mine went up during a stressful time, i feel as though it flies up when i am stressed, and yes i landed myself on 4 meds because i couldnt calm down....sigh

I thought I was handling stress quite well for years. And I was always under a lot of stress. When I got diagnosed last spring, I had an asthma attack, because a bunch of people were smoking in a hospital parking lot, next to a 4 x8 foot sign saying "No smoking." The catch, is the parking meter dispenser was next to all the people, and I hadn't brought my inhalers. I was at the hospital for a pre-op, and my blood pressure went sky high. I don't know if it ever had done that before, but it never moved through 4 pregnancies. Now I realize I have to keep calm, and roll with the punches. It has given me a different perspective on life. I hate high blood pressure, because it is a silent killer. If one of my other illnesses is out of control, I know because of the symptoms. Short of dragging my blood pressure monitor with me, I never know whether it is up or not.

So, yes, I think it is higher when under stress, but I think I have been stressed about everything for a long time. It's more an attitude than a reality. I'm learning to relax which is a challenge. Still dependent on the pills. I tried to get off, but up it goes. So I am high normal now when calm, and struggling to stay calm all the time. Not much of an answer to your question, but I am still new to this game.

My husband can be under stress and his bp doesn't rise that high. Mine goes sky high. I hate having to take bpm because I cant control my anxity.

Yep!!! I am on blood pressure medicine for stress. Before my life got so crazy.... I have two boys on the spectrum.... my blood pressure was 115/75 now my blood pressure is 160/110 without medication. My blood pressure is getting better but I am meds... now it runs 130/85. Good luck Denise

I to have stress induced High blood pressure. I have been on Verapamil for years and it has worked fine in controlling my BP. But recently the top # has been elevated a bit so the doc trie me on HCTZ 12.5 but gave me a headache.. If you can you share the meds you take for your BP

Thanks

I am only 26 and also have hbp due to stress...ugh!!!

I am having a very stressful time at the moment. Have started having panic attacks and tried to take bp during one on Friday. Not a good idea! Constantly panicing and cant sleep since!!!! I dont know why I do this to myself. Anyone else get into a panic like this over their bp?

I jnow how you feel. Just thought of taking my bp makes me get anxious. After I take it the first time and its not off the charts I relax because I know the second time I take it it will be lower. I use to take it at Walmart but as soon as I got out of the car my legs would go wobbly just thinking about what I was fixing to do. I trust my machine because I take it every time I go to the docter to check that its accurate, so Im not nervous taking it on it, but I freak out taking it on other monitors. I probable wouldn't even hate going to a docter if they didn't take my bp.

Hi there ya'll...

Yup, include me in the group of people who's bp skyrockets when stressed. I've been having a heck of a time the past couple months, and even on 25mg of HCTZ I can't get my lower number to drop below 90. My upper number is great though :) My pulse is also causing problems as I can't get it to drop below 100. I feel like I'm caught in a vicious cycle. I get anxious, my bp spikes, which freaks me out, which causes my bp to spike...

i am going through that right now. 210/117

I know the feeling, when my stepson stresses me out my bp raises to super high levels, I get all red for hours. I need to get something for my anxiety too, but I need to find a doctor first. :(

maryjane you bp is reading what mine was about a yr ago, i couldnt calm my anxiety down at all and docs telling me about my high bp wasnt helping, it also took a few months to lower which again stressed me out, even on 4 meds it can read 160/99 i try to ignore anything to do with high bp or it will shoot up.

what over the counter common medication can you not take/use with bp meds????

I know tylonal is ok to take, and there are cold meds that say they are for people with hbp, but other then that I have no idea. good question.

My BP goes up when I see the doctor, 140 to 152 otherwise around 130 to 140.
Pain can make the BP go up.
Stress and Worry is a killer, so I watch my salt and have not had any coffee in 4 weeks as I have 1 cup of chamolie tea a day and noticed the BP come down. Coffee as a chemical may not be so well on the liver. I read the Bible and pray as this helps because I can't do everything alone. I listen to meditation music and sometime just be still and quiet and listen to my body.
It's a trade off that I have to give some things up and make a change for new things which can be good.
I am wide awake in the morning so I don't miss the coffee now, but if I want a cup of decaf coffee when I go out to eat in the future I might have only one.
I love cereals as they have to much Iron as a Man not so good for me so I have organic cereal and instead of having 1 gallon of milk a week I only have half of a gallon a week.
So I have to change my way of thinking and how I look at things and sometimes I have to be my own advocate.
Check and see what is on the labels on what you are putting in your body and do some research on the Internet.
I try not to allow people and situations to get me upset like before as the worse thing that can happen to me is that I will die and not go to haven.
Don't Worry Be Happy.
Take Care