This may get long so i'm sorry in
advance.
My sister called me earlier and said that
she has high blood pressure and she would
be talking to me slurring her words
because of it. She has had problems with
addiction to prescription drugs, and
sounded the same as any other time she has
called my house and was "messed up". She
said her pressure was 245/170 and she had
taken an older gentleman friends blood
pressure meds to lower it.
I know you can get dizzy and light headed
from a high or low pressure, but will it
cause you to speak "mush mouthed"? She
didn't talk in a sleepy tone or act tired,
she just couldn't get her tongue and lips
to cooperate with her brain. She has lied
to me so many times in the past about why
she was unable to walk or talk right. So,
I am just worried and wondering if it
could be all her BP.
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mc4ever02
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Posted: 04-27-07 08:57am
If her b/p was 245/170 she should have
gone to the er. Because that is very close
to stroke levels. She would have had a
horrible headache and probably been very
sick on her stomach.
As we all know, you should never take
medications that are not prescribed to
you. This is especially the case with
blood pressure medications. BP meds are
prescribed based off of your severity of
high bp and your height and weight. You
can easily overdose on someone elses which
could have easily resulted in death. If
her b/p is high on a regular basis she
needs to have her own prescription.
I have had high blood pressure for a few
years. I personally have never had "mush
mouth". I normally just get headaches. My
father in law had mush mouth, but that was
due to a mini stroke. She really should be
under a doctors care. If her bp was that
high it is possible for her to have had a
mini stroke.
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