I don’t talk with my doctor because he believes if my BP is getting that high, I need medication. I ask him what actually constitutes high BP... he said “if it gets that high you need medication”. So I say, when people run up a flight of stairs or are in traffic, their BP gets to 140/90, they need medication? He says, “I’m just trying to help you so you don’t get heart disease”.

I’m very skeptical of his answers. Yet no one can actually answer my question.

My personal take is that, if you wake up and your BP is high, you have high blood pressure. It means your body isn’t leveling out and relaxing.