I am 64 yrs old, 5foot 4inches and weigh 9 stone 4lb and i am female. I have been suffering with anxiety for about 5 weeks and this has caused high blood pressure and a high heart rate. Yesterday I started propranolol 10 mg 2 daily. I have been feeling a bit sick and a bit light headed is this normal. I am not very good at taking tablets and I must admit that these ones frighten me a bit as it seems as though they are difficult to come off. My heart rate has come down from 108 to 80 but the blood pressure seems high still.
Hi, Propranolol has heart rate lowering action and BP lowering effect is weak, so you need to have some more BP lowering medicine like Telmisartan or Amlodipine. You should have a healthy lifestyle like avoiding fatty, oily and high calorie diet. Have low salt diet and monitor blood pressure regularly thrice a day for one week then once or twice a week. Regular exercises like brisk walking, jogging according your capacity at least 30 min a day and 5 days a week. Eat lots of green leafy vegetables, fruits, fish once or twice a week, avoid meat. Avoid smoking and alcohol if any. There shouldn't be abdominal fat deposition or obesity. Get your lipid profile and sugars tested once. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.