dizzyape Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 My blood pressure normally runs on the lower side 94/72 -118/74. I have recently upped my salt per the doctors orders. I have started exercising more and drinking a lot of water. I just bought a home blood pressure cuff and my blood pressure has been between 120/74-125/80. Today I took my bp while standing and it was 139/83! Is it normal that it goes up when standing, I would think it would drop. I am still having my dizziness and symptoms even though my bp is higher than normal. Just looking for some feedback about this. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toomanyproblems Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Mine goes up standing. I'm pretty sure I have the hyperadrenergic form of POTS so this is not uncommon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoGiuliana Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Mine can go up when I stand too. Having variable bp is not unusual for POTS. Also I remember feeling dizzy even when bp was high or normal...when I had severe POTS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalamazoo Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 That BP is fine, mine goes up to 150/100 usually when i'm up lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lily Posted September 8, 2017 Report Share Posted September 8, 2017 You could take the home BP monitor with you to the Dr. office next time and see how it's measurement compares to the Dr. office reading. Yours might be off a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvherenow Posted September 9, 2017 Report Share Posted September 9, 2017 Mine goes up when standing and is in all the ranges you mentioned. I found it helpful to monitor my BP at home really closely for a couple days and write down the readings. This started to show me some clear patterns. My symptoms don't always correlate with BP and HR....I thought they would! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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