Hi everyone,

Due to Covid, I’ve been asked to document my own blood pressure for a repeat prescription of the pill. Even at home it makes me nervous doing this.

As soon as I got the monitor my heart was in my mouth, I’m trying to make sure I get an accurate reading that is not affected by my anxiety and it’s super difficult as I had built the anxiety up over an hour.. I’m 27 by the way. The first measuring was something ridiculous like 145/87 heart rate 122. Took 10 minutes of calming down and after a few tries I got it down to 125/91 but heart rate is still high as I can’t control my anxiety. I’m assuming when my heart goes down to what is normal for me (80/90) my blood pressure will follow suit.

how do I relax myself beforehand? Is this the normal anxiety experience? Obviously I don’t want to be prescribed something that could harm me but it’s hard to get an accurate result. When I’m at the doctors I get nervous and sometimes they have to take it twice but I never pay attention to the readings.

thank you