I saw my doctor today, and apparently my blood pressure (top number) has risen by 15 points!

[Writer]

140/90! I can't believe how high that is! Especially since I've been running a few times a week, on average since August.

I know that school has been stressful... but my blood pressure has regularly been in the 120's up until now. What gives?

[Parche]

1. i feel your pain

:hi: :hug:

[madinmaryland]

2. Is it your diet?

[Writer]

6. Actually that's a possibility...

We've been eating out quite a bit for the last several months. Although I eat mostly vegetarian foods, the food in restaurants is loaded with oils.

That would also explain my 10 lb. weight gain over the last year. Eeek!

[madinmaryland]

8. A lot of foods are also high in flavor enhancers (i.e. salt/sodium) which causes havoc to

your bp.

[prolesunited]

18. It's not oil. It's salt.

Eating out too much will wreck your health, vegetarian or not. Wonder what your cholesterol looks like.

[kimmerspixelated]

23. But a totally salt-free diet messes with the

electrolyte balance. Sea Salt is best.

[geardaddy]

3. That sucks!

It's so frustrating when you try to improve your health through exercise and your numbers just don't cooperate.

x(

[TZ]

4. could indeed be stress

or it could be an early indicator of some developing problem. Something to keep tabs on. I would get a cuff for home to monitor it.

[Lex]

5. Getting older and hidden sodium in almost all food that's not fresh produce.

nt

[ogneopasno]

7. Do you have sleep apnea? My sleep apnea gave me terrible blood pressure.

[Writer]

9. I haven't been sleeping well lately, so I wonder if that's an issue.

The doc gave me a specialist to check in which who will look at my arteries and see if they're starting to form a lining.

BTW: I'm only 33.

[ogneopasno]

15. I had my sleep study when I was 30.

And only 10 pounds or so overweight. My anatomy was built for apnea. I, a 30-year-old woman, was in the sleep study with all these overweight men over 50. Hee!

[Deja Q]

10. Didn't even see your post til now; I was at the doctor this AM myself...

I concur with others; I bet it's stress.

Going back to school myself, mine will soon be as high as yours too.

[Writer]

22. Hey - you're going back to school. That's great!

It could be stress, yes.

[Droopy]

11. Do you smoke?

That'll get the blood pressure up there. My blood pressure was 147/85 the last time it was checked before I quit smoking. Shortly after I quit it was checked again and was 108/65.

[Writer]

20. Narp. Not a smoker.

Your BP was 108/65? That's great! That's almost athletic.

[seemunkee]

12. I'm going to the doc tomorrow, I know mines been high

I'll probably have to wait until next week to see the nephrologist about meds, but I know he's going to flip when he sees my numbers.
I bike a lot and have a resting heart rate of 50-55 but my BP is over 140 lately

[Lars39]

13. I was put on bp meds for running 142 over 90.

[foxfeet]

14. It's not uncommon to have a higher BP reading during a visit to the doctor.

What's important is the average BP taken over several readings. If you are monitoring your own BP at home and it runs significantly lower, you should discuss this and the "office visit spike" with your physician.

[RebelOne]

16. My blood pressure is sky-high when I am in the doctor's office.

I hate going to the doctor.

[foxfeet]

17. Mine, too.

It always goes up during a visit to the doc. And I'm already on meds.
:wtf:

[Redstone]

19. It's indeed the salt, if you've been eating in restaurants frequently.

Redstone

[NJmaverick]

21. Stress can be a major contributor

I had similar numbers, when I was stressed out.

[kimmerspixelated]

24. It's probably stress and diet and electrolyte balance.

Easily corrected by eating bananas and celery everyday. Try that before resorting to a lifetime of BP meds! Because they'll insist!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

25. Did you drink coffee before the Dr visit?

That always sends mine way high.

:hi:

[Sky Masterson]

26. ..

I don't know. But now that you know you have a problem you can monitor it and fix it.:hug: