Howizt I suffer from hypertension too, but mine was from years of steroid abuse and the toxins causing my kidneys to work overtime and with this it has caused my BP to be elevated.
There are many ways to lower blood pressure, currently I am using amloc 10mg and coaproval 300mg even with these doses I could not get my BP lower than around 140 even those my lower reading is quite low 50/70 at most times, over 130 is pre-hypertension.
I have started taking a chinese BP tea, I must get the names of the herbs inside it this has helped me to lower it into the 120's, with this my kidneys are starting to heal themself, the protein leak I have has gotten smaller so i'm only leaking a small amount of protein but still microscopic blood in the urine.
other things to lower blood pressure, stress is a big one that pushes your top reading up, hGH helps lower BP by up to 10 points. There is also tests done with using Potassium as to much sodium can cause it elevate, so I supplement postasium, aswell as magnesium and calcium. Garlic (a clove a day) has been known to lower your BP too, I take galic capsuals 3 a day, i'm trying to work myself off the BP medication as its not good for you in the slightest, if you have a chance get a book, by ? Patrick Holford? Can't think of the spelling and its called, Why food is better than drugs, and what all the negative side affects are of BP tablets, and all drugs for that matter and how you can use different foods to give you better results without the negative sides of drugs.. Remeber the way these guys make their money is by marketing a product that never heals the problem but just masks it, so what that means is you land up taking these things for the rest of your life.. Out of the 800+ different drugs released last year, only 5 of these where antibiotics, why?> because antibiotics WORK... meaning, you take a course of them and you better, so its not a money making biz...
trust me when I say, I have done endless research on this and I would really and trully try to lower it natrually, go to a natrual health doctor and working with him and by altering small things in your diet, maybe even going for allergy testing? to see what foods you might be allergic to, and draw up a allergy free diet you will notice huge improvments in all parts of your health..
any extra info you require just let me know, i'll get the names of the herbs in this tea...
The tea itself is called SACM and i think their website is
www.worldtcm.com
Hope this helps
/Phil