In 2001 my BP was 156/104. My doctor put me on Zestril. I took it for years. Then a few years ago I was having trouble with my BP being too low and getting dizzy very easily. She took me off the meds. It seems that lowering stress at work, cutting back on black tea, switching to real green tea, exercising and eating right for a few years cured it. I’ve not taken meds since. I check my BP and I am usually not far from my high school BP.
I was thinking—yesterday my BP at the dtrs office using the old fashioned cuff device was 160/110!!
I have a digital device which has been pretty accurate for a long time and today my BP was 140/90.
Not sure how it could change so drastically.
I am just wondering how accurate all of these devices really are.