My doctor just took it the other day and it was high so he kind of begged, implored, chastised me to take more meds which is why I started taking the Amlodipine. 2.5 I don't think I'm having a bad reaction to it, but the pressure is still very high. Meantime I have been reading and see that some of the high blood pressure can be because of stress. And I have plenty of that, not going into detail. I've tried eliminating salt, cutting out caffeine, nothing works. I have a pretty good diet. Although I'm a bit (?) overweight. I was taking my pressure several times a day, but I haven't been doing that lately, just taking the meds. I have a lot of hip and knee pain so it's hard for me to exercise right now.