Your sitiuation is almost identical to mine except I'm 62 yrs old and have been on ramipril and diltiazem for about 10 years now. I recently stopped taking the dilitiazem (under my doctors supervision) as an experiment. My belief is that I only have a BP problem when I have the BP monitor cuff on (white coat syndrome). How I can vary from 142/83 to 126/84 in the space of an hour over 9 readings (at home) continues to baffle me. I'm 6ft 2in 185lbs., do a brisk 40 min walk and push ups every day, don't smoke but enjoy a few martinis on the weekend.View Thread