Yes, our MT gave the form to me and OH has used one in the past. Three readings morning and evening for three days, then you calculate the the overall averages. We use a small Omron machine.
Got exactly the same from my MT on Friday. He’s measured around 145/90 for the last two visits. I bought an Omro machine after the first one and have read a similar value since doing so. He said that it doesn’t matter when you do it as long as it’s morning and evening but I’ve heard that a reading within 30 minutes of drinking coffee will give a higher reading, and considering I have a triple espresso every morning (set on extra strong !) I’m not sure of doing it after that
Best to test the theory yourself it wont hurt to see how you react.
If you are a user of mouth wash, stop, it clears all bacteria (99%) but that is a major part of the nitric oxide production that dilates and therefore reduces blood pressure.
Now a woo woo bit, humming around 100-200htz boosts nitric oxide production and lowers blood pressure, done several times in succession.
which tune do you prefer to hum ??
Depends how I feel but usually Jaws or the Darth Vader march 
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My GP told me that I should take a series of readings until the figure settled down and consecutive readings were similar.
Could you take your AM reading before coffee?
Before and after and monitor any actual effect.
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My BP is not monstrously high but still need to take a BP pill every morning. Last time I saw my new doctor he gave me a form to fill in recording my BP readings taken 3 times in the morning & 3 times in the evening over a 3-day period.
I’m surprised that my BP readings have been on the low side - 110/65 - averaged out over the last few weeks. They are generally somewhat higher than that.
Had a think and wondered if the fresh black figs I’ve been eating over the last few weeks – every day as they are in season – might have something to do with it, and Googling confirmed it. They contain a good percentage of potassium, which can reduce BP. I’ll mention that to my doctor tomorrow and see what he says.
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I’m glad you figgered it out. 
Interesting - i wonder if other fruit affect BP as I am not a Big Fig Fan.
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The researchers found that people who ate more whole fruits—especially apples, pears, grapes, and raisins—were less likely to develop high blood pressure than those who rarely ate those foods. As for vegetables, broccoli and carrots appeared to be the best choices for staving off high blood pressure. Fruits and vegetables provide minerals such as potassium and substances called flavonoids, both of which are linked to lower blood pressure.
2016 conclusions, but doesn’t mention figs!
https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/eating-more-fruit-may-help-lower-blood-pressure
Thank you - I probably don’t eat enough fruit but I do eat broccoli and carrots. I still need BP pills though.
During my fig-eating period I stopped taking the BP pills and found that my BP was normal, slightly below normal in fact, for 3 days, after which time the BP started climbing again. Anecdotal evidence I know and it’s not a placebo effect because I didn’t know that figs might reduce BP. I shall continue eating figs every day while they are in season. I love fresh black figs, straight off the tree!
Do you use mouth wash? Known to damage the mouth microbiome which is a signalling pathway to produce nitrous oxide that dilates blood vesels so reducing blood pressure. Another is drinking too much fluid, 8 glasses a day of water is wrong. Salt has no major effect.
Occasionally. But surely if the nitrous oxide reduces blood pressure then that would not bring mine ot a level where I need pills, rather the opposite?
Its probably not as straight foward as that Chris, your doc should have a good idea of other possible ailments like insulin resistance etc.
Whilst medicines have given us our target BP, I have been asking why if the burst pressure of blood vessels is around 1340mm of mercury which is huge compared to the 120-150mm of mercury they worry about. 30mm of mercury is less than 0.5 PSI to an engineer so miniscule.
So why the worry? The best information I can find is a raised BP increases blood flow velocity which may cause a loosening of the glycocalyx and endothelial layer. This maybe the cause of atherosclerosis and it occurs at junctions of the arteries.
I have no idea of how the science works, but I don’t mind taking a couple of pills a day in order to avoid “doing an Alex Salmond”, if I may put it that way…
Wouldn’t that vary with size of blood vessel? So the aorta would have a far higher burst pressure than a capillary in the brain?
Quite probably, I looked it up on line and got a number so just checking for brain region it still came back with 2.1 ATM which is around 1400mm hg, its a huge amount, see if you find anything different.
1 person had 1.2 ATM which is still around 800mm hg!
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.002370
I think I will trust my doctors advice and prescription rather than looking up on line.
Mother in law was told by her doctor to take aspirin daily to thin her blood. She complained it gave her nausea and made her sleepy so decided she could manage without it. A few weeks later a massive stroke took her out. She was 91 but perhaps would have seen 92 had she followed a professional doctors advice
How about just asking your doctor? The research was sound and shows the huge, by comparison pressure blood vessels can take. Aspirin and advice for stokes or avoiding them is different, thats a blood clot thats broken off and lodged where it shouldnt, it could be caused by atherosclerosis elsewhere in the body. Still sorry to hear about your Mum.