Hi guys,
It's Melanie again. Remember, I was having all that trouble with dangerously low b/p? Well, since I last posted here, a LOT of very stressful things have happened, including the deaths of 3 very good friends, one due to a freak car wreck and the other 2 due to murder. I've also been under severe amounts of personal worry and stress, and severe anxiety. So.......I found myself smoking just a little over 3 packs of cigarettes per day, for about the past month and a half. I hadn't been taking my b/p like I used to, but was taking it once in a while, and noticed that every time I took it, it was higher than the last time. Last night I took it, and to my horror, it was 174/82. Now, I know that's not too alarming, but considering my b/p has been so low for so long, I'm worried about it. Could this "spike" be caused by the severe anxiety, severe worry and smoking so much? I've got anxiety disorder that seems to have manifested itself into hypochondria these days, why, I don't know. Started having tension headaches (b/p was still normal during those) and had myself convinced I had a brain tumor. So, for my peace of mind, dr. ordered CT scan and MRI w/wo contrast and it showed nothing except for infection in every sinus in my head. BUT......and please, don't scold me for this, I read on a brain tumor site that increased intracranial pressure from a tumor can cause b/p to rise, so that's what I'm thinking, even though I had both tests run from a very, very good hospital, and read by two very good radiologists. So now, I was just beginning to believe that I was okay, now this high b/p thing. I'm hoping it's just due to the smoking and the severe anxiety, stress, worry. HELP!!!!!!!!!
Melanie
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