Losing hope
For the sake of brevity, I’ll leave out a long story that goes with this.
35 male other wise healthy
Treatment resistant hypertension with PVCs and tachycardia since 18 years of age. On 4-5 BP meds nothing really works.
Renal artery scan - nothing
Aldosterone abnormalities - none Adrenal gland scan - perfect
Sleep study - no apnea
Cortisol- perfect
MRI is perfect other than my atrium becoming very enlarged as a result of uncontrolled hypertension
All other blood work - perfect
Diuretics? Make me feel lighter but no BP response
Cardiologist gave up on me. I’m 140/85 - 165/108, I’m orthostatic positive so I drop and sometimes rise based off of movement. Sometimes no reason, sometimes it’s perfect, sometimes I’m fainting with syncope.
I feel like I’m 95 with zero energy. I have to nap by 1 pm.
Lisinopril max dose, amlodipine max dose, metoprolol max dose, lasix max dose…nothing.
Told my doctor I guess the only answers I’ll find will be in my autopsy, she had nothing to say.