Why has blood pressure increased so much in two years?

Male 29/209lbs/5’11I used two years as a loose number. Maybe 1 1/2 to 2 years ago my blood pressure at the Doctors office was 120/70 or in that region with a hr of maybe 55-65. Monday I went for an appointment and it was 160/101. I mentioned it to the doctor and he looked back at the past few times I’ve been in there recently in those two years maybe 4 or 5 times. They were all in the 130-150/80-90. I also recently had a stress echo that I didn’t feel was necessary for undiagnosed chest pain. That showed normal and the cardiologist didn’t mention anything about my blood pressure being of any worry during that appointment. When I test outside of doctors offices it’s always around 140-160 as well. My blood panel isn’t the best, but it better than it was in the last year. What could be the culprit. Could it be stress. I think I was on Prozac when I had the better reading. Would that have handled my stress enough to keep it down that much? Or could it be anxiety? I don’t have a lot of salt intake and I don’t drink caffeine. I eat fairly healthy. Nothing I’ve done should’ve changed it that much in such a short time I feel.

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