I'm 39 female on low dose birth cibtrol pills. All my life I had low blood pressure
90/70. Then ha began. Three years ago I went to a screening 129/87. Panicked. Nurse not concerned. I bougta home monitor I'd get panicked take it sky high 5 min late normal. Eventually I got normal readings in the 120s over 80s and forgot my terror. In the interim I went to the ob/gym. I mentioned my anxiety to the nurse who took my bp I don't know what it was but it just gave been normal as they renewed my scrip. This was a year and a half ago. Last year I for no reason dug out my monitor took my bp and got a high reading. Got obsessed. I'd get high readings theb low. I took it constantly I brought it to work. I ranged from as high as 150/85 to as low was 111/82. I checked non stop. One day the readings where all high and I was panicking and I smashed the monitor. In the year since I have not checked not once. I have no heart symptoms I exercise by walking and biking. I'm active. I'm still terrified of bp machines though. Just seeing them in the store I feel ill. I don't really think I have high bp I think I have anxiety. But I know when I go back to the dr to get my bcp renewed my bp will be ski high. My last reading was in the 150s. I know it will be fear but will the dr believe me. I don't have to go until January and I'm already worried and invisioning readings of 180. I'm sure a 24 hr monitor would be useless as I'm perfectly capable of being terrified for 24 hrs. I am not going to take meds as I'm sure it's anxiety. But I have no way of relaxing when it's taken due to fear of the machine health anxiety and fear of docs. Yet in my day to day life I'm fine. Has anyone dealt with this what did u tell dr