I would strongly urge you to purchase a good digital blood pressure unit ($60-70) and start charting your blood pressure for a couple of weeks.

Take it first thing upon rising, then after breakfast, then after an exercise period, then in mid afternoon, then after supper, then before retiring for the night.

See what the pattern is and then you will begin to understand whether you truly have a blood pressure problem, or if this might simply be a low fat bias on the part of the doc.

Did you get blood pressure and blood fats readings before or shortly after going on Atkins??

If not, you really have no baseline to work from, and that makes things much more difficult.

Please read the recent article about several blood pressure medicines being related to an increased chance for heart attack.

Good luck.