Hello, I have a heart question for you. I want to know if my blood pressure is considered high enough to be treated with medication. In the mornings after waking up, my blood pressure is usually about 121/80. Later in the day, my blood pressure rises, and on some days can be up to 130/80, or 132/80.
Is this considered high blood pressure that needs to be treated? For years, I went to the Doctor and it was usually 125/80. I started getting some palpation's which led me to see a different doctor, and it has been 126/80, 130/80 and 134/80. I have been rather scared lately going in to the doctor, not to mention I walk across the room and sit down and immediately take my blood pressure. I thought that I should sit still for 5 minutes before having taken. One visit to my doctors (126/80) and he told me that I should not take high blood pressure medicine because I did not have high blood pressure. On the next visit my BP was 130/80, and he told me I did have high blood pressure.
What do you think?