Im the same way. I freak out going to the Doctor because I know its only a matter of time until they hook me up to that blood pressure cuff... ahh it freaks me out. And my pulse is always high too. I can relate!!! :) Ur not alone.

I have this. "White coat syndrome" It seems the more they take it at the doctor's office the higher it goes. My doctor understands what is going on and has me monitor it at home. My psychiatrist made a nod like, "of course", when I mentioned it to him. Sort of like it was common for those of us with anxiety.

I think it is sort of like stage fright. We are trying to perform. The harder we try the worse it goes.

I, too, usually have 110/70 with 55-65 pulse.

I, too, feel frustrated that I can't "CONTROL" it. Yet that's also what anxiety is all about. Us trying to control everything in our lives instead of just being.

This week however I was able to get it down at the doctor's to 140/98 which it's usually 165/110 at the office. So I am getting better. I downloaded an audio hypnosis tape for white coat syndrom from www.HypnosisDownloads.com

Good Luck, Betsy

I am sooo glad I found this site. My heart starts to race just thinking about my blood pressure. I can go to Wal Mart to check it and I get all nervous and anxious about it and ya it is high. Last night it was 148 over 101 and then i took again and it was 150 over 98. I am normally a calm person but ever since the first time I had a high reading at the Dr. office and they were freaking out about it I freak out about my BP. I was sick and was taking a cold med that probably caused the high reading but now I cause it myself I think. I am losing weight and eating right to help it but not sure if that is going to do it. I am going to get a home BP kit and take it while watching tv jst relaxing and see what i get.

Its called the white coat syndrome. Most of us get nervous in the doctors office (the white coat) and our bp goes it. It happens in more than 75% of people. Since it goes down once you leave, you know this is nothing more than anxiety from being at the doctors and you have nothing to worry about. The only way to get over it is to stop thinking about it. The more you think of something, the worse it gets.

you might want to look into biofeedback. there are methods where you can train yourself to be very serene and calm in the most tense of situations.

Ahh I actually like seeing my blood pressure. However I feel less well when it is about 100/70, and usually it is 120/80 when I feel my best.

I am not sure if this is what you have or not but.....My husband has what they call WHITE COAT SYNDROME it is where you go to the dr or hospital and your bp is up, it is a real problem, his go's up like 200/160 but when he leaves its back to normal 110/80, i took him to a number of drs and they all said the same thing! please check this out and make sure this is not what you have! Good luck and please let me know! =)

It is normal for blood pressure goes up and down throughout the day, my doc says his peaks to 200/something. I have hypertention and on 3 blood pressure meds, I used to have terrable headaches and a pulsating in my neck apparently the doc said was due to high bp. Sometimes i wonder if i have a bit of the white coat syndrome. But i refuse to buy a monitor as it would be permanently fixed to my arm, i would be giving myself a panic attack hahahah.

I just found this site and I wanted to add my 2-cents worth. Labile Blood Pressure (white-coat fever) is very common and effects a very high percentage of people in the world. The medical community used to think it was no big deal but over the last few years they have changed their medical minds collectively. Even though it won't cause strokes or death if it is truly white coat fever and NOT true high blood pressure, over time it will cause damage to vital organs. My doctor put me on a low dose of Atenolol (25mg) once a day to keep a "lid" on the spikes when I was in fearful or stress related situations. It has helped a lot for the most part.
Last week i had a dear friend of over 50 yrs lose a 5-yr fight with lung cancer. I wasn't ready mentally for him to go and it triggered high anxiety which caused my BP to spike very high. The highest was around 189/79 but my pulse thanks to Atenolol was only 52. It's been going up and down between 160's/70's to normal readings of 130's and 140's over 70's and I know that it's just anxiety and adrenaline rushing but that still doesn't calm the fear--hence the never ending beast chasing his own tail (as a friend of mine put it). The answer isn't Ativan (which I have and have taken a few of) but coming to terms with why it's happening and why all of you and I, have this fear of our blood pressure rising. A physc buddy of mine recommended a book called "The Power of Now", which teaches how to calm your self and heal this battle once and for all. I've never suffered panic or anxiety before but I'm certain that I will not allow it to rule my life. Good luck to all of you and if your BP is always up, see a doctor for one of the many meds to bring it under control--its no big deal. As the first post here says--Ur not alone! good luck!

I thought I was the only person alive with this problem, as everyone else who's (normal) seems to laugh at me, I have to face another blood test on wednesday, I've been building my fear barrier up for a couple of months to try and get through this, even the word freaks me out, don't anyone try to explain details of v words; that just makes my brain overload with images of this!

I have the same problem. It started when I got my first high blood pressure reading, and then I became afraid of having it read. I feel like a nuthead for having this fear, as it seems so irrational. It doesn't help that the nurses look at me like I'm nuts.

I bought a blood pressure kit a while back and check it off and on, especially after a dreaded doctor appointment. It is always normal when I am home.

I need to find a way to get over this fear. Today, I had to go to an occupational doctor because I pulled my back out at work. Great, a new doctor, that really got my blood pressure fear going. It was higher than it's ever been. I was frustrated with myself and tried to get myself to calm down, but no luck. It's like the more I try to make it go away, the worse the feelings of fear become. It's very depressing. I know there's got to be help for me some where!!!

Honestly, I thought I was the only one with this fear. I'm glad I'm not the only one, but hopeful we can all get over it!

Kelly

I have the same problem everytime i go to the doctor my BP goes way up.I started taking it at home and my bp was good but i got compulsive at taking it sometimes taking it 10 times a day atleast.Its good to know that others have the same problem.Gets old sitting around and worrying about my BP.The anxiety i get about my BP being takin keeps me from going to the doctor at times.Just going to have to work through the fear,

well with me im the same coz once i heard that if u hav high blood pressure u r more likely to have a heart attacks my anxiety freaked me out and besides goin to doctors for this isnt the correct answer coz u end up much worse if u are able to control ur anxiety by using breathin techniques and usin key words and doin things to stop then by practising these things it will enable u to retur ur blood pressure to normal but u will hav some spikes coz thats when the anxiety kicks in some times the more u freak out the higher the blood pressure u jus need to accept ur anxiety and then actually say this jus anxiety and this is the way im gonna feel when stuff like this happends and see whether or not it makes a difference

you know i will give that a shot.It is just anxiety and deep breaths help...

Most doctors will tell you that patience blood pressure almost always goes up when they go to the doctors office and it can change quite frequently throughout the day. I think if the doctor was really worried he would be putting you on some kind of medication.