Great to hear all this good info from others with HBP. Mine is very bad unmedicated averaging around 160/100. With meds (atenolol, HCTZ, and aldactadize) it runs about 130/85. Testing has ruled everything possible out, so I will most likely be on these meds indefinitely. Losing weight should lower BP some more, but I don’t think it will be enough to go off the meds. It is frustrating to deal with this issue at age 35, but I think about my father, grandfather, and others who had absolutely no idea what was going on inside of their bodies until it was too late. By taking better care of myself I am honoring those that went before me with this disease and being a better father to my sons.