Blood Pressure Changes

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Has anyone experienced increased blood pressure a couple of days prior to your period and then for the duration of your period?

I take blood pressure medication and monitor it daily but this is definitely a pattern.

You're taking your BP daily?

Have you been told to do this?

What is the rise in your BP on those days? (ie from what to what?)

I've a close family member who's on BP meds and they were told very firmly by their cardiologist not to take their BP daily (because for them it was causing anxiety= higher BP.)

Are you on HRT?

I can understand why the cardiologist said that.

I wear a BP device 24 hours a day out of choice and I check the reading once a day. Its so a true figure is known as there's a dip in blood pressure when you sleep. I generally only look at the 24 hour average figure.

It rises a couple of days prior to my period and during my period, then it settles down again.

For instance my period is due and yesterday my average was 143/95. I'm taking BP medication already and if I go to the GP with this figure it's technically high. If I go to the GP in 10 days time, it'd likely be 136/87 which the GP seems ok.

Maybe this would be better in General Health to get more replies unless you think it's related to menopause ?