I’ve been struggling with similar blood pressure problems. Last summer I was put on BP med after a series of high readings at the doctor’s and a month of high home tests. I always had borderline prehypertension systolic readings, but good diastolic (125/60 or so). Suddenly I was reading 160/89. The doctor put me on Verapamil, which gave me anxiety problems… made me nuts. I switched to Nifedical XL. Felt much better on it, but my home readings didnt get any better. I had some nurses check it and they all got drastically different readings than my cuff. More like ~102/62 (My cuff wasnt too small either).
So that basically just pissed me off that my automatic tester was giving me such readings and quite possibly had me on medicine that i didnt need (since the month’s readings from the home cuff were what put me on the med).
Some things I’ve noticed: both times my blood pressure has really shot up, I’ve gained a good deal of muscle weight rapidly. Cutting fat isnt an option as I’m fairly lean. Also, both times i was eating pretty clean and taking only creatine, protein (the first time i was also taking NO2 which I have since stopped, cause of the BP and cause i dont think its worth the $ for my goals and started taking fish oil and ZMA). Also, modifying salt intake does little for me, as i was already eating very little salt and drinking alot of water. I went off the medicine for awhile, and am going to start adding different variables and testing my BP (more cardio etc). I do a pretty traditional westside template and am lifting heavy for strength.
I’ll let you know if I get back on the meds and they zap my energy or numbers, or any other crap. So, sorry for the long post, unfortunetly I can’t provide you with many answers, but I thought I could give you some perspective from a similar situation. I’m hoping to get it low enough where I don’t have to be on meds, hope the same for you bro.