Thanks for caring, I'll give you a "best answer" :)
Thanks to the other replies as well, you guys are great :)
I agree with that about BP; bp and hr should fluctuate with exertion or movement - if it didn't it would be detrimental to our hearts.
Take my case - my bp will not raise when I exert myself; such as my treadmill test resting was 130/70; and peak exercise 150/90, which I'm told is a major problem but don't know what's causing mine other then ANS/Heart issues.
Thanks for the replies :)
I don't understand it - if the blood pressure was supposed to never go above 140/90 none of us should exercise. It's different mechanisms, I know, but the work load on the heart and blood vessels should be similar. My blood pressure peaked at 210/90 during my stress test with heart rate also 210 and I was told this was a healthy sign.
Jkfrench:
I used to have normal readings (at about 115/65) at home. But for some reason, I started to get anxious even when measuring the BP at home, which made at least the first readings high. Not extremely high, 140s to 150s. Diastolic is usually fine. And it drops after I somehow get used to the monitor and I understand it won't bite me or something :)
I started eating some salt again, and now my heart rate doesn't hit the sky when exercising. That's nice :)
Yes, I understand one "can't be too thin" and "BP can't be too low"... albeit zero is too low. Or said another way, dizzy when standing up may be too low.
When I've complained about my low blood pressure -- top number in the 85 to 90 at times -- my primary card doctor says, "Yes, and my little old ladies that in their 90's are living that long because they are not wearing their hearts out." I do get dizzy when it gets too low. 105-120 seems about right to me, anyway I feel better.
Sorry to hear what happened. I am sure its the stress. My bp is always low, but when I get nervous or stressed---up it goes. Dont stop all salt, that cant be good for you. Sorry to hear about the sick family member.
I have the same problem with the "blood pressure cuff syndrome". lol
Always have. My BP in my cardio's office is always about 142/80. However at my ob/gyn it was 180/100!
At home it always measures around 105/68 or sometimes lower.
I have started telling any doctor I need to see that my cardio asks me to take my BP at home because I stress too much about it when I am there.
So I just tell them what it was at home, they write it down and I don't have to deal with that anxiety anymore.
Jodie
I'll throw one last comment here. I had had a bp of about 110/60 most of my life. When I went on the BB, it went to under 90/ under 50 at times. I didn't care because my heart rate felt so much better. Eventually, after years, my BP is between 105 and 120 when I take it systolic. I am fine with that. However, when I go to the drs sometimes it could be over 130 and they start telling me I am borderline high. I feel like saying, "It is white coat syndrome" and besides, I don't believe some know how to take a bp....sorry, JMHO. When you take your BP at home, you are supposed to be kind of still for about 5 minutes before you pump it up. You must allow for position changes and relaxation. Well, good luck on making your BP higher now! lol
Thanks guys (or girls, actually =)
Yes, I believe my BP is normal. It jumps up and down, but I guess it's supposed to do that. Though I need to realise that if I get headache, tense muscles, palpitations, all that crap, it's not necessarily caused by high blood pressure.
I guess the Expert Forum her scared me a bit, too. They said any BP above 140/90 should be treated. So I did, with lifestyle changes. And it was somewhat "overkill".
My doctor told me straight out that those guidelines were "bulls***" and that anyone will get an elevated blood pressure with stress. So I'm not sure what to believe..
I also had really good and stable blood pressure when I was overweight. It would stay at 120/74 and not budge at all.
THEN I lost 25kg last year and my Bp has been bouncing around more than my fat ;)
I still have another 10kg to lose but I am not sure if I even want to. My bp got even worse after the ablation I had 4 months ago. The lowest it dropped was 83/53 and I couldn't even lift up my head. Doctor prescribed me some pills to lift the bp but I didn't take them. Instead I ate liquorice (sp?) and put a bit of mineral salt under my tongue to dissolve.
Nowadays my bp fluctuates quite a lot during the day and it is strange to say that I feel it when it drops or goes up. Somehow I feel a little strange, and when that happens I take my BP and notice that is has gone up or down. When I feel it, it is usually a big drop or a quick raise. luckily it doesn't ever go high. I think the highest it has reached in the last couple of weeks 107/70.
I have to say I have an obsession about taking my bp. I can sometimes take it 10 times a day, especially if it is a bad day for jumping around.
Nowadays I take multivitamin dissolvable tablets and magnesium supplements and have noticed that it has stayed stable for longer.
One thing I have noticed is that while training I can get dizzy as my heart rate goes up. Usually I slow it down and the dizzyness goes away, but this doesn't happen all the time.
wow; sounds familiar =)...my bp has been 90/60 since I was a teen, no matter how much I weigh.
Imagine how much you would gain if you increased your sodium 10,000g daily. I wanted to experiment so I tried this: I cut out 1 glass of water daily and NO salt; I drink way too much water and it did help my not drinking as much with my ankle swelling. I lost 12 lbs in 1 week going from my primary to my cardiologist because of fluid retention. I told the dr and he said not to cut out salt or water, but not to add either.
what I find strange is my dizziness stays no matter how much I drink or what salt intake I have - my dr said a little higher bp in some of us is fine; and wants mine to stay abit on the higher side...I was worried mine was too high for naught
My new primary scared me when said she was going to treat it if it stayed high which I questioned. I have neurocardiogenic syncope and orthostatic intolerance - which she knew alittle about but my cardiologist knew 100% and said he wants my bp a bit higher so I'll let him tell the new primary hehehe
I can't imagine 30 or 40 more years of treating both low bp and high bp - counterproductive I say; just leave it alone and see what it does.
btw I'm supposed to do my bp/hr according to this Vanderbilt page - look at the last page http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/documents/adc/files/ADC-Initial%20Questionnaire%20Website%202010Jul21.pdf
I took the measurement parts and copied/pasted into a word format a few times and had a full spreadsheet for different days =)