Blood Pressure update

[eddy-r3]

Ok so i have some news on the blood pressure scene.

If you recall i have been doing my blood pressure all week and its been upto as much as 167/99 which is quite high! Well i have done it this morning and its 128/82 so its a case of anxiety causing my BP.

I have a DR's appointment today to just get a check over, but i am 100% sure its anxiety, my first reading was 139/79 which was nearly 7 days ago, and everytime i have checked since its gone up and up and up, and i could feel myself getting worked up at the mere thought of having my BP done, this morning woke up, had a vape came down nice and relaxed and done my BP and it was perfect.

So I think its a case of what they call (in the UK) 'Whitecoat Hypertension' just without the whitecoat!

Will post back once i have seen the Doc!

Many thanks
Eddy

 

[yvilla]

Thanks for that post Eddy. My son (now 40) has the same problem! A few years ago at work he had a really high result, and ever since then his pressure has spiked any time he's going to get it measured. He finally realized what was going on just as you have, and now knows that he has to calm himself down, and sometimes take repeated measurements, in order to get a valid reading. Interesting stuff.