What does high blood pressure feel like?

What does high blood pressure feel like?

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Lord Flashheart

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Thursday 9th July 2020
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Last couple of days I've had a dull ache in my chest (no pain) and a cloudy feeling head. I'm feeling tired, energy less and not really in the mood to be chatty or bouyant. As luck would have it, I found my deceased father in law's blood pressure tester (he was a GP) and tried it out. It tells me 129/74, which having Googled, appears at the higher end of normal. But could it be the reason for these peculiar feelings?

Lord Flashheart

Original Poster:

3,767 posts

195 months

Thursday 9th July 2020
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Well that sounds promising. I'm 53, slim, non smoker, have a single glass of red most nights and as far as I know, eat reasonably healthy food. Probably do a couple of coffees a day too.
So I wonder what this peculiar feeling is. I've had it before and it goes away eventually. Maybe it's a stress thing?