I’m getting an ADHD assessment soon and I’ve been sent a blood pressure monitor. I did a test just now and it came up 144/97 which is apparently high (stage 1 or 2 hypertension depending on the diagram you check).
I was caffeinated at the time so I’m gonna try tomorrow but I’m curious what my target mmHg should be for when I’m making changes to my health.
Side note but if I’m regularly getting to stage 2 hypertension to barely keep focus at work and crash shortly after then maybe that’s a good example of why unmedicated ADHD lowers your life expectancy
Depending on the person perscribing your medication they might just also want to put you on blood pressure meds if you measure too high. Just in case you’re worried about being rejected medication outright.
When I was initially getting assessed my psych said BP was “a little high” but not of concern, and my current psych has me do BP measurements when I’m on medication and I’m pretty consistently hitting just into the lower end of hypertension 1 while medicated but that apparently isn’t a concern for her. 🤷