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[QUOTE=Maui222;3237808]Is there any way to get over this? I feel like my readings are being skewed by this. I can actually FEEL myself tense up, feel my anxiety level go up, etc, when I put my BP cuff on. I feel like this is upping my readings lately. Either that or I've developed much higher b/p the past few days.

Long story short, when they said to monitor my b/p, the first few days it was high, then I got sort of used to it and it dropped (but I usually took my b/p say 3 times before I'd relax enough). But now they said to only take it once a week (even though I need to lay off, I've been doing it once a day) and doing it one time a day I'm not used to it so I get anxious, so I get a high reading so I get more anxious and next time I'm anxious, etc, etc.

Is there any way I can get over this??? Or do you think my b/p is really getting higher? This week my diastolic is always in the low 90's. The weeks before it was in the 80's. It's SO STUPID. It's ONLY a dumb cuff, why do I always get that creepy feeling when I put it on????

How did you all overcome it to get an accurate reading? I really feel as if I'm not b/c I can literally feel myself freak out.

Linda[/QUOTE


What you need to do is take your BP once a day only, at the same time, for about a month. That will tell you if your BP is going up and staying up, or is fluctuating.

With anxiety, it will fluctuate. You will have "good days" and "bad days," but it will always go up and down. Remember that the anxiety is taking place at a subconscious level too, so you may sit down and feel fine and calm, and get hit with a high reading. Or you may feel stressed and get a good reading. Its that weird.

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