I have my annual BP check at the doctors next week where I’ll get a reading so high it should be send for the ambulance.
So I’m checking mine so I can hand over the readings!
118/71 …which is pretty damn good!
Should my BP medication be lowered I wonder?
I shall ask.
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That’s pretty good Furryanimal, normal B/P is 120/70, mine is normal good but my heart rate is always beating fast at 99pm.
I do go to the Doctors for annual BP Check, but I also do it at home as well as I have a machine.
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Mine is crazy, but, I tend not to check it, if I can’t see a White Coat, I imagine one 
It’s been like this for years so, is of no concern, except to the onlookers 
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And the insurance companies of course. 
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My lovely fella has a similar problem re “white coat syndrome” when he has his blood pressure measured at the GP surgery or hospital.
When the nurse or doctor does the test, his blood pressure is sky high.
He now has his own monitor, so he can keep his own checks and they show his blood pressure is at the higher end of the normal range.
He takes the recent readings along with him when he goes for medical check-ups.
I can’t remember what the figures for my blood pressure are but I sometimes check it on my fella’s monitor machine and it’s usually at the very low end of “normal range”
I’ve always had quite low blood pressure - nurses taking my blood pressure have often commented on it and asked me if it’s always been that low (yes) and if I ever feel dizzy (no)
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My husband has had very high blood pressure for decades. He has been on every medication known to man I think and some bring it down a bit but the side effects are awful. pounding headaches on some, swollen ankles on others, itching legs, legs that feel they are severely sunburned and most recently swollen breasts which meant a trip to hospital for tests as he carries the BRCA gene but cancer was ruled out and it was purely the BP medication that had caused it.
Two weeks ago he went into hospital for an op on his back and was all gowned up, marked up etc and the surgeon and anaesthetist came in and said it was too risky as he could have a stroke or heart attack during the operation as his blood pressure was sky high. Up in the 200s. So that was cancelled. They both said he should have been referred to cardiologist or kidney specialist years ago because there must be an underlying cause.
At our insistence he saw a new GP a few days later who said he had never seen such high blood pressure in his career and he rang the hospital immediately and off we went again. They upped his dose and he now has terrible headaches and swollen legs again. They are referring him to hypertension clinic and cardiologist.
My husband is not overweight, never smoked, drinks very occasionally, is very laid back and doesn’t get stressed and we never use salt in cooking so there is nothing he can do himself to bring his BP down. Even with all those medications his BP never comes down to an acceptable level.
He has to take his BP twice a day before he sees the GP again next week.
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s I have supposedly high blood pressure we did get a machine for just this so we can check at home.
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I’ve had high blood pressure for years but it’s been more or less controlled by medication and is usually around 140/70 (lower at home, higher in a surgery/hospital) with a pulse of 65.
Occasionally, my BP has approached 200/90 but that is usually caused by external influences.
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When I was last tested, I was 140/72. There again, the wife was nagging me about something at the time.
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Since I have “white coat hypertension” ,too, I bought myself a BP monitor and checked my BP over a longer period up to three times a day to get a fair idea of how high my BP really is.
An ideal BP is 120/80 but low hypertension for people over 60 only starts at 140/88 or even 150/88.
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Leave well alone. That result is good and needs no adjustment in meds.
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White coat syndrome can cause problems, they just don’t believe you when you tell them it’s not normally that high!
I don’t think medication can permanently lower your blood pressure, just keep it down in a daily basis?
So unless you’ve had a major life style change, like losing weight or exercising a lot, I think it would just go back up if you stopped taking them?
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Indeed it does … my GP suggested I try that and my BP hit the “danger zone” within a matter of hours … 
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Husband has just taken his and it is 151/72 and that’s on 4 lots of BP medication.
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My blood pressure is quite high at the moment. It was 172/88 this morning before I took my tablet. I was on two BP tablets but one was a diuretic and affected my blood sodium level so it was withdrawn. I am getting a new one in a couple of days. I am 85 and for my age the doctor says it should be under 150/88.
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No.What causes your high BP, Furry? Are there any symptoms and how long have you had it?
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Was diagnosed in 2012 when I managed to get Glandular Fever in my fifties.
If I hadn’t got that I wouldn’t have been anywhere near the doctors so that turned out to be a good thing.
It got worse about four years ago but adjusting my medication got it under control.
As for what causes it…no idea.
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The kissing disease 
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Yeah.that wasn’t what caused it😀
shame.
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