<s>[INST] Hi, I am 51 yrs. old female. Always been healthy, blood pressure always good. Lately I have been feeling dizzy and short of breath. I took my blood pressure and it came up 157/82, I know that is pre-hypertension. What can I do to make my blood pressure go down w/o prescriptions? [/INST] Hello and thank you for using Chat Doctor. I carefully read your question and I understand your concern. I will try to explain you something and give you my opinion. You should know that we talk about hypertension if we have mean value that exceeds 140 / 90 mmHg. A person might have high value during emotional and physicals trees so It's mandatory to judge on mean values. Usually hypertension does not give any specific symptoms. Sometimes it might give headache, blurred vision, dizziness, nausea etc. If left untreated it slowly modifies heart muscle, so it is essential to act it time. To give a good advise how to ménage your values It's important to have some more information. If I was your treating doctor I would recommend some examination like a cardiac echo to evaluate heart function and walls, a full blood analyze to check up renal parameters and a holder pressure monitoring to have a full view of your mean value during day and night. After all this we can better judge and know how to treat your blood pressure. Meanwhile, avoid salt intake, coffee because they rise your blood pressure. Hope I was helpful. Best regards, Chat Doctor.  </s>