Blood pressure

When I was about eight years old I was diagnosed with hypertension. My life has been filled with many visits to the doctor and many more visits to the pharmacy. Hypertension runs in the family. As I have told every doctor, my grandfather had it, my father has it and I have it. So I have been been on some kind of medication ever since my diagnoses. I really hated that I had this thing wrong me. Yeah I know, it could of been way worse. What sucked was as a kid my school mates would look at me like I had cancer when I told them. So after a awhile I stop talking about it. When I got a little older I got this idea in my head that I did not need the medication. At the time I was riding five to six hundred miles a week, " I'm an athlete" I told my self, "I don't need that anymore." One day I got this massive headache, I mean MASSIVE! My vision was bluring it was so bad. So I went to a walk in clinic and was checked out. As soon as they took my blood pressure they freaked. If I remember correctly, it was about 225/180. I've never seen people move so fast. "Here put thus under your tough." Soon I over heard the doctor on the phone with the local hospital saying that he has a twenty year old male about to strike out and should we helicopter me in. "Crap," I said to myself, "I should have been taking those pills." I ended up spending three nights there while they monitored me. Recently I finally found a doctor that took my hypertension very seriously and after months of trying to figure a course of treatment he threw up his hands. He thought he knew what I had, but he needed to send me to a specialist to make sure. The endocrinologist confirmed that I have primary hyperaldronism. Somethig to do with my adeline gland producing to much aldrostrone. So he put me on a new medication and boom, my pressure went way down. Then a few weeks ago he took me off the beta blocker that I was taking in conjunction with the new pill and put me on an ace inhibitor. Suddenly, I feel a lot better. The thing about beta blockers are the possible side effects. For the longest time I have been very lethargic. No doubt it was the beta blocker. Now, I feel a lot better. More energy and a brighter outlook. It is like a fog has lifted.