Blood pressure

[hunny]

hi all
Does anyone know what a high blood pressure reading is and also does anxiety increase it?
Mine was 130/70 when i last had it read.It used to be around 110/60

Hunny x

[NANAX10]

Honey,

Absolutely...............! I got myself so worked up and into a horrible state this past spring that I shot my blood pressure up to 200/105...had to take double my amount of medication. So, be careful...don't let this anxiety over power you.

Hugs,

Kathy

KATHY LYNCH

[meatybuddy]

hi hunny

they class normal blood pressure anywhere between 120/70 to 140/90 mine is normally around the 120/68 and raises to 140/9h when im having a panic attack


hope this might help

darren

There is light at the end of the tunnel its just fiding it thats the hard part

[nomorepanic]

I think 140/90 is classed as high nowadays if it is that reading all the time.

Nicola

"Nearly all happiness comes into our lives through doors we don't even remember leaving open"

[Meg]

Much of what the doctors class as high or ok , is influenced by your individual risk factors.

My B/P is 94/62 ish most days and that is also 'normal' so the variants are wider than first thought.


These are the official NICE guidelines

http://www.nice.org.uk/page.aspx?o=218436



Meg
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[andrewjdavid2005]

My blood pressure reading 2 days ago was 134/95 is this high doc seemed to think it was but i thought this was a normal reading.

[Quirky]

Andrew as far as I know the 134 is ok but the 95 is slightly high, well it would be if it was like that all the time. But as Meg said above it depends on other risk factors too. The lower figure should not be consistently above 90 I was told. But seeing as you were having chest pain, breathing troubles and were probably anxious, then that's quite a normal reading. I had 153/108 once when anxious but when I'm relaxed my bp is quite normal. Mine is often high at the doctors though so I wouldn't worry.

[Tracy68]

Hi
Your blood pressure can vary each time you go.......three months ago mine was 116/62 (which i thought was low but told it was normal). Last week it was 124/76 and again was told it was normal.
My mum suffers with white coat syndrome and each time she goes to get hers check its really high, so yes anxiety can affect it.

Take care
Tracy
xx

[Meg]

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Meg
www.anxietymanagementltd.com

Your anxiety is the human representation of the pictures that you paint using your many vivid colours of revolving and reoccurring thoughts.
How big is your gallery ?