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Marla39 · 09-24-2009, 07:35 PM

I have OCD all my life but found out about it 12 years ago when I had some sort of seizure. I also found out that my blood pressure was high. The kind of OCD that I have is the worrying kind and I occasionally worry about my blood pressure. In one of zuzu8's answers you helped me when you said that the blood pressure that matters is the one when you are resting. You said that your blood pressure fluctuates all day. It did help me. What I have a problem with now is that I occasionally "What If" myself and in my head it says "What if I wasn't calm and the next thing you know I have some anxiety started. I need to get over this. It is driving me nuts. How do I overcome this "What If"? Do you have any suggestions? I would appreciate any help you can give me!! Thanks alot!

ms58 · 09-25-2009, 01:58 PM

A good thing to tell yourself, assuming you take your BP meds as prescribed by your docs, you are not very overweight, you walk everyday for about 30 minutes and eat good foods is, "You are doing all you can do to control your BP". And when you are doing all you do, then that should calm you down.

Everyones BP fluctuates some. Get interested in some outside activities you enjoy. Don't think about yourself all the time and things get to be more fun.