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<blockquote data-quote="Outlier" data-source="post: 2477562" data-attributes="member: 550046"><p>Not to derail the thread but as information - mods please accept my apologies if needed.</p><p></p><p>It's interesting how "normal" BP readings have been steadily reduced over the years. My systolic is very variable but the other readings have always been satisfactory. Time was that "normal" systolic was 100+your age or lower. Time was I worked in a job that required fast reactions and my systolic was a fair bit higher than now. I had to pass 6-monthly medicals because of a hobby of mine, and always did, but with today's reduced criteria, I wouldn't.</p><p></p><p>I have massive white coat syndrome, probably due to my natural highly reactive nature, which once upon a time made me very good at my job. My BP has been okay for some time, but in the last couple of weeks, systolic has been raised to just over the (new) acceptable figure. I'd like to know why this is - could it simply be the cold (house doesn't have central heating but I do dress warmly)?</p><p></p><p>I have always dodged taking BP meds and would definitely refuse them now as it's only the systolic that wanders into the just-too-high range, I'm old and don't want to risk a fall from lowering my other readings along with the systolic, and the side-effects of the meds are also likely to affect my blood sugar that I have worked so hard to reduce. This is my decision, and should not be taken as a good or bad idea by anyone else who is in a similar situation. But - does anyone have any idea why this should be happening?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Outlier, post: 2477562, member: 550046"] Not to derail the thread but as information - mods please accept my apologies if needed. It's interesting how "normal" BP readings have been steadily reduced over the years. My systolic is very variable but the other readings have always been satisfactory. Time was that "normal" systolic was 100+your age or lower. Time was I worked in a job that required fast reactions and my systolic was a fair bit higher than now. I had to pass 6-monthly medicals because of a hobby of mine, and always did, but with today's reduced criteria, I wouldn't. I have massive white coat syndrome, probably due to my natural highly reactive nature, which once upon a time made me very good at my job. My BP has been okay for some time, but in the last couple of weeks, systolic has been raised to just over the (new) acceptable figure. I'd like to know why this is - could it simply be the cold (house doesn't have central heating but I do dress warmly)? I have always dodged taking BP meds and would definitely refuse them now as it's only the systolic that wanders into the just-too-high range, I'm old and don't want to risk a fall from lowering my other readings along with the systolic, and the side-effects of the meds are also likely to affect my blood sugar that I have worked so hard to reduce. This is my decision, and should not be taken as a good or bad idea by anyone else who is in a similar situation. But - does anyone have any idea why this should be happening? [/QUOTE]
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