About 3 years ago I started this awful anxiety thing...pounding heart, shakey inside, feeling of going slightly mad.....went to the doctor who took my BP then told me I’ll have a stroke 180/80...(white coat syndrome) so prescribed Bilicor 5mg beta blockers and Espiride depression pills. Took my BP when I got home and it had come down quite a lot. The anxiety subsided but the fear of a stroke didn’t...and so I am now left with the anxiety of having a stroke during an anxiety attack which is my main concern really. Two years later, and loads of anxiety attacks later, a few more visits to the doctors I now have a cupboard full of Alzam, Azor, Bilicor, Propananol etc. I only take up to half a tablet on occasion but am still left with horrible anxiety. When I feel what I call a blissful ‘normal’ few days I take my BP over a period of a day and the average is 133/75 pulse always around 55 up to 70....to 144/75.
However during attacks my BP goes up and even discussing it here I can feel it going up!
I have listened to Claire Weeks, walked, exercised, tried meditation, deep breathing but just don’t know how to get around this horrible thing when it descends out of the blue when my throat constricts and I feel sick, nervous, worried about having a heart attack and just so unwell!
I did take Bilicor beta blockers for a max of 4 days but after an attack I saw that it didn’t help to keep my BP down (it rose to around 170/75). I also had nasty side effects so stopped them.
I wake up feeling anxious (nervous stomach) for no reason even after sleeping well and have no idea what brings it all on. Surely none of this is normal. Quality of life is a thing of the past it seems.
Just wondering if anyone else gets anxious about their BP rising during an anxiety attack?
However during attacks my BP goes up and even discussing it here I can feel it going up!
I have listened to Claire Weeks, walked, exercised, tried meditation, deep breathing but just don’t know how to get around this horrible thing when it descends out of the blue when my throat constricts and I feel sick, nervous, worried about having a heart attack and just so unwell!
I did take Bilicor beta blockers for a max of 4 days but after an attack I saw that it didn’t help to keep my BP down (it rose to around 170/75). I also had nasty side effects so stopped them.
I wake up feeling anxious (nervous stomach) for no reason even after sleeping well and have no idea what brings it all on. Surely none of this is normal. Quality of life is a thing of the past it seems.
Just wondering if anyone else gets anxious about their BP rising during an anxiety attack?
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