Moso13
04-06-18, 17:50
I made a thread last summer because I went to my doctor to get my blood pressure checked because it was high when I was at the dentist. They took it first and it was high but then took it again 15 minutes later and said it was normal so they told me it was white coat hypertension. and to deal with my anxiety. During the school year i went to my health center a lot and the same thing would happen but it always went down the second time. Well yesterday i went to urgent care for a UTI and just not feeling good. They took my blood pressure there twice and it was high both times... it barely went down after 15 minutes so she told me to go back to my doctor to go get checked it doesn't look like white coat.. I am so worried. I am young, almost 21. 144 pounds and 5'8 women. I am normally healthy and don't have any other problems that i am aware of. The only medication i am on its birth control and now antibiotics for the UTI. I dont want to deal with this. My parents both have it recently but it is from getting older. So i am going to work on being more active and limiting my salt intake.Also limiting caffeine because i love coffee. If i do that could i reverse the high blood pressure? It was 144/110 the second time they took it. Every single time i get it taken I tense up and i cant relax because of my anxiety. Especially because i wasn't feeling good which doesn't help. Its weird because usually my bottom number wasn't high, but this time it is. I really don't want to take medication for the rest of my life or have heart problems in the future. Any advice? Is this really really bad and dangerous like I think it is? Can I reverse it?