This is a long long story. Every time I have gone to the doctor I had white coat syndrome. My blood pressure has been elevated.. Since I don't have blood pressure symptoms or signs of anything blood pressure related I have never worried to much about it.

I have been to this one particular dr.. about three times in four years and even another one in the area that all said that it was anxiety and white coat syndrome.. they blew it off ..

The last time I went to the doctor they were all strict and concerned where they had never been before .Funny thing is my bp was higher two years ago when I went in. The nurse that took it said that I had high blood pressure for sure and she went and told the doctor my blood pressure was high. The doctor came in and stressed that I had high blood pressure . I tried to explain I had been freaking out about coming to see her and was nervous.

She checked to see if i had any signs of high blood pressure or symptoms yet could find nothing. She never took it again after the nurse.. this shows me she wasn't concerned but she raised my beta blocker higher than I had usually been used to.

Ok..I started taking this higher dose feeling really tired and not having any sexual desires and to tell you the truth having difficulty in that department. I had never had any problems with that. I felt she misdiagnosed me and I called to ask if she would lower my beta blockers back down to what I was used to and let me monitor my blood pressure.

She called my prescription in as I requested and urged me to take my blood pressure three times a week and then call every week with the results..Ok Ill do this but taking my blood pressure will make me nervous even with it being me taking it. Im pretty sure the nurse used a cuff too small that would have given a higher reading and also if they were that concerned how come they let me walk out without taking it again?

I just don't understand how they go from blowing off high blood pressure readings and saying its white coat syndrome and then next time telling you without a doubt you have high blood pressure and not even checking your blood pressure again while you are there to make sure its ok before you leave and drop dead with high blood pressure..

I have felt fine for a few years without the extra meds and the only reason I went for a visit is a refil of anxiety meds and I had tried to go cold turkey with them and reading about the withdrawal symptoms made me have withdrawal symptoms..

Now I have gotten myself to a place where I really don't want to be.. I have to take my blood pressure regularly and then report to them, but then again if I have a blood pressure checker I will be checking it day and night. I did this with my pulse for a long time until I finally broke myself of it. It was miserable. Also Im afraid Ill find that I have high blood pressure and will make myself have high blood pressure just from the thought of possibly having high blood pressure.. So its kind of scarry . I hope they are wrong and I don't have high blood pressure.. But well Im kind of worried now . Im suppose to get my machine tomorrow.. Ugh..

I think ill have to take extra anti anxiety meds to be able to take my blood pressure..anyway ..Thats what this post is all about worry about worrying about my blood pressure taking ..

Isn't it reasonable to assume if I had no symptoms of high blood pressure and have felt fine all these years ,been in reasonable good condition with no symptoms of illness or dizzyness or anything that would lead me to think I had high blood pressure.. that I probably don't have high blood pressure?

I mean everytime I go to the doctor in many many years they have always known I had anxiety and elevated blood pressure from white coat syndrome. Could it be I have been sick with high blood pressure or had something bad wrong with me that causes high blood pressure and didn't even know it?

Doesn't high blood pressure cause organ shut down or something noticeable ? I haven't felt bad ..just anxiety symptoms and such, but could I had had high blood pressure all these years and now I could possibly die from something that high blood pressure causes.

Doesn't your heart rate go up when you have high blood pressure because mine has always been about 72 when resting and lower.. and never over about 114 to 120 when exercising and working so .. wouldn't that be higher because of high blood pressure. I have been sitting thinking ever since I went to the doctor what if all these years I have had high blood pressure and its killing me and I don't even know it.. Or what if I made a mistake telling the doctor to give me back my lower dose of beta blocker and I really do have high blood pressure?

Also If I really do have high blood pressure wouldn't the doctor put me on a real blood pressure med instead of a stronger beta blocker? My heart wasn't beating that fast when I was there ,just my pressure was up from stressing and sitting and waiting for 2 hours and 40 minutes.. and being told I had high blood pressure.. What gives. something doesn't feel right about the whole thing. I just worried worried worried now and frustrated and scared about the whole thing.. Someone have some input here? Thanks in advance.