How often do you take your BP?

[Bigoldguy]

I was curious how often people here take their BP? Personally, I do it once a day at the same time (or close). If Im feeling wonky, Ill check it again...usually its low at that point.

 

[readalot]

Morning, night and sometimes 3x per day. Make sure you are using calibrated setup, proper cuff fit, etc.

 

[Nidus]

I was curious how often people here take their BP? Personally, I do it once a day at the same time (or close). If Im feeling wonky, Ill check it again...usually its low at that point.

Once the morning after i had a glass of water and tea but will buy a better device for measuring BP. I noticed that the ones for the wrist are not so accurate

 

[BamaCrazy]

I attempt to check it once or twice a day (morning and evening) while on cycle. Less frequently when running TRT doses.

 

[Bigoldguy]

Once the morning after i had a glass of water and tea but will buy a better device for measuring BP. I noticed that the ones for the wrist are not so accurate

Yeah, wrist ones are supper hit or miss. Found a decent upper arm on thet matched my doctors office.

 

[Sawisthelaw]

Just got a new Omron for the office. I check every morning and when i remember to, in the afternoon. BP is one of those things that still amazes me because it's not taken seriously yet we know that it can be a killer

 

[Ghoul]

Just got a new Omron for the office. I check every morning and when i remember to, in the afternoon. BP is one of those things that still amazes me because it's not taken seriously yet we know that it can be a killer

A quick death is merciful compared to the incremental damage elevated BP will do over time.

 

[Sawisthelaw]

A quick death is merciful compared to the incremental damage elevated BP will do over time.

Yep. And it's one of those things that people know they have just based on their once a year trips to the dentist/GP/etc. I don't get it.

 

[Bigoldguy]

Just got a new Omron for the office. I check every morning and when i remember to, in the afternoon. BP is one of those things that still amazes me because it's not taken seriously yet we know that it can be a killer

The silent killer...I work in the kidney care area and its amazing how many younger folks we have whose kidneys are shot due to uncontrolled BP. Your body will adjust to the higher pressures for a while but something finally has to give.

 

[DugPrime]

Once a day in the morning.

 

[Juiced_lizard]

I do mine 2-3 times a day most days. Some days I skip, just lazy, busy or whatever else. Normally morning, maybe mid day and night before bed. Got an app that tracks it all and sends the readings through Bluetooth to the app.

 

[buck]

I have taken it every morning for years. I also take it at others times on occasion to find what patterns my body has so i have a baseline to go by when i feel different then usual.

 

[HUGE McBIGLARGE]

Does everyone here make sure they’re sat for over 5 mins before taking a reading?

 

[Juiced_lizard]

Does everyone here make sure they’re sat for over 5 mins before taking a reading?

I’ve done it with and without. Honestly I don’t notice much of a difference. When I do it in the morning I wake up and walk to the living room to do it. Minimal movement. But sitting is good to make sure you don’t have a BP spike either up or down when moving around.

 

[AlexDavis43]

I was curious how often people here take their BP? Personally, I do it once a day at the same time (or close). If Im feeling wonky, Ill check it again...usually its low at that point.

I measure BP whenever someone here fear mongers about it. Otherwise it could be weeks. WEEKS *gasp*

 

[Eddie.]

On cycle once a day or EOD preferably after i wake up. On TRT/cruise once every 2 weeks or so, but my bp is always borderline hypotensive.

Does everyone here make sure they’re sat for over 5 mins before taking a reading?

Honestly for me it's the same, bp doesn't change at all. Only rhr change if i don't sit and relax for a while.

 

[narta]

Morning when I wake up and evening before bed.

 

[BamaCrazy]

Does everyone here make sure they’re sat for over 5 mins before taking a reading?

I try to do it the same way each time. At least 5 minutes sitting, no talking, no electronic devices or tv. Feet flat on the floor. BP cuff elevated to heart level.

 

[HUGE McBIGLARGE]

If I take my BP right after sitting down I get around 145/55. I can force an “okay” BP of 130/55 by staying sat for half an hour, but I don’t feel very reassured by it when the reference ranges are established by a data set of participants who are not sat for half an hour.

I dunno why my BP has been going up over the last 3 years. I’m on less T now than ever before, eating better than ever, cut out all salt, and exercising for around 2 hours a day. But my BP is steadily going up.

Throwing AHTs at it crashes my DBP just as much as my SBP.

I’ve read some shit studies suggesting that isolated diastolic hypotension can be caused by endurance athleticism and is harmless in such cases. But I don’t think my 40 minutes of burpees a day counts.

 

[BamaCrazy]

If I take my BP right after sitting down I get around 145/55. I can force an “okay” BP of 130/55 by staying sat for half an hour, but I don’t feel very reassured by it when the reference ranges are established by a data set of participants who are not sat for half an hour.

I dunno why my BP has been going up over the last 3 years. I’m on less T now than ever before, eating better than ever, cut out all salt, and exercising for around 2 hours a day. But my BP is steadily going up.

Throwing AHTs at it crashes my DBP just as much as my SBP.

I’ve read some shit studies suggesting that isolated diastolic hypotension can be caused by endurance athleticism and is harmless in such cases. But I don’t think my 40 minutes of burpees a day counts.

Is your diastolic always that low? That definitely meets the definition of ISH.

I found this. I assume you are not older than 50? ISH can be a sign of stiffened large arteries or valve disfunction.


“Isolated systolic hypertension is the most common form of high blood pressure after age 50. In this condition, the diastolic blood pressure may be lower than normal. If this reading is <70 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure is low. ”