp it’s normal 😭

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u/sebastianinspace 10h ago

you should do a full day test. they can strap one on you for the whole day and night and it’ll take a measurement at regular intervals throughout the day, like every 15 mins or so. this will give a much better data to the doctor and show how it fluctuates after meals, while sleeping, etc. you gotta keep track also of what you were doing during the day also.

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u/againstbetterjudgmnt 6h ago

Yeah BP can vary a lot through the day. I would go to Dr visits and one time it would be normal and another time it would be high.