AA is generally the abbreviation for Associate of Arts degree. This is the degree given by many two-year colleges, often called Community Colleges (which used to be called Junior Colleges). Some also award the AS-- Associate in Science degree. Typically, an Associate's degree is the equivalent of a year, or in some cases a year and a half, of courses at a four-year college, and there are many students who transfer their Associate's degree credits so that they can complete a four-year degree.
Although it may seem difficult, lowering your breathing speed will help to lower your heart rate. Take a breath for 5-8 seconds, hold it for 3-5 seconds, and then exhale slowly for a count of 5-8 seconds.
Clonidine blocks one the adrenaline receptors (alpha 2) in the brain, such that any over activity of the nervous systems message to the arteries to constrict and to the heart to beat too forcibly is blunted. BP thus falls. BP begins to fall in 30-60 minutes with a peak BP reduction in 2-4 hours. The half-life of Clonidine in circulation is 12-16 hours, such than when used as a maintenance BP control medication, Clonidine is usually administered twice a day. Clonidine will dependably lower your BP.