High blood pressure doesn't usually cause any symptoms at all, your headaches and dizziness aren't from that I don't think. But having high blood pressure is not good and is an independent thing.

Yes exercise and eating well can help but I don't know your family history and background; age doesn't necessarily have anything to do with it (although one's getting high blood pressure is greater the older one gets). If you're young, you might not have to take the pills all the time but you probably will if that's your problem. You don't necessarily have narrowed arteries either; the ACE inhibitor just helps in a certain way; there are 3 kinds of blood pressure meds and maybe the other two aren't appropriate for you.

Generally you need a couple of measurements over time to tell if your blood pressure is high as a problem that needs medicating. I wouldn't take meds for it either if this is the first measurement your doctor has taken. I think the questions about your drinking were because you're not supposed to drink and take Lisinopril. You'd be a good candidate since you don't do a lot of drinking normally.

I have uncontrolled high blood pressure and am not taking meds because I want to lose weight and exercise, etc. and get it down in that way instead of with meds. I've had problems with medical care in the past so do a lot of research when I have any meds prescribed or the doctor suggests them.

There are lots of things that can cause headache and dizziness: http://www.dizziness-and-balance.com...raine/mav.html

I would work on exercising and eating better and seeing if you can affect your blood pressure (do go back to the doctor in 6 months or so and have another test, tell him about your experiments with exercise and food intake and how your headaches/dizziness are going) and if you keep having your headaches and dizziness, keep a diary of some sort about them so you can get more educated about what could be causing them. Blood pressure doesn't. Are you on any other meds? Some of my meds can cause them.