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Re: high bp and panic attack

Posted by bassman on April 29, 2006, at 9:37:32

In reply to Re: high bp and panic attack, posted by Donna Louise on April 29, 2006, at 8:35:23

Donna,
I've done a lot of bp research due to my freaky experience. If you're anxious, 158/100 isn't bad. Even if the bp stayed there all the time, it would increase your chance, perhaps, of physical conditions in 25-30 years. Mild bp readings like you have are questionable as to whether they even should be medicated...many people feel Big Pharma has gotten everyone over-nutsy because hypertension meds are taken every day for the rest of your life and therefore very profitable-so it is in their interest (I was in the pharmaceutical industry for 25 years)to scare people and docs into medication at the lowest bp possible.

My point is that your bp, even if it is always 158/100, does not pose any health threat in the intermediate term-and if you are like me, the thought that my bp is high MAKES it higher when it is read. So it isn't like you are going to have a heart attack or stroke from your bp next week! :>}

If you haven't already, I'd suggest you get a bp monitor and read your bp at home. Just take a couple readings every day and don't care what they are-eventually, you won't react to bp measurement and you'll get a realistic measurement-and I'll bet it will be less than 158/100.

The "silent killer" ads have us both freaky...but higher bp is only a problem if it is high and sustained over a long period of time.

Relax and just take some data on what your at-home bp is and at times when you feel relatively relaxed...and remember, please, that mild hypertension does not in itself present any significant risk, unless you have diabetes, obesity, family history of heart problems, etc. etc. Bp is just one of many factors. Try not to obsess about it (look who's talking) and just see how things go with your meds. Check with your principal doc and make sure she agrees; that was of great consulation to me.
bassman


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