Until recently. I have no idea why it’s so high?!?!?!
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I have high blood pressure, I take two meds for it and it’s still high.
It rarely falls below 140.
140 bp is my average.
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Worrying and being stressed out can make it worse. Getting older can contribute to it. Did they say anything to you about a 2000mg per day of sodium diet? Lowering your sodium intake can help if you are interested in that. I know its difficult.
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Do you do a low sodium diet wave? They wanted me to but its just too difficult.
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No I don’t @anon12381882.
I put salt on everything! 
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what kind of blood pressure monitor do you use, i eat alot of sodium and when i used a wrist blood pressure monitor my numbers were super high but i found out i was using it improperly had my hand closed and arm too low, i did it the right way and now it always reads at a healthy number
I am comparing the reading of my manual BP reader to my forearm one. They’re the same. I taught my husband how to take BP readings with a manual BP reader.
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probably just high than, hopefully it goes down, you should try eating low sodium for a while see if it goes down, could be a med or any mental or physical change recently causing it to go up
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I’m guessing it’s Zyprexa, and luckily I’m weaning off of it
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My dr wants to see BP readings every day before he adds any meds . Do you have a machine?
Yes and a manual BP cuff and stethoscope 
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Have you been sleeping properly? Missing nights can cause that
Actually I have. And usually I don’t sleep well. But for the past month or so I’ve gotten good sleep
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