Another Question On B/p Readings...

[mom4cem]

Need a little clarification. After reading some other posts on b/p, I'm unsure.

When most of you take your b/p, is it sitting? I know lying down it would go even lower.

What about those on meds? Especially blood pressure meds. They lower b/p so how can one really know what their b/p actually is?

I take a low dose of atenelol, 12.5 mg. in the a.m., so I don't know when I really should check to see what my b/p is like.

Do you think when you are feeling poorly, all of a sudden, and you check your b/p and hr., and both are high, is it possible that it may have "bottomed out", a episode, as it may, happened and the high b/p and h/r is just compensation?

Do my questions make sense?

Thanks!!

[MightyMouse]

typically, folks report the contrast between lying down and standing up--but for some it may be lying down versus sitting up.

when I report bottomming out, it's when I'm standing.

Nina