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[quote=Anonymous]I started BP medication, the lowest dose of telmisartin, an angiotensin II receptor blocker, about 5 months ago. I'm 57. My blood pressure had been fine my whole life until I started to get high readings when I'd go the doctor's office about a year ago. Every single doctor chalked it up to white coat hypertension. But I started to get worried because of my age, my weight (about 20 pounds too much), and that my dad took BP meds despite being normal weight. I borrowed my sister's BP monitor (she does have high BP) and saw that I was consistently 145-150/90. After starting the medication, my BP is now around 115/70. I know I need to lose the weight, but I'm super stressed with dealing the pandemic (including a friend who died of COVID in September) so I'm just trying to be as nice to myself (I bought a pack of Twizzlers yesterday) as I can right now.[/quote]
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