Blood pressure drops when exercising.

@capstanette
Every time I have my pulmonary exercise stress test when I get on the treadmill they make me wait to start saying my baseline (HR, BP) are high. I asked them to start treadmill as it will let me relax by getting movin. And sure enough my HR and BP drop and they start the test.

I am not sure how much your's drops but if continuously falling and falling really needs to be addressed. What are your starting numbers and how far does it drop?

I try to tell the testers that a mask over your face, tubes everywhere, wires all over you and several people watching you is not the most relaxing thing and not have your BP and HR to be affected.

The only thing I can think off other than your body relaxing is your body opens up your blood vessels and your numbers go down. But that would really be irrelevant depending on how far your numbers drop. I have read this called second wind. I am not a medical professional and really reluctant to give feedback on this especially sine you said they stop the stress test. If they do that it is significant enough to be diagnosed why?

Have you had an echocardiogram to look at EF, heart function, blood vessels. What is your EF? If had stress echo they could look at blood vessels, etc. ?

Good luck. You do not mentioned your age and if any cardiovascular issues.

@capstanette are you taking a beta blocker?

BP drop while treadmill testing is probably an indication of heart issues . Maybe a blockage. Actually your BP should rise somewhat during a test . Trained technicians and nursing staff will know if you should stop the test Ideally they want you to reach your heart rate goal which is 220 minus your age and 85 percent of that number without symptoms such as chest pain or shortness of breath Good luck

Very helpful. I was unable to do the stress test according to my cardiologist so I did the "fast walk"on the straight away
in a hallway all attached to wifi monitoring. After that test they allowed me into cardio rehab. Apparently, by your formula, my optimal HR number is 165 but carfio rehab told me it was 134 hummmm?

@dizzyprizzy
The 220 minus your age is a statistical guide. Go by your cardiologist and rehab specialist.

Everyone maximum heart rate is different. I take what is called a pulmonary stress test where I have a masked on my face to measure my lung functioning along with heart function wires.

The stress test technician are looking at my ability to take in oxygen and get it to my body. At one point it will reach where you are in deficit and that is where they want your maximum to be.

The test I am put on is 17 minutes wrong where you walk on a treadmill and every few minutes they raise the speed and raise the tilt up. At the end that treadmill is so much on an incline the techs get beind me to keep me from falling off.

Someone mentioned BP and heart rate going down on a stress test when tests starts. That might be a general guide but a lot of people react to white coat fever and the start of any test with increase in pulse rate and blood pressure. A normal reaction to stress and anxiety per my doctors.

So for me when I stared the exercise I would get into a rympthm and no longer wait wait with all those wires and mask over my face to finally moving. Every time I have had the test (probably 5-6 times now) my base line for blood pressure and heart rate would be high and then as soon as start exercising would go down.

Not once you start getting into making the body move and it needed more blood and oxygen you blood pressure and heart rate will rise (mine does) and that is a normal response they are looking for and will test to see where you maximum heart rate is. And for me with the pulmanary test going on they can actually tell when I reach a point I am no longer aerobic but anaerobic.