Guest guest Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 This may sound strange, but I have to ask... all of this talk about how to lower BP in ways that supplement your medication got me wondering why I can raise my BP voluntarily but not lower it. It seems that if you can do one, you should be able to do the other (I can raise my arm up and lower it...). My husband thinks I'm the only person who can raise their own blood pressure on demand. Can anyone else? (Sorry, I can't explain how anymore than someone else can tell me how to wiggle my ears, but I don't change positions or anything). To give you an example, I took my BP several times and it ranged from 128 - 126 over 86 - 92. I then "raised" my BP to 215/124 (heart rate also goes up 20 - 30 bpm). Few minutes later I'm back down to 139/94, not by doing anything other than stopping what I did to raise it. This just isn't on my machine at home, I've seen the same thing on other machines. Obviously, this isn't something I make a habit of doing, but I wanted to measure the difference just to ask you about it. Is this something people can do, and what do you think is physically happening? If it is possible to do this, is it possible to learn to do the opposite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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