My Mom passed away of a stroke and now I'm worried about my blood pressure.
I don't make reddit posts very often so excuse me if I'm not perfect at storytelling. So I 21M went to my doctors recently and my blood pressure was elevated 140/100 at the start of the appointment. It was also my first solo doctors appointment without my mom so I was very nervous. By the end of the appointment my BP dropped to 135/90 or something close to that. My doctor didn't seem very worried and he asked me to monitor it for the next month. So I have been and it's been about the same June 24th 136/87. June 26th 145/84. I started exercising more, going on walks and I've also started eating a little better too cutting back on salt and sugar because I am overweight (6'2 250lbs) Today July 2nd I took my blood pressure and it was 129/91 and at first I was pleased because I thought "ok my BP is better today sure my 2nd number went up a bit but my top number dropped significantly" I stupidly was like let me take it again and make sure it was right. I take my BP again and I get 164/92. I immediately panicked and thought there was something seriously wrong. Looking back I was talking with my dad between the 1st and 2nd readings so maybe that could've raised it. Or maybe I didn't give myself enough time to fully calm down. But I'm just so worried that I'm gonna suffer the same fate of my Mom who passed away at 53 from a Stroke that was slightly caused by high BP (she was also on a lot of pain meds) Am I justified in worrying or am I just looking too much into it?