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Not a clue. Still a big crash in BP, but today I found it easier to cope with. The morning reading was somewhat higher than I was expecting given the last few days.

Things started off ok.

But then my BP rose. This was taken immediately before I ate lunch. I’m guessing it’s because the drugs I took the previous night were wearing off and the ones I’d taken in the morning had really had their full effect yet.

Then I had lunch, and this was thirty-five minutes after the last one.

To say I felt pretty shit at this point would be an understatement. And it even got a little worse over the next hour.

And then by the evening, back up to something I could cope with.

I understand about “postprandial hypotension”, but the speed and size of the drop in BP here is a bit crazy.

An unexpectedly pleasant outcome.

Still a bit of a hairy heart rate at times though 🙁

Last night I took the doubled dose of Doxazosin for the first time. Initially it looked as though nothing much had changed.

But gradually I started to feel a bit rough and my BP showed why.

And then things became even worse.

I didn’t remember to take a reading in the evening. I did however almost faint at one point. Fortunately I managed to hang on to my senses long enough that I made the few steps to the sitting room and lay down on a rug until things started to return to normal.