24 hour BP monitor

White coat syndrone is common but that is normally why they give you a 24 HR monitor. What was it that stressed you out so much?

Tell your doctor that you found the experience very stressful.

Yes I was exactly the same! Could feel my BP rising each time machine came on. I understand NICE now recommend accepting home readings.

Take a series of readings with your monitor at various times of day, include some early morning ones before you get out of bed. Also take your monitor to the surgery and do a reading there at the same time as they do a reading to check that your monitor is working ok. Good luck!

I found it stressful cos I'm still worrying about ecg results. I have irregular heartbeat, but no medication given. It is made worse by acid reflux so there's lots going on. Waiting to see GI as well.

I wasn't given much info or instructions. No diary requested. Just told to sit down when it bleeped but that was not always possible. I had been bending over when it showed 199/95. Often it half inflated then seemed to stop and start again. I am just an anxious person at the moment.

I have the same problem, when ever I go to hospital/GP etc (have major health issues).

I had a reading higher than than that it's frightening. I like you check my BP at home & keep records which my consultant checks & is more than happy with. Could u take your home monitor with you next time going & check at same time, that will at least so you roughly the same & put your mind at rest? I also bought my self a wrist one & once a week check at home with both machines (proves to me they are roughly same & working ok). I even spoke to my nurse at the hospital & she the same but other way round, checks at hospital & fine goes to GP & goes through roof!

My wife had a 24H blood pressure monitor. The results over the 24 hours produced a graph for the GP to look at the activities over 24 hours. The machine can be difficult to handle. What I did was to make a note of the readings through out the day evening and the following morning to produce our own graph. When the results came from the GP no action required. My wife now days go to the gym 5 days a week for 45 minutes each day. This is helping the blood pressure under control. No special food intake or medication.

When you go to your GP please ask for full explanation, the high BP and low GP as well as heart rate. If a graph is available ask for full explanation.

Well in the last day and a half my BP has not risen above 136/83 pulse 85, but mostly lower, even if my machine is not 100 % accurate it pretty well matches my friend's wrist one. Was 102/69 a little while ago. What worries me a bit is that if it spikes occasionally and they gave me meds they would take it down too low. But just like John, I could feel my BP going up as soon as the b.... thing bleeped at me!