Blood Pressure After Exercise

[Jo198919]

Hello

I have controlled BP using two medications - Losartan 100mg and Amlodipine 10mg.

I have noticed recently that my diastolic reading after exercise is dropping below 60 (around 56) and is around 65 in the evening. It maybe that I have lost a bit of weight since Christmas and reduced my salt.

Typical reading is around 105-110/65-70

Is it normal for the diastolic to go below 60 after exercise and does it matter. Sometimes I feel a little faint but mostly ok.

I'll check in with GP but wondered if anyone else had similar issue.

Thanks

[Happyrosie]

if you take your pressures at different times of day they are going to vary. The website of Blood Pressure UK, the specialist charity, goes through this in more detail.

[PadThaiNoodles]

It's normal for it to drop. At my cardiac rehab classes we'd go through 15 min of cool-down exercises to keep people from getting light-headed. (The nurses also said that not enough hydration will make it worse -- so make sure you're drinking enough during/after exercise.)

[DarrenRafferty]

that’s about the same BP reading as me, whether I have exercised or not. When I check on the NHS blood presssure checker it says healthy!

[Jedi14]

The meds are taking effect, however keep an eye on the BP figures and tehn discuss with your GP. I did that for for my meds because I found my BP going too low and causing dizzy spells which I don't like. I an now on lowest doses of my meds and in control of my BP.

[Hrty]

As others have said I think it's normal for BP to drop after exercise, and have had that confirmed by cardio doctors and nurses. I had a blip in in 2023 when mine went to 90/60 at the end of one my gym sessions at the rehab centre. I felt really dizzy and was put on the floor and only allowed to progress, gradually, from lying to standing as my BP stabilised. Knocked me a bit and I did, eventually, have a second angiogram to check me out. In the end it was put down to dehydration although my BP medicine was reduced slightly afterwards. It was during quite a hot spell which probably didn't help but I no make sure I drink plenty whilst exercising.

[Sixtychick in reply to Hrty]

Maybe your medication needs reducing. Worth talking to your GP.

[PecanSandie]

I know what my doctor would say....if you don't feel dizzy, then it's okay.

[Theska]

I like you was on losartan 50mg and amlodipine but BP dropped significantly, Losartan was stopped in the end but BP started to rise again few months after, i would say best thing to do is to keep an eye on BP and check it regularly to monitor.

[Treeclimber62]

Mine drops as well when excersising I'm on 5m of amplopidene been on it 8 years and a beta blocker bisopolol .it never does me any harm but if your unsure talk to.your GP if uou can

[Zindolo]

My blood pressure is lower by about 20 points when I swim every day. I've read that this is a good thing as long as you feel okay, which I do. Unfortunately I haven't been able to swim for nearly a week now because of a chronic ear problem, and my BP has shot back up to about 155/80. (When I swim daily it usually stays below 130/70.)

[Taviterry]

A couple of weeks ago my BP jumped and has been averaging in the high 160s/70s, though it's slipping down just a little. On Sunday at 0600 it was 172/78. I did a five-hour walk, taking in a short steep hill seven minutes from home. Five minutes after getting inside, my BP was 130/68. At 1800 it had crept up to 152/74.

Much the same with a shorter walk the Thursday before, except BP dipped to 122/78

I've also been painting fences that entails bending down a bit, up to four hours yesterday and today, with only minor fluctuations in BP, but making me more tired than the walk.

(In November 2023 I had a stressful and tiring 30-mile journey by public transport to see my TAVI heart surgeon, who measured my BP at 155/85. He was unconcerned about the systolic level as long as the diastolic reading did not exceed 90.)