White Coat Hypertension strikes again

I've had this since I was 18 when I was getting my physical for the USNA. I had it checked 3X per day for 14 days by the school nurse. It was ultimately normal.

I check my blood pressure at home regularly. Until this past year, it has always been in the mid-130s over mid-70s, but I noticed it had crept up to the mid-145s over mid-80. That's with me at home, relaxed, taking it sitting in my lazyboy. I told my GP that I thought I needed meds. Starting dose of 10 mgs per day has been keeping it normal. In anticipation of my DOT physical, I went up to my doctor's prescribed 20 mg/day a couple of weeks ago.

Today, yep. It was way up there, like 160/90. The dude at the trucking school said I'd go see a nurse they know really well, and I'll be good to go. CDL school wants to get me through. Trucking company has many more student drivers lined up, and I'd probably be sent home Day 1.

My concern is I spend the $5k, get my CDL, go to orientation where ever, and the company DOT physical people don't have any "cool" nurses to send me to. I'm out $5000 and have a CDL-A I can't use.

Any suggestions? I can get a full refund, but not for too many more days. Am I going to have to slip a $100 bill to a nurse every two years for the next 15?

 

I’m already on 20 mg/daily of lisinopril. Controls it at home, not in Dr’s office. Will research that though. Tnx.

 

You would enjoy my story of self-medicating for motion sickness when I was in flight training (backseater) here in Pensacola. Defensive air combat maneuvering in A-4s. Three dramamine later and I was completely worthless in the cocque-pit. I learned my lesson.

I’m not sure if the effect of more lisinopril is immediate or takes time to work. But darn, right now it’s 127/78. I should check my machine against another one tomorrow.

 

Dude, I was so chill, thinking about puppies and fields of wildflowers. 160/95 or thereabouts. Darn near fell asleep during it.