Did they check your thyroid? Many many people I know had high blood pressure caused by hypothyroidism. It happened to me and my very best friend. It is one of the big signs that lets me know I need more medication now that I take thyroid medicine. As soon as my thyroid levels are back to normal my blood pressure goes back to normal. But, there are many reasons for high blood pressure, I just bring this up as something I think should be checked when high blood seems to start out of nowhere. Hit or miss with doctors if they think to check the thyroid.
There is a connection to high blood pressure and not sleepeing well. People with apnea seem to have a higher likelihood of high blood pressure, what I don’t know is if it is actually a cause or correlation. Many people with apnea are overweight also and possibly have multiple reasons their blood pressure is high. Which brings us to weight, if you are overweight losing weight will possibly help your blood pressure reading.
Some blood pressure react to salt, so cutting back sodium might help.
Exercise is supposed to help lower blood pressure.
Some people genetically just are prone to high blood pressure and can only control it with meds. If the baroceptors in the arteries don’t read the pressure correctly, then the body doesn’t regulate the pressure correctly. The body isn’t getting the information it needs to regulate effectively.
My cholesterol drops like a rock if I stop eating cholesterol. Cholesterol is only found in animal products. I still never have low cholesterol readings, but for instance my cholesterol usually hovers around 270 if I eat what I want. This has been true since my first reading at age 16 and I am 45. If I restrict egg yolks and obvious bad foods like cake and pie in a month it goes to 225. Recently, I had the highest cholesterol reading ever 290, and it freaked me out. I had been eating very badly and was in the process of moving. I went very strict and lowered my cholesterol intake to about 300 mg a week and two months later my total cholesterol was 220, a 70 point drop. If I went totally vegan I would probably get below 200, I haven’t done that yet, but I am very close to vegan at home. My only cheats are skim milk in cereal about twice a week, white omelette once in a while, and little tastes when I make a meal with animal in it for my husband. In restaurants if there is a vegan choice I will enjoy I go for it, but I do relax my rules when I eat out. I only eat out once or twice a week. I figure my body doesn’t perceive when I am taking cholesterol and it keeps pumping out the same amount whether I consume it or not, so my cholesterol just goes up if I eat it. My entore family has high cholesterol and lots of heart disease. My sister who has been vegan for many years is the only one who consistently has normal cholesterol levels.