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[|Human|] Hi Dr S. Im a 47 year old female and have recently moved to a remote a fairly remote home in NSW.It takes one hour 15 to get to town. My high blood pressure medication was recently increased from 150 to 300mg  (Karvea). Last night i was experiencing dizziness at midnight and checked my BP it was 166/110 and it freaked me out.Although id taken my 300mg Karvea in the morning I took another one. It was still high this morning and I didnt feel well enough to drive into town. (Im currently going through menopause and not sure why a few months ago I had my first episode of vertigo) . I took 150mg Karvea this morning (my old dose ) to try to keep it under control today and took my usual 300mg about an hour ago. Its currently 167/103 pulse 78. I will go into town tomorrow. Im not sure what the problem is at present. I know I shouldnt self medicate (by taking an extra unprescribed dose). I have familial history of high blood pressure and have been on 150 mg of karvea since 28 years old. This has worked perfectly for my until late last year. I have however put 17kg on over last three years and now weigh approx 92kg. You think ill be ok till i can get to GP tomorrow? SOrry unable to pay today :(
[|AI|]  Howell come to ChatDoctorI really appreciate your concern, ideally blood pressure need to be measured by physician in case of doubt and then let the physician decide what next to do, it is not good to treat the condition on your own, moreover antihypertensive can be taken on and often just because reading is not showing normal range, sometimes this could be instrumental error, in my opinion better to see the physician, your blood pressure might be in normal range, hope this information helps, take care.