besides doctor advise what else i can do to make my high blood go lower?

Question

i hv high blood and i hate take medicines they r bitter

Answer 1

If you lose any excess weight, exercise and cut down on fats you will help lower your blood pressure, but the tablets will do the job much quicker. They are fine if you swallow them quickly, you dont taste them!;

Answer 2

limit salt intake, read the labels on everything, they all seem to have high sodium. That being said don't eat processed foods, lots of sodium. cut out caffiene. exercise, start slowly. stay on your meds until the doctor give you the okay to stop them. as M C said, "better bitter then dead"

quickly swallow your pills down with water you shouldn't be tasting them.

I understand that you don't want to take medicine but please don't be like my bro-in-law he didn't want to take his high blood pressure med because it made him pee. He was dead in his early 40s of congestive heart failure.....

Answer 3

Eat right and exercise! Limit salt intake. Get on a regular exercise program and stick with it. (Don't push yourself too hard at first, start easy and work up to more difficult workouts.)

Make sure you consult with your doctor about this, too -- your doctor will be able to give better advice tailored to YOU and your individual health history than a bunch of strangers on Yahoo Answers.

Answer 4

You need to follow your doctors instructions 100%. You need to take the meds, could be the difference in life and death. Do it, better bitter than dead.

Answer 5

Take the meds. but also try exercises, and meditation, sometimes the condition will correct itself if activity is added and stress reduced. Then you may be allowed to come off the med.

Answer 6

I'm a nurse. Exercise. People who work out regularly have a lower bp.

Answer 7

Greetings to all readers!
Hmm... great question. I've some suggestions that I hope will not only answer your question but help you in a great way as well. :)
Here.
-- Research (high) blood pressure. Find out as much about it as you can, including how to avoid it and how to handle it. When you're informed about something so serious like that, you're more likely to help yourself as well.
-- From what I know of blood pressure, I'm aware that anger, stress, frustration, and such can increase it. Try to avoid getting angry, frustrated, and stressed. Drink lots of water daily because it soothes pressure and anger. (I drink water when I'm angry or stressed, and it helps me feel much better.) Also, sitting down or lying down until you're calm (when angry) will help you feel better as well. Do not worry about things that don't deserve your attention. Often, we tend to worry about things that we later find out were not worth the worry. Ask yourself why you're tense in the first place. Also, sometimes a person has problems but no one to blurt out the problems to, as in, no one to talk to about such things. Find a good friend in whom you can confide such things, and if not, no problem because it's only normal not to have reliable friends. In that case, I'd suggest something like...well, if you believe in God, then take your time every now and then when you're alone, and speak your problems out to God -- when no one else is around because then they'll judge you and think you're crazy, further increasing your blood pressure! This technique helps me when I've no one else to turn to; I just concentrate on one specific spot, be it the ceiling or a wall, and start talking to it! I feel much better once it's all out of me. If you wish not to do that, you may wanna write your feelings out on a piece of paper or something to make yourself feel better. (I'm saying all this because when a person tends to have problems or just keeps too much inside, it all builds up inside the person and causes many problems for the mind and the soul, leading to high blood pressure.)
-- As I said earlier, don't worry abt things you shouldn't be worrying about. To avoid this, go out and take frequent walks to a local, nearby park or something. Sit and relax in the park, read there, play with kids, talk with people who're there, etc. etc. Visit your local library often just to take your mind off things that seem to worry you. READ, READ, and READ frequently! In your own house, if nowhere else. If you do not have time for these things, that's a BIG problem. Try hard to find the time to do these things. Having a good life and enjoying it is much more important than working and earning money and the like. That doesn't help you at all in lowering your blood presure, and you probably know that by now if you work too much.
-- If you're a parent, I'm also aware that children can be one of the leading causes for their parents' high blood pressure. (As much as I am ashamed to admit it, I regrettingly know that my siblings and I are the cause of my loving and beautiful mother's high blood pressure.) So, if you have kids, they MAY be the cause of your blood pressure. In that case, what you should do is sit down with your kids and tell them that you're struggling with high blood pressure and that you think the fact that they're not very cooperative with you MAY be one of the reasons. Ask them to help you in any way they can, to cooperate with you, in order to help you decrease your blood pressure. If it doesn't work or if they don't listen, just forgive them; they're only kids. Then what you should turn to is trying to spend as less time with them during anger and tension as possible. Tell them that you need to be alone for some time, if they ask questions. Grab a nice book, go out to your porch or backyard or somewhere, and just read your book in a relaxing manner, imagining as though you're free of all sorts of pressures of the world.
-- Be active in your community; it'll help take your mind off things that can increase your blood pressure. Visit your neighbors, friends, relatives, and other loved ones frequently so you can have them to occupy your mind instead of being alone and thinking about things that'll lead you nowhere. Laugh often, and definitely smile often! Even at times of pressure, smiling helps make the world seem very pleasant.
-- As others have said, exercise occasionally. If you need to lose weight, dieting is NOT the answer, friend. (I'm not in any way indicating that perhaps you diet! LOL! I'm just saying don't ever go on a diet.) Exercise, and eat healthy food -- fruits and vegetables and such.
-- Ask a doctor about what you can do to lower your blood pressure besides using medication. I mean, let them know that you don't wanna use medication but need some good advice to cope with and lower your blood pressure.

Well, I think that's all I have to say. I really, really hope it helps! Try using those tips, and I'm pretty sure you'll be fine.
Best of luck! Let us know how things go for you after taking our advice, by the way.

Answer 8

Lose weight and vigorously exercise.
until your change comes, please take your pressure meds,..you don't want to stroke.