u/Mother_Dino

Anyone else get a blood pressure spike during withdrawal? Since I quit I have been tracking my BP at home, and it has been higher than normal consistently. Today’s day 5 sober for me, and today at my annual physical my BP was 141/101. I’m typically around 110/70. My (new) provider did agree that this can happen during withdrawal, and advised me to track my BP at home over the next 10 days until our follow up appt. I also have a headache and slight lightheaded feeling but I’m functioning fine. She didn’t seem too concerned otherwise. My anxiety is telling me that I should be worried even though my provider isn’t very worried, and I know this can happen. If you experienced this, how long did it take to come back down?

Yesterday was my first day of completely not smoking at all; I usually smoke around 9am for the first time of the day, and then throughout the day, and this is how day 1 went with no smoking: I had a headache building up the second half of the day and less of an appetite than usual, and then last night (almost exactly 24 hours since last use) I got extremely sick. Throwing up a ton, headache much worse. I slept ok overnight, but today on day 2 I have been throwing up throughout the day with the headache off and on and no appetite. Is this from withdrawals or am I just ironically sick at the same time? This is the longest I’ve gone since intending to quit! 31F smoking 80% vapes throughout the day for 7+ years