drop in blood pressure

hi I’d been around 135/90 ish on average and higher (up to 150/100 - mornings with 125/88 evenings ) but as of earlier this week I’ve been getting readings such as 103/61 (yesterday and today so far), a few random slightly higher.

as of earlier this week two things changed:

1. Took my 10mg amlodipine at night instead of morning

2. (As of Wednesday) Signed off work for one month (occ health recommendations but gave me the push to agree as was trying work when symptomatic) as work has been creating a emotional trigger for my angina which comes on with any extertion - physical or emotional.

whatever helped reduce BP chest pain is still same if not worse. But I don’t need to worry about getting my job done for now anyway. I’m not focusing on future just today. Maybe that’s the biggest single factor?

Any thoughts - could it be work was such a significant trigger (I suspect it was) and / or med tim8ng made the difference?

[Madlegs1]

Yes- stress is a major factor.

Interesting about the timing of the Amlopidine!

[Joliv61]

I take my blood pressure meds at night too. I srecall reading that this is a preferred time for them but can’t recall where I found the article.

[devonian186]

To my surprise, yesterday at 5pm I received an unsolicited call from the pharmacist at my GP's who had been reading my consultants notes which had suggested that after 22 weeks from my bypass operation i might benefit from having my medications increased in strength.

He asked me to start taking BP readings and was impressed when I said I dd this and was able to give him a string of them, together with pulse. The highest was invariably in the morning -which he said was normal-at around 142/77 and 73 pulse and in the evening the lowest, being around 130/75/64. he seemed pleased with this and said he would hope to drop the first figure by 5 but didn't want to drop the pulse below 60, so was going to recommend to the GP that my medication stays the same, on the basis I have been intending to lose 7 pounds which should reduce the BP naturally to around what they were looking for.

I am not obsessed with readings and take them around 3/4 times a week, with one of those days being in the early evening. I try to take them at the same time in the same conditions and take the best of 3, each a minute apart, after being quiet for 5 minutes and well away from having eaten any food.

So timing/inconsistency/less stress could all definitely be factors in your readings. Does your GP or consultant have a preferred range of readings they would like you to aim for, as your readings now seem quite low after consistently having higher ones?