Changes in lifestyle already mentioned may be successful in helping you get off your medications with your doctor's guidance. My practice has been to treat sustained high blood pressure once it has been documented appropriately, and then back it off if the patient is following those lifestyle changes and the pressure is under good control. The desire to get off meds gives them motivation to lose weight, etc. I personally feel that patients with hypertension should have a blood pressure cuff at home. Some are easier than others to use by yourself, a less important feature if you have a friend or mate who will do it for you.
Many people seem to feel that blood pressure is a constant, like the color of their hair.
However, like our pulse rate, blood pressure is designed to vary depending on the circumstances. The blood pressure to consider in treatment is often somewhere around the average of the readings taken. If a person's systolic blood pressure is ranging from 100-130 mm mercury, generally no treatment is necessary. This is one of my secret favorites. This will vary from one medication to another, and from one patient to another.