People who take blood pressure medicine: does your heart rate go up a little when your BP is lower?

No, but I’d think if you are taking Thyroid replacement would cause a rise in heart rate.

I take my meds in the morning, about 2 hours after I wake. My resting heart rate (RHR) right before I wake up, and my RHR late afternoon are about the same as it is half an hour after I take my meds.

I hadn’t noticed. If it starts beating rapidly or quits all together, then I get concerned.

No.

No. I take mine over a two week period a few times a year, and it’s pretty consistent. I was told to take mine each evening before dinner, if that has anything to do with it.

@Tropical_Willie I’m just curious about blood pressure and heart rate in other people who take BP meds.

Previously, when my heart rate was fast my blood pressure was low, and when my heart rate was low, my blood pressure high. Thyroid medication adjustment would fix it, but as you probably know, thyroid meds take a few weeks to adjust what’s going on in your body.

Anyway, recently I’ve had high blood pressure a lot for extended periods and decided I should probably treat it when it’s happening even if my thyroid meds might work to correct it, although it seems my thyroid is not as influential as it used to be regarding my BP—I might simply be a BP patient now. But, just a month ago my BP was good for three weeks [sigh].

That’s a lot of info to get to my point that my heart rate has been on the low side, and I like it much better when it’s higher. I feel much better when it’s higher. I was curious if driving down blood pressure with the pills makes an increase in heart rate for people. I’ve always thought of my thyroid level making my heart faster or slower, and my BP adjusting according to my heart rate, but then I was hoping now the inverse might also be true.

It seems from the answers above probably not, but I’m not sure, because I’m not so sure people above test their BP at varying times in the day when the meds are waring off and when the meds are at their height of potency in the body. If my heart rate was constantly between 58–65 let’s say, I wouldn’t notice anything, because that’s all great numbers for me. But my BP has been 52 and lower most days.

@JLeslie Your BP is 52 or lower, assuming that’s your diastolic? BP meds are supposed to slow the heartbeat, not increase it…weird.

A blood pressure reading lower than 90 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg) for the top number (systolic) or 60 mm Hg for the bottom number (diastolic) is generally considered low blood pressure.

For your resting heart rate, the target is between 60 and 100 beats per minute (bpm).

Beta-blockers lower your blood pressure by blocking the effect of hormones called adrenaline and noradrenaline. By blocking these hormones, beta-blockers slow down your heart rate and reduce the force at which blood is pumped round your body

^^Sorry heart rate. I wrote it incorrectly in the last sentence, it’s correct through the post though. Obviously, my diastolic is not below 60, I wouldn’t be prescribed BP meds if it was.

I don’t take beta blockers.

My heart rate is below 60 all the time as of late regardless of medication or no medication. For years my heart rate has been on the low side except when I have been very overmedicated on thyroid medication, and I mean VERY. Not on purpose.

I intend to get a thyroid check, but I know I’m not way out of whack.

@JLeslie Do you exercise a lot? I do, and as a result my RHR is in the 40s. When I had a colonoscopy a couple years ago, my RHR was so low they were concerned about anesthetize get me, until I explained I ran a lot.

^^I don’t exercise enough to warrant a slower heart rate, AND more importantly I feel better when it’s higher. When it’s slower I feel my arythmia (which feels like my heart is stopping for a brief moment) and I feel less oxygenated. I hate it.