Healing Hypertension: A Revolutionary New Approach

Book offered me a new perspective on Hypertension. Dr Mann is a genius !

(Note: for me, five stars is reserved for something truly mind-blowing -- I haven't given one yet. Four stars for me is a really, really good rating.)This book has a great story to tell about how many instances of high blood pressure are attributable to repressed emotions. The author is a careful scientist, and clearly identifies how his conclusions arise from information that is in some sense anecdotal. He also is careful to note that only some hypertension can be so attributed, and how drugs are still a very important tool in regulating this problem. I was pleased to read a down-to-earth book on hypertension that did not pretend to have all the answers.Having said all that, it turns out that the main hypothesis presented in the book did not apply to me, so the book did not provide a non-drug solution for me. Though that's not the fault of the book. The book did have an excellent section on the drugs that are used, what they do and how they work (to the extent we know), and what considerations are used in selected drugs. I use one of them now (lisinopril), which easily and completely controls my hypertension with a relatively low dose and no apparent side effects.The writing at times can be redundant and repetitive, but the good parts are the actual case histories that are described. I recommend this book for anyone who would like to get some real information about hypertension without someone trying to sell you something.

Dr. Mann treats the patient not the disease. I am encouraged and impressed by Dr. Mann's desire to work toward finding the cause of hypertension.. I was surprised by the introduction of a potential cause for some individuals but not all. This book provides a hopeful and surprising outcome for individuals, experiencing hypertension, who may be unaware of the impact of past events in their own lives. Dr. Mann provides an avenue to explore. Though the course of exploration may require a considerable amount of personal hard work for the patient, the pay off is worth the effort. It is like exercise. If we choose not to do the hard work of exercise we suffer the consequences. Maintaining our optimum health, to the best of our ability, requires vigilance and a fair amount of personal effort. Exploring all that this book suggests is a potential ground breaker in the treatment of hypertension.I have purchased two additional books to share as gifts for a a physician and a psychologist. I believe Dr. Mann is pointing us in a vital direction. He is a shining example for other physicians in the important methods of relating to the patient and not just treating a disease.

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This book is worth every penny. I found it straightforward, concise, very well organized and easy to understand.

Impressive content. My husband is a closed person. He's impressed by this book.

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I had read about the book in another book, ordered two and gave them as gifts. I did a quick read and was impressed with the approach.

I want to give it a 6 out of 5. This book may have saved my wife's life. Doctors, even specialists, seem not to know much about hypertension and high blood pressure. There is a place for drugs, usually multiple drugs in combination, where serious heart damage has already happened. But each drug, especially in combination are dangerous. This book gives you the baseline to use before you accept prescriptions. Most illuminating though is that 95% of hypertension is emotional, psychological, and/or past incident driven. He addresses treatment starting from lifestyle, then mind/emotion generated and then drugs. He points out that specific diagnosis is of emotional causes is difficult from the outside (the doctor, for instance) and equally so for the patient. The up side is that the treatment of emotional/psychological sources are non-invasive, non-life threatening and relatively cheap - with no side effects. His information about "mechanisms" that are causes is worth the whole book.

The author is well qualified to write about hypertension, and he provides a substantial amount of evidence to support the hypothesis that for some people, past experiences are a cause of hypertension. Ideally this book would be updated with a new edition, and co-authored by a psychiatrist. However the book is quite useful for anyone whose hypertension does not appear to respond quickly to medication.

100 per cent great information!!