Higher blood pressure in the evening

[KatyMac]

The gp has asked me to buy a blood pressure mo it or and take my bloods morning and evening

5 days in my morning is 124/65 and my evening is 161/75

Previously my bp has been very low 90/60 ish - the change happened around the time I had covid

Can anyone explain why the difference please?

Has anyone managed to lower their BP through lifestyle changes enough to avoid taking BP medication?

@Morvillehrs I haven't said no never I've said not while changing another med

How on earth could I monitor side effects/allergies if I take 2 new meds at once

Goodness me!

Found this, here https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/statins/considerations/#:~:text=This%20is%20because%20having%20an,people%20with%20an%20underactive%20thyroid.

Apparently Statins are not recommended for people with under active thyroids.....who'd have thought?

That seems like an error in their part @KatyMac do they know your current thyroid problems? I would imagine there’s a cut off level. Certainly in the GP misdiagnosed the pharmacist should catch it.

Contact them and ask when it’s safe to take statins and try to get rid of cholesterol in your diet (though my gp said that it only helps some people).

After my cholesterol test I got a text telling me that the doctor asked me to alter my diet to control it

Then I rang and asked that they keep to the nice guidelines to treat the underactive thyroid when they said they supposed they could & anyway I should go on statins

Hmmm. I think @Morvillehrs has it.

Im not above a GP

I tell the GP I don't understand when I don't, I ask them to explain

I ask questions, they've mis-diagnosed me, my husband and my daughter too many times not too

I check NICE guidelines and peer reviewed research from Europe and Australia (rarely America); I really like NHS literature as I kind of trust it

I've been unmedicated despite suspect thyroid blood results for nearly 2.5 yrs - they started me on a child's dose in November - I'm 55, that's when I started on my research seriously - 12 weeks later I had an argument about getting a adults dose and having it regularly checked so they can titrate it up to the dose I need

& I get offered statins

I wont apologise for arguing when the literature says different and I get no reason why

I’ve just reread that bit you’ve posted it only says that treatment may be delayed to allow the thyroid to be treated not it must be. I really would contact them again and ask when it would be ok to take the statins. You would be taking them to reduce your chances of things like stroke. You might be unlucky and be one of the very few who react badly to them but you are far more likely to feel a bit crap for a few weeks and then be fine.