Blood pressure fluctuations - advice please?

Yes blood pressure can fluctuate even in a short time. Mine went from 200+ to 164 between work, the doctor’s and home.
Nowadays it’s usually 130/60, but if I’d taken it after a frustrating call from the pharmacy this morning, I bet it would be higher!
No harm in getting yours monitored if they’re offering.

Yes.. Also "White coat Syndrome" can put it up.

Always do x3 with a 5 min gap between them and mean then, that will be more true.

I do mine at home and send it in. I get dreadful white coat syndrome.

Same here. White coat syndrome is a real issue for many people. If the surgery staff express interest I send a list taken over a week. They work out an average. So far so good.

Mine is always high in the GP surgery. Buy yourself a home blood pressure monitor and do a week of taking your BP same time morning and evening for a week and you will get a true representation.

We both take our blood pressure at home. My husband gets quite agitated when having to go to the surgery. His goes up considerably when taken by the time he gets there. I would say that the home readings are quite accurate.

Not quite accurate but accurate!

DH has White Coat syndrome-- years of living with a nurse has never reduced his anxiety. Closet hypochondriac really I have to talk him down of the ceiling before tests. Now he has something real to worry about i.e. hospital admission I expect we will have some problems before that.

White coat syndrome here too, even though I feel quite relaxed in the Surgery.
I took my home blood pressure monitor into the Surgery and the readings were spot on with theirs.
I’ve had the 24 hour one, which was a disaster - had to be repeated several times, then given up as a bad job.

I think it’s important to get somewhere comfortable at home and ensure the correct position for the arm. I was to take 3 readings 3 times a day for 7 days and enter the figures on the sheet supplied by the Nurse.

Could blood pressure fluctuate that much in an hour

My friend's BP went up when she stood up, and went back down when she sat down.

Far far less than the one hour time span!

My BP goes up and down like a yoyo. It is never the same two days ina row.

When I was in Coronary Care last year, I had come back from having a chest x-ray in the middle of the night. I said I was feeling faint. When my BP was taken he top reading was 122, which is very low for me. Five minutes later it was back up to 195! That caused quite a stir.

Mine was high 3 weeks ago at 150/90. I’m on BP tablets. My lovely GP just said “it could be due to stress” (my cholesterol has shot up too to 7.8). I said “well sadly it’s not going to go down any time soon is it?”. She agreed and said “we will just repeat it in 6 months’ time”.

If mine was 150/90, I would be delighted.

Despite, three lots of BP pills and four heart medications, it still remains high! I have given up worrying about it.

Probably for the best MD.
You’re still here to tell the tale. 😊

My BP was too high at an annual health check, even when repeated a few minutes later. I duly took it at home twice a day for the next seven days and it was fine. So yes, it can vary.

Urmstongran

Probably for the best MD.
You’re still here to tell the tale. 😊

Only the good die young!

Strangely, I have clear arteries, no leaky valves and low cholesterol.
The micro vessels in my heart are damaged, that is the cause.

A couple of years back my DH had to wear the monitor for 5 days and I had to record the readings on a website. The readings varied feom very high to very low. And then they were averaged out. So his average score seemed normal. But it was not normal. Sometimes very high and sometimes very
low. It didn't raise a red flag...what on earth was the point of that exercise!!

Marydoll

If mine was 150/90, I would be delighted.

Despite, three lots of BP pills and four heart medications, it still remains high! I have given up worrying about it.

So would my husband. He is now on 8 different medications
For high blood pressure. He has asked to come off some but they say no.

I recommend yoga and meditating for a high BP .
It helps a lot .

Primrose53

Marydoll

If mine was 150/90, I would be delighted.

Despite, three lots of BP pills and four heart medications, it still remains high! I have given up worrying about it.

So would my husband. He is now on 8 different medications
For high blood pressure. He has asked to come off some but they say no.

It is a pain, but counter productive to stress about it
Even my clinicians have accepted they are flogging a dead horse! 😉

Esmay

I recommend yoga and meditating for a high BP .
It helps a lot .

I am sure it does, along with a healthy diet and exercise, but my damaged micro vessels are the reason for my high BP, probably related to my R.A.

Short of a new heart, there is nothing to be done! 💔

Be glad that you have a GP who appears to be doing a good job. 24 hour monitoring is the best way of recording your BP and indicating any cause for concern. Wear the monitor and take advice from your doctor. I speak as someone who has been controlling my BP with medication for about 20 years.

Yes, BP can change that much. It’s well known that some people’s blood pressure goes up when a doctor takes it - it’s called ‘white coat syndrome’! My GP advised me to get a monitor and if it’s high at the surgery, they ask me to take it at home for a few days and give them the readings, to get round it.

I’ve been on meds to lower it for years now, it seems to be under control with these. Going for a calmer lifestyle can be a help, but a home monitor might be a good idea as well.

Any recommendations for reasonably priced at home monitors?