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I take three pills before bed around midnight. It's not uncommon around 5:00 a.m. to have head pain wake me. Or something touches me and I get startled and wake up in a panic. Especially if something touches my face. My BP that time of night and also when I wake up is usually over 200, or in the 190's. Today my high was 213/112 at 11:37 a.m. at 4:32 it dropped to 125/70 (this is more unusual then the higher number) it's combined with either a fever of 100.4 - 100.7 or like all day yesterday just severe chills. Yesterday I was unable to get off the couch I felt awful. First reading was 171/98 @ 9:25 a.m. later in the day it was 214/103 at 9:56 p.m. after taking 9 BP pills...very frustrating as I do have an aneurysm I'm concerned about. I do take a photo of each reading if not the doctors would not believe this is happening. No issues like this before the brain injury. No one will address that. I keep getting excuses. I really am afraid of a stroke.

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Hi Sue,
I realize this post was made some time ago, but a BP of 200 is not ok, especially with an aneurysm. First I will think to see if the BP machine is one you can trust, like a new model, batteries ok, etc. Then to see if it has specific directions (like hold arm at heart level) etc. If that’s correct, then some things can cause potential misreads, like shaking or tremors, talking during the measurement, and having an irregular heart rate like atrial fibrillation. Since machines are not perfect. I would suggest a cardiologist consult. There are a few things here that can be ruled out to give you peace of mind, or that may be co-existing with the TBI. Please consider a cardiac workup today, and if your well working meter reads BP 200, I would call 911 as this requires timely expert intervention.