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AmericanKulak says

110/70 I think it is now. Down from 130/80. Either number too high = hypetension.

Anything below 120/80. So 119/79 and lower ;) of course this has no scientific basis. Agree on the sudden change though. One reason they check womyn for pre eclampsia before, during, and for some time after labor. Usually that sudden change is just an indication of an urgent problem, not the cause of it.

NuttBoxer says

Recently when I had a weird panic attack preceded by deja vu from recalling a dream I had the night before about what I was doing right at that moment. It happened four times that day. I would start recalling the dream in more detail, then would feel like I was about to pass out or throw up. Never happened before, never happened since.

@NuttBoxer I had a similar experience at one point. I was biking to work, suddenly felt damn weird, actually threw up on the street, but then I was OK.

Later I realized that I had had rye toast for breakfast, and the bread was kind of weird tasting. Possibly ergot poisoning, though I think it's quite rare that they miss that.

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/ergot-poisoning

My onset for each occurrence was super specific. Was enough for me to say after 20 years, a checkup is probably due. Glad I was able to confirm good health, and glad it was only that one day. Panic attacks, or whatever it was, are not fun. Weird thing is, I was hiking on my day off. Not stressful in the slightest.

6 ft 7 here, according to this article the gradient difference is 9mm hg every 5 inches for tall(er) people's BP in order to avoid syncopes. Measured 130/85 (after coffee), so the equivalent for a 6'2 man would be 121/76 and 5'7 115/67. It has varied slightly, but never changed more than 10 mm hg on both ends for the past 30 years.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https%3A%2F%2Fbiomedres.us%2Fpdfs%2FBJSTR.MS.ID.001381.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjfvf69y738AhU7JzQIHV14BF0QFnoECAkQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1EjJhr-WkimWpc-MD7p2li

Ceffer says

due to loss of arterial compliance,

Lower arterial compliance can happen in athletes, esp. strength focused ones. Also extreme endurance athletes may encounter higher atherosclerosis. This may be surprising to some, but it doesn't mean by itself that they are worse off or that their exercise isn't net beneficial. Athletes commonly have wider pulse pressure. This all shows that focusing on one set of numbers without looking at everything else is not the right way to approach health.