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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2484435" data-attributes="member: 372717">I got put on bp meds in my late twenties (diagnosed T1 aged 8) after I'd tried and failed things like cutting salt and quitting caffeine.   (Though I now regret not taking up serious exercise, which I delayed till I was nearly 50).  I never noticed any side effects  (other than to one med which I dropped)  and I don't regret taking meds to get the reduction, there are too many long term factors (eyes, heart, kidneys etc) which increase risk for diabetics and aren't helped by high bps.Recently I've been rethinking the meds in that I currently think I might be running a bit low, so might discuss a reduction with my GP.  In the (possible but unlikely) event that I manage to achieve a significant long term reduction in weight, I'm optimistic that the meds will reduce. (They came down when I increased my exercise from sedentary to much more active).But would be interested in knowing the ideal bp range for T1s. What's too low?  What's too high? Should I be taking np in the middle of a gym session or when I wake up in the morning?And in the UK they absolutely gave me 24 hour bp monitors before giving or changing bp meds.  In New Zealand I just tell my GP my home results, though she writes down my surgery ones.</blockquote>

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