I would call your dr.s office and check if that diet is ok to go on if you might already have high bp. I'm guessing that's not the best diet but idk...
^This!!! I have high blood pressure and I am on meds for it. Last time at was at the doctor it was quite high but I was super stressed that day. He did recommend I take it from time to time. I don’t do it...would cause me more anxiety I am sure.
I can definitely understand that. Having mildly elevated BP and taking a low dose beta blocker for it, my doc had suggested checking at home for a bit because it started running high in the office again. I did, and it was always perfectly fine. However, it did lead to self checking far more often than my doc had recommended, which lead to more anxiety. I had to make myself stop, and now I don't think I've checked it in a few months.
I feel you. I dd the same after I got my BP little bit higher. I bought the Omron machine to temporary check my BP to see if its under control but it turned out to be obsession. I was checking my BP 6 times daily for a month, my anxiety was going nuts.
Yep! I think Omron is the brand of mine as well. Fortunately I was able to stop checking my BP regularly though. Now I only check before a doc appt (so once or twice a year) just because it'll be high in the office, and that way I can tell my doc it was normal and hour earlier at home.
I do exactly the same.
Do you ever still get the urge to check it outside of those times? I do occasionally, but I don't give in, though it's difficult at times. When I feel anxious I may think "oh I'll just check my BP to make sure..." Nah, not a good idea. Haha.
Oh I do, I soooo do. The moment I feel weird, I am like "let me check my BP" and believe it or not, the moment I get good reading my anxiety is out (for a time being). I cut those "check ins" a lot, but I was doing it very frequently
Ah, yep! That sums it up for me as well! It would indeed quell the anxiety for the time being, but I know it's ultimately not good, so I had to stop.