Hi ,my age is 34, couple of month back when I checked bp at dr ,it was 150/100, so did ecg,2d echo all are normal still dr started bp tablet, so I stopped it gradually and daily checking bp twice and it was fine without any medication, however one day it again spiked to 150/100 it's seems due to anxiety so dr again started bp medicine. Did renal Doppler,cortisol testing all is normal but dr saying bp medicine need to continue life long. As per my observation when I was not taking bp medicine for 2 month ,bp rises in couple of instance and it may be due to anxiety/stress/palpitations.
So already started meditation, exercise so any way to find root cause of bp increase sometimes only and is there no way than taking medicine lifelong
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A reading of 150/100 for a 34yr old is high, however based on one or two hospital /clinic readings we cannot conclude that you are hypertensive.
Would like to know if you have monitored your BP consistently while on medication and also after you stopped medications? Were majority of values more than 130/80 and even more than 140/90 often, when not on medications? Did your echo report mention anything like Left ventricular hypertrophy?
If answer to any of these is yes, you probably need medications
Whether or not you come off medications depends on few scenarios - if you smoke - quit smoking, if you are over weight or obese - lose weight, if you tend to snore alot at night and feel tired and sleepy during daytime - check for obstructive sleep apnea and get it treated if present. In these cases definitely BP comes down to some extent.
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If you want to objectively know whether you have Hypertension or not go for 24 hrs Ambulatory BP monitoring test.
If those values are in hypertension range, you should definitely itely take medicines, if the average daytime and nighttime BP in it is normal....stickbto healthy lifestyle, diet exercise
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