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#bloodpressure

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@DifferentDrummer

I'm sorry to hear that.

My doctor's surgery and my local pharmacy would both check my blood pressure if I had no BP monitor. Maybe yours would too? The danger there is white coat syndrome — #BloodPressure being raised because you're in a healthcare setting. It's a well known problem.

C++ Wage Slave

Last week I learnt that a #BloodPressureMonitor needs to be serviced and calibrated every two years, and, for this, it must be sent back to the manufacturer:

bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/

Servicing can be more expensive than replacing the device. We love e-waste, right? 😤

At my doctor's suggestion, I've just replaced my decades-old monitor with a new, cheap but approved one. The new machine gives meaningfully lower readings than the old (by about 8mmHg systolic), and so I won't end up having treatment I don't need.

Given that you're going to replace the machine from time to time, consider getting the cheapest approved one you can find from a reputable manufacturer. Do you really need Bluetooth, an app, and an attachment for walking the dog?

British Heart Foundation · Blood pressure measuring at homeBy British Heart Foundation
#BloodPressure
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Chris Wolff :kappa:

EDIT: the following is from another conversation about this; I feel like I should explain why this is a concern I have:

My Tourette's makes me tense muscles and/or hold my breath sometimes. This is just an exaggerated version of that. So now I'm worried that some of the readings I've had over the years that were (somewhat) high (never that high, thankfully)… may or may not have even been accurate. I just wanted to test this, to see if I could purposely throw it by mimicking what my own TS does for me at times, just more so. And it worked. So now if they put an automatic blood pressure cuff on me at the doctor's office, which is what they usually do, and it reads somewhat high, am I supposed to believe that? Or am I supposed to believe that I was tensed up and/or holding my breath because of my condition?

Original post (this one, before the edit):

Okay, well, I no longer trust automatic blood pressure cuffs, because I've figured out how to trick them into thinking I'm having a hypertensive crisis when I'm actually not.

Baseline, relaxed:
109/71

Flexing my arm and purposely straining really hard, immediately after that:
151/125

Immediately after that, relaxed again:
123/74

All readings were taken against my left upper arm, level with the heart, like they're supposed to be.

#TouretteSyndrome#health#bloodpressure
donthatedontkill

I'm so depressed. I've spent two months cutting down alcohol, doing more cardio, losing a bit of weight and trying my best to avoid stress, and my blood pressure has not changed all that much. I'm nervous they're going to try to change my medicine again, and it'll be like last time where I wanted to throw myself out of the window because of all the side effects: dizziness, depression, anxiety, lethargy, headache and general malaise. I'm feel frustrated and discouraged.
#health #bloodpressure

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