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28-07-09, 16:02
Hi!
I have had panic attacks since I was 16. I have been able to control them through deep breathing, relaxation exercises, yoga, exercise, and have had docs grudgingly work with me when I have had transient issues such as very high pulse rates prior to any anxiety provoking procedures, i.e., dental/outpatient arthroscopy, labor/delivery (oh joy), without meds.
Of late, I had to go to a new family doc. Luckily, I am rarely ill, and only have to go to docs once per year to get new thyroid meds/see if those blood levels are still w/in normal before they refill the prescription. I am a real doc phobe, and just hate the whole experience of being in a docs office. The new doc came in pale and anxious himself, and announced "Your pressure is 220/104....that is really bad! Of course, my panic attack button went off the chart at those comforting words!!! YOU NEED MEDICINE NOW....he says, and that also sent my anxiety flying high!!!
(and I really think it is anxiety related...my oldest son is prepping to join the military, and is leaving in two weeks, and these wide spikes in BP have increased in that time, plus my job is VERY stressful right now)
Any thoughts, comforting words, anyone experience wierd and wild BP spikes as part of the whole anxiety/panic disorder picture????? I have grudgingly gone on lisinopril and my whole anxious self is much more worried about side effects from nasty meds than just dealing with the issue, but that nasty little blood pressure reading scared the dickens out of me, and until I can unwire my own anxiety response to the whole thing, I think I am getting stuck in an anxiety rut.
ANY insights VERY welcomed, and thanks!!! Tabs:flowers:
I have had panic attacks since I was 16. I have been able to control them through deep breathing, relaxation exercises, yoga, exercise, and have had docs grudgingly work with me when I have had transient issues such as very high pulse rates prior to any anxiety provoking procedures, i.e., dental/outpatient arthroscopy, labor/delivery (oh joy), without meds.
Of late, I had to go to a new family doc. Luckily, I am rarely ill, and only have to go to docs once per year to get new thyroid meds/see if those blood levels are still w/in normal before they refill the prescription. I am a real doc phobe, and just hate the whole experience of being in a docs office. The new doc came in pale and anxious himself, and announced "Your pressure is 220/104....that is really bad! Of course, my panic attack button went off the chart at those comforting words!!! YOU NEED MEDICINE NOW....he says, and that also sent my anxiety flying high!!!
(and I really think it is anxiety related...my oldest son is prepping to join the military, and is leaving in two weeks, and these wide spikes in BP have increased in that time, plus my job is VERY stressful right now)
Any thoughts, comforting words, anyone experience wierd and wild BP spikes as part of the whole anxiety/panic disorder picture????? I have grudgingly gone on lisinopril and my whole anxious self is much more worried about side effects from nasty meds than just dealing with the issue, but that nasty little blood pressure reading scared the dickens out of me, and until I can unwire my own anxiety response to the whole thing, I think I am getting stuck in an anxiety rut.
ANY insights VERY welcomed, and thanks!!! Tabs:flowers: