00pump wrote: You said you carrying weight, you elevating testosterone and I'm sure estrogen was through the roof, did you use an AI (not worried if you felt gyno or not, that isn't the only time to use an AI). Have you donated blood recently if not your hemoglobin and ferritin are probably elevated too, specially by 10 weeks in? You have all the points as to why it was elevated. In future do bloods and determine how much of an AI you need, I need 2 arimidex tablets a week on 200mg every 5 days of testosterone to have it in healthy levels with bodyfat only slightly elevated. Also remember our bodies today are not the same as they where last year. Also it's very very common to need hypertensive medication while on cycle. Not with your diastolic over 100 but prior to that had you been doing low intensity cardio for 45min 5 to 7 days a week (naturally help regulate blood pressure)
I think this has definitely played a role. In addition, considering your age, arterial capacitance is reduced greatly and with the increase in water retension and increase in resting heart rate a whole cascade of issues will occur regarding your BP.
I'll use basic equations to explain why I think it went wrong. These equations set the stage for different anti-hypertensive therapies.
Blood Pressure = Cardiac Output * Peripheral Vascular Resistance
Cardiac Output = Heart Rate * Stroke Volume.
Peripheral Vascular Resistance is influenced by arterial capacitance as well as the ability for the capillaries to expand and relax. People over the age of 45 tend to have a decrease in both these abilities which leads to an increased Peripheral Vascular Resistance.
Your heart rate was not mentioned but it was most likely raised due to the PED use. Quite common. And the stroke volume which is how much pre-load the heart has was most likely significantly raised due to water retention from an oestrogen spike.
Therefore cardiac output was likely raised.
Taking all this into account would explain why there was such an increase in your BP.
Treatment options:
-Viagra or Cialis can be used to decrease peripheral vascular resistance if that is the culprit.
-Beta-blockers can also be used to lower your heart rate which thus lowers your Cardiac OUtput and consequentially your BP.
-Diuretics, ACE-I or ARBs, Anti-Mineralacorticoids (Spirinalactone), Arimidex etc all decrease your preload (ACE-I and ARBs have some carry over effects which makes them the most useful. Telmisartan at 40 to 80 mg a day is best).
Sorry, my response is a bit all over the place and I could be wrong but here we go.
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