High BP and Hawthorne Berries

Hi:

I have been suffering with high blood pressure for a number of years - reluctantly have gone from one med to the next with no great results.

Since I abhore drugs and normally stay away from them, I went into my millionth search for High BP remedies. Well, I recently checked out the hawthorne berries remedy and read many testimonials on different sites. They said to purchase only the standardized.

Well, about a week ago I bought the bottle of hawthorne berries by Nature's Way. I went off my bioidentical hormones first because I thought perhaps the unbelievable profuse sweating and burning head might be related even though I knew it was always a signal that my BP was very high.

OK, I also went off my BP meds for a few days to see any affect of the hawthorne.

Well, to my shock, 3 days later at the doctor's office (she is also open to alternative) my was measured at 128/74... I was in disbelief - I could not believe my ears so I asked the tech to take the reading one more time - she did and this time (on the other arm) it was 4 points lower.

Well, I couldn't stop blabbering like an idiot to my doctor when she came in, about the miracle of hawthorne. She was so happy and wrote it down for her other patients. I told her that you also have to take Celery seed extract which I did not have yet - found a good price on-line.

However, after 3 days, my BP has gone back to being so high again - I wait all day, holding off on the BP meds but when I feel like my head is going to explode, and I am burning up hot and sweaty, I reluctantly resort back to my meds - my readings being somewhere around 186/102....this is scary.

So, I continue to take my 3 hawthorne capsules a day but unless I take my meds, my BP is frightfully high.

Oh, I forgot to mention that I had gone back to the doctor because I was having severe cramping and pains all day and night - long story short, after a urine sample and while blood count the results were that I had a urinary tract infection for which I started on Antibiotics . I know, I never take them but hey, I was dying from the pain and distention (bloating)....it was since then that my BP went back to high and right now I am so hot I cannot stand it!!!

What do you guys think brought back my so very high BP - I was doing so well - my god, 129/70 something - I was deliriously happy and now I am back to square one again.

Any insight, ideas and suggestions would be very welcome and appreciated.

May you all find great health - without it we have no life!!! At least speaking for myself, I have no life with all my health problems.

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