Are blood pressure spikes common with anxiety. I keep taking my bp and getting high readings but every time I take the reading I am freaking out.
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Breathe Anxiousdude because fear begets fear. And "yes" anxiety can cause b/p
spikes in most people including myself. But know that "anticipation" can also cause
the b/p to stay that way for awhile. It's best not to take our pressure when in a state
of anxiousness. There was a time that I would take my b/p multiple times a day, the
higher it went, the more I took it. That habit spirals us into chronic fear every time
we see the b/p monitor.
The better thing to do is to put the monitor aside and use some relaxing methods
to reduce fear and stress.
You will feel your body relax as you breathe and meditate. That alone is enough to
reduce the numbers without even having to take it.
Our body takes care of itself, if we would only allow it to do it's job. Breathe Anxiousdude.
It's going to be okay. x
Thank you. I actually threw the monitor away and I’m letting the doctor do it from now on. I am so amped up and on edge though now. I feel like rushing to the doctor but I’ll try and relaz
Good for you Anxiousdude in throwing that monitor away.
You deserve a "pat on the back" and a hug x
I support you, leave it to the professionals.
It makes it so much worse. Now I am dizzy and shaking. I should know better
Give it time please. When I first did that, I placed the monitor
in a plastic bag in the closet. Oh yes, I cheated a couple times
and got it out, but within a short time, I started feeling less anxious
so I knew I had made the right decision.
You will realize it too. You need some time to adjust to this habit.
Agora1 is so right, Anxiousdude. Every word she says is so good for your fear. Please listen to her!
Super weird question. I’m on a very low dose of lexapro and my face and neck feel hot or flushed. Super weird.
Have you talked to your Dr about the heat? Some people react that way to allergies. I know I do.
No I’ve never noticed this. It actually just came out of the blue. I will when I see her in a week. I think it is an anxiety symptom from panicking for two days.
Stop taking your blood pressure ! You are anxious about it, that's why it's higher. Hope you can get to not worrying so much about it. Sending you hugs !!
I'm so sorry you are feeling crappy and weird.... It will improve now that you aren't stressing about your BP. Some of those electronic ones are so inaccurate anyway. New meds can take awhile for your body can adjust to them, believe me I know and the worst thing is what they tell you to do, read all the side effects that could happen. To me that's a sure thing I will imagine I have some of them even if I don't.... Some times to much knowledge is not a good thing !! Hugs are being sent and you will be feeling so much better in time.... It's a five minute hug !
What’s your blood pressure. Mine is always high when I go to the doctors or when I’m home and check it.
It’s only 130 over 75 now. When I was freaking out it went to 150 something.
How are you feeling now? Today my BP has been up to 144 over 98 then 132 over 113. I'm freaking out.
I went to Dr the other day 120 over 75. I recommend leaving that stuff to the drs. Yours is probably shooting up from your anxiety. I threw away all my monitoring stuff.
I should probably do that too. I haven't been to the Drs in a little over a year, it might be time for that as well.
I seriously can’t do that to myself anymore. Even at the drs my blood pressure was great but my hr was 93. Your mind causes your body to do crazy things. My normal resting heart rate is about 45 to 50. I highly recommend not taking your vitals.
My resting HR is 50-60. Today it was up to 98 but I have been super anxious all day. I'm wondering if my BP monitor is even working correctly.
I don’t know but it was causing me all kinds of anxiety. Anxiety sucks though try to just let the feelings pass. I have actually had a good couple of weeks by doing that. It’s hard because I get so many random symptoms. My gp actually calmed me down at my last appointment and assured me that I’m fine and that she’s known all this stuff was anxiety for a while. I’ve had countless tests done. I’ve spent around ten thousand dollars in the past two years trying to prove that something was wrong. It’s time for me to start trusting the drs.
Trusting Drs is not easy. Especially with anxiety. One year ago I had my heart fully checked out. I'm talking ultrasounds, blood test, monitors for 2 weeks and ekgs, but my mind still is convincing me that there is something wrong. Anxiety is the devil.
Lol your name is pretty awesome too.
My heart stuff was so bad that I have a loop recorder in my chest constantly monitoring my heart rate. The Dr sees the info not me. You are not alone.
Its in there permanently?
No hopefully only another 4 months. He’s keeping it in there because I was having diziniss because of anxiety and he noticed I have bradycardia. Basically when I’m sleeping my heart rate is in the 40s. He’s making sure it isn’t doing that during the day. It doesn’t do that though because I’m moving around. I guess technically I do have a heart problem but not really. I have bradycardia but it doesn’t really effect me.
That is pretty low. Hopefully they get you all fixed up. I hate dizziness. It makes me panic but when I panic at least I'm not dizzy anymore lol. Go figure.
I’m not worried about the low heart rate as I’ve had it my whole life. It’s weird my whole family has it. It’s common with athletes as well and I’ve always been super active. Yes I am over this junk. Even now I’m having heart burn after my food and my thoughts immediately go somewhere they shouldn’t. Have you had any symptoms like numbness? I actually think heart burn is one of mine lol.
I get reflux pretty bad no matter what I eat. I haven't had numbness to the point of being worried about it. And I hope it stays that way.
How about muscle tension or pain? I only ask cuz I get all kinds of goodies lol.
I get muscle tension especially in my shoulders sometimes in my legs too. I get chest pains sometimes oh and back pains.