# Blood pressure fluctuation

**URL:** <https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/blood-pressure-fluctuation/13745>\
**Category:** Medical Q&A \[Moderated\]\
**Created:** [July 26, 2023, 12:16pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/blood-pressure-fluctuation/13745 "2023-07-26T12:16:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![klm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3be4f8/32.png) [@klm](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/klm)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 12:16pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/blood-pressure-fluctuation/13745/1 "2023-07-26T12:16:47Z")

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Hello,

I am male 27 years old, 170cm 78kg, waist 77cm. So, I measured my blood pressure at home out of curiosity and got a result of 143 diastolic and 72 systolic. This was at a moment where i was walking up and down my appartment and I had stress from another factor. Then, I read your article about BP and the fact that you need to take a resting measurement. I sat down for one minute and then took again, my bp had dropped but again was elevated. I did many bak to back measurements and the BP was always dropping until after 5 minutes of sitting relaxed it ended up at 118/58. Is this a normal result?

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![Austin\_Baraki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/austin_baraki/32/1095_2.png) [@Austin\_Baraki](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Austin_Baraki)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/blood-pressure-fluctuation/13745/2 "2023-07-26T13:04:17Z")

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This is common. I cannot say whether it is “normal” in your case just based on this alone; I’d recommend following the method described in the article to get better data regarding your average resting blood pressure.

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**Author:** ![klm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3be4f8/32.png) [@klm](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/klm)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 11:05am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/blood-pressure-fluctuation/13745/3 "2023-09-11T11:05:05Z")

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Hello doc,

I’ve been monitoring my blood pressure for a while (everyday) and it is always below 120 over 80. I’ve followed your article about blood pressure. I am 28yo. Should I keep doing it? Is it an age number where the article applies?