Wearable Blood Pressure Monitors

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Hi, does anyone currently use any wearable blood pressure monitors? In the doctors office my blood pressure was 138/82. I’m sure that was due to white coat syndrome. My latest creatinine was 1.44 (eGFR 57) and five months before that 1.42 (eGFR 58). My doctor scared the hell out of me saying I had stage 3 kidney disease. He didn’t say anything about my higher muscle mass or creatine monohydrate usage. When I check my blood pressure at home I check it in a rested state. I don’t know if resting before taking your blood pressure gives you a false reading since you’re rested and not moving around normally. I thought a wearable blood pressure device would give a true reading of it reports throughout the entire day. I have no experience with any such device and was hoping someone did and could recommend a good one.

Thanks

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I don’t use a wearable one, but I can tell you that resting is the way to take it.

During exercise or other exertion it can reach some temporary but eye popping (literally) numbers.

Try taking it at the same time of the day, in the same resting state. Its the trend that matters. One time in the doctors office only tells you what it was at that time & circumstance.

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My doctor has my eGFR at around 50. I can drive it down to 42 (probably farther) with one workout. Do I think its correct? No. Creatinine not as accurate as Cystatin C, but that is still estimated. Have to do an actual GFR before they declare you as stage 3 (which really isn’t a big deal). Get a kidney supplement like astragalus and start taking it. Can maybe drop your blood pressure with breathing exercises. ( I breath through nose, 5 seconds in 8 to 10 seconds out for 3 to 5 min) Possibly your magnesium, or calcium or potassium are out of balance. I would try adding magnesium first. For a more accurate creatinine test take 4 or 5 days off lifting and 2 weeks off of taking creatine. Probably go up 10 points. More if you workout really hard. Just get a cuff Blood pressure monitor and a good wrist unit. Use both regularly and you will figure out out what makes your pressure go up and down. best blood pressure supplement is carditone. That will bring it down for sure if Magnesium doesn’t help.

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  1. your BP is ok. test it at home with simple upper arm device.
  2. my egfr swings from 60<>110. depends on diet/supplementation/workout regimen. trt clinic told me its normal.