Coffee - High & Low Blood Pressure Message Board

Lenin · 12-29-2005, 07:34 AM

I am a coffee addict and consume some 40-60 ounces in the morning at the 'puter.
I have been getting superb BP numbers (under 115/75 from my short trial of only Lasix furosemide, 80 mg. BUT the last two nights my numbers were over systolic was over 140 in the evening (I do all my measurements after 6 PM.)
The last two days I did something very different...I had another 14 ounce mug of coffee after dinner and before testing my BP. Both days, it remained high til midnight.

I guess there's no denying that strong coffee raises my BP. If I get brave, I;ll take my BP at NOON one of these days.

So, no more at night...EVER and I really should cut down on the morning coffee. Who knows maybe if I can give it up, I'll be a normotensive...or a HYPOTENSIVE.
Since I had coffee and a roll before starting KINDERGARTEN <no exaggeration> quitting would be nigh impossible, but I COULD limit myself, MAYBE, to 24 ounces per morning.
OHHHH, the thought of the headaches and possible COMA!

Have you noticed any correlation between coffeee drinking and HBP in yourself?

cartner · 12-29-2005, 09:07 AM

Hello Lenin,

YES, I noticed that drining coffee raises my bood pressure from 130/90 to 150/105 in 2 or 3 hours. I don't drink coffee at all because of that, but you know Lenin there are some people who drink coffee and got no difference in thier blood pressure readings. Anyway, I'm not one of them.
Thanks,
Michael

pal7778 · 12-29-2005, 01:15 PM

Coffee does raise my bp. An expresso based drink can cause a spike--say 130 to 160 systolic. It also pushes up my pulse some. Coffee does has some benefits too.
Another way it can push up the bp is by stimulating anxiety. Caffeine plus anxiet--which feed off each other--has on occasion pushed mine through the roof. If you're worried about the effect of coffee on your bp when measuring your bp, I guarantee it will raise it even more. I'm not giving coffee up, but that's not completely rational!

GEORGEP · 12-29-2005, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Lenin

I am a coffee addict and consume some 40-60 ounces in the morning at the 'puter.
I have been getting superb BP numbers (under 115/75 from my short trial of only Lasix furosemide, 80 mg. BUT the last two nights my numbers were over systolic was over 140 in the evening (I do all my measurements after 6 PM.)
The last two days I did something very different...I had another 14 ounce mug of coffee after dinner and before testing my BP. Both days, it remained high til midnight.

I guess there's no denying that strong coffee raises my BP. If I get brave, I;ll take my BP at NOON one of these days.

So, no more at night...EVER and I really should cut down on the morning coffee. Who knows maybe if I can give it up, I'll be a normotensive...or a HYPOTENSIVE.
Since I had coffee and a roll before starting KINDERGARTEN <no exaggeration> quitting would be nigh impossible, but I COULD limit myself, MAYBE, to 24 ounces per morning.
OHHHH, the thought of the headaches and possible COMA!

Have you noticed any correlation between coffeee drinking and HBP in yourself?

When I was diagnosed with high blood pressure a few years ago the Nurse told me to swtich to decaffinated coffee. I did that for about a year but I still craved regular coffee. I now have two cups in the morning. One when I get up and another one before I start work. I have checked my bp on the weekends after drinking it and it does not seem to make much of a difference. I keep reading conflicting articles regarding caffeine and high blood pressure. Another guy at work has hypertension and he asked his doctor if he had to give up coffee and his doctor said no...

CASSIEBEL · 12-29-2005, 05:50 PM

I'm a coffee addict too, of sorts. I drink 18-24 oz mon - fri and probably twice that much on the weekeds but I only drink it in the mornings and that's when my Bp is the lowest.
I don't know what it would be without it cause I've never done without it except the 1 or 2 days a year when I have to fast for blood work and then I head for the nearest coffee pot around!
Cass