is it normal for blood pressure readings to be high when taken first thing in the morning?
Yes and according to my doctor again in late afternoon.
I stopped taking mine first thing a wait a couple of hours and get more or less normal readings,...sometimes.
Yes, I have just completed a week's home monitoring requested by the GP. I was surprised to find that my highest readings of the day, were in the morning, consistently.
I can get a reading as high as 210/110 first thing in the morning and as low as 104/68 at night,
I've also been surfing the net to find out more...... Google 'morning blood pressure surge' for good and not so good news
I'm not a doc, but that strikes me as kinda high in the AM, and then quite low at night.
What meds do you take, and when do you take them?
My BP has always been around 150-100 and I do experience faster heartbeats in the morning. Though my BP remains contant throughout the day.
They tell me it is the average that counts but I don't believe that.
My last 24 hour monitor averaged 137/84
I have hbp and in this morning for example at 730 am it was 140/97.
At 930 am it was 160/100. 174/ ? at the docs today at 145 pm lol- "white coat syndrome"
and right now its 10 pm and its 144/93 which is my average resting bp.
I was on amlodipine 10mgs until yesterday morning but now im freelance and on nothing after a terrible time with amlodipine. These are the same readings Ive had the last year on amlodopine but now Im not on it...?... but I have a new sack of coversyl hd which I will be starting tomorrow. wish me luck and I wish you all the best! Im shooting for low 120s or even 110s over 80 with minimal to no side effects!
Everyones BP should vary quite a bit during the day due to response to exertions, stress etc. Have you ever had a 24 hour BP monitor ? Doctor at our practice had one of the young healthy nurses wear one to prove the point to her.
Your heart is like an engine and your BP its presure and responds to its power requirements.
Hi Derek, no I haven't. Yesterday my doc said we would do it after I got checked at the emergency. And the emergency doctor said it may be a good idea and also a secondary hypertension test. But when I saw my doctor today I showed her my results from today which I took a reading every 2 hrs or so and she said that was good. Changed the meds and I go for a blood test in a month and then go see her. If there's any issues then she said we will look at those options.
No derek76, I am yet to take that test. I guess that's what I need to understand what exactly is going wrong.
Ask for a copy of the hourly print out if you get it done as they tend to just tell you the average.
I think that if a person suffers from White Coat Hypertension that the 24 monitor is also stressful as you are always waiting for it to start off. If you waken in the night you wonder if it was the device taking a reading that woke you. Often it takes a few attempts to get a reading if you move or have an irregular heart rate or a higher reading than it expected.