l am 58 and have had high blood pressure for at least 35 years.At first it flucuated.. buthas been high steadily since 1989..l have taken varous medications through the years. Now l am taking Lotensin and Atenenol. I've known people that never had high blood pressure at all till they were in their late 40 is or 50 is and immediately had all types of heart or kidney problems.. l have to go to the bathroom a lot, but other than that l do not seem to have severe problems with anything..
Does anyone know why I am not dead yet, or have some severe problem..they do say hypertension is a killer..

Yes, - l know why you're not dead. Age-related hypertension is largely a myth.

My typical B/P readings r much higher than yours, about 195/105 daily, & many times a day well over 200 systolic.
But l am still here at 80, rising 81.

The worst medications u can possibly take r beta-blockers, & r proven to increase ur chances of heart failure or stroke. Do stop taking anything ending in ''..lol''.

The human heart does NOT generate higher pressures as we age; we all generate roughly the same pressure, but as we get older & the arteries less elastic, the peak pressures r transmitted further & further down the arterial tree (instead of being attenuated & filtered out along the way). Thus, it appears -to anyone measuring them at downstream arterial points- that the pressures r increasing. But they're not. It is an illusion.. l hope u can understand that, - l know it is difficult if u have not done medicine.

The point is, if ur (indicated) B/P is DIDN'T rise as u got older, then THAT would make u abnormal. That is because failure to have elevated (indicated) B/P is means ur cardiac function is becoming impaired. So you're absolutely, completely, typically normal. Stop taking the pills & u will have a better chance of surviving to my healthy old age.

Are u asking if l am saying the doctors r wrong ? Of course l am. l will spell it out: - the Doctors r wrong. Evidence? It is really quite simple. The mean arterial pressure they're trying to get yours down to, namely well under 100 mms/Hg, simply woul not be enough to drive 5000mls/min of blood round ur arterial loop, which has a total impedance to flow of about 0.02.
You know for certain that ur flow is roughly 5000 mls/minute, & every textbook states that ur TPR (impedance) is approximately 0.02 & does not rise with age, therefore the indicated pressure is simply wrong. The numbers simply do not add up.

alot of people have high b/p
sounds like your keeping yours under control