It was good to resurrect the thread, I am on medication for HBP and bought a monitor some time ago, the new monitors are clinically validated and so give accurate readings, mine is from Boots and the nurse at our practice in England uses exactly the same monitor. In the UK I kept a note of my readings which included time of day, pulse rate and any special circumstances that might have a bearing on the reading, post exercise for instance. This thread just prompted me to go and check how it is here in Turkey, the reading was 129/78 which is at the high end of normal. Like others, I too have no desire to continue with medication if possible but I'm certainly not going to cut it down or cease taking it on the basis of one decent reading, I will however monitor the situation and have the appropriate discussion with the doctor if I am able to maintain a normal reading.