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
There’s a lot of good advice in this thread! Here’s my input:
Get a lot of datapoints at different times of day and it’ll give you a much better idea of where you’re at. There isn’t a concrete target blood pressure for ADHD meds per-se but ideally your baseline should be less than what qualifies for hypertension. Note that the body takes some time to adjust to ADHD meds and blood pressure levels in the first week or so are going to be significantly higher than they will be after a couple weeks on the medication. In terms of potential lifestyle changes, on top of lowering caffeine intake making daily walks into a habit can do wonders for blood pressure.