My anxiety came back!!

[hgr62]

Hello! First ever post and i"ll try and keep it to the point. Wife passed away 11 years ago leaving me with a 12,9 and 5 year old. A few months after, had terrible anxiety attacks, thought i was stroking out! fought the anxiety, panic attacks for several years. Finally got a grip on it about 5 years ago and everything had been great! My plan when my last child graduated this year from high school was to always move to the beach. i retired in 2018. lost 33 lbs, came off bp meds, and life was great! long story short, during all this house on the market, kids leaving, spending about 20k to up grade house,planning and all the crap that goes along with this, sat down one evening to check bp. 200/100!! well, of course i freaked, since my bp had been mainly 115/68. checked again, 220/100!! went to ER. checked heart/lungs/kidneys/blood work/liver, and they gave me my meds, pressure went to 130/68! they say there is no medical reason your bp is that high! said to talk to primary dr. he said you need to relax! really! dip **** , i know that!!! mentioned anxiety meds if i can't get it down. so far when i check, first reading is usually 170/78, then i can get it down after 3-4 checks to 130's/60's. freaking becaues when i go see him next week and they check, i my blow the machine up!!!! this really sucks as yaw know, cause i have good days/ terrible days. encouragement, similar experiences appreciated. so now just thinking about taking my bp just sets off the alarms!!

 

[TruthHurts]

Hello! First ever post and i"ll try and keep it to the point. Wife passed away 11 years ago leaving me with a 12,9 and 5 year old. A few months after, had terrible anxiety attacks, thought i was stroking out! fought the anxiety, panic attacks for several years. Finally got a grip on it about 5 years ago and everything had been great! My plan when my last child graduated this year from high school was to always move to the beach. i retired in 2018. lost 33 lbs, came off bp meds, and life was great! long story short, during all this house on the market, kids leaving, spending about 20k to up grade house,planning and all the crap that goes along with this, sat down one evening to check bp. 200/100!! well, of course i freaked, since my bp had been mainly 115/68. checked again, 220/100!! went to ER. checked heart/lungs/kidneys/blood work/liver, and they gave me my meds, pressure went to 130/68! they say there is no medical reason your bp is that high! said to talk to primary dr. he said you need to relax! really! dip **** , i know that!!! mentioned anxiety meds if i can't get it down. so far when i check, first reading is usually 170/78, then i can get it down after 3-4 checks to 130's/60's. freaking becaues when i go see him next week and they check, i my blow the machine up!!!! this really sucks as yaw know, cause i have good days/ terrible days. encouragement, similar experiences appreciated. so now just thinking about taking my bp just sets off the alarms!!

Sounds like you have a lot on your plate right now which created the anxiety. The anxiety probably turned into a panic attack. When you saw the numbers after checking your blood pressure it scared you even more put adrenaline into affect and your body scared itself into what they call fight or flight mode and the numbers went up even higher. Now the thing is your brain is still on the edge feeling scared because of the incident. You need to convince yourself that you are fine only then will you relax enough for the numbers to get back to normal. From what you said you had your blood pressure in a pretty good place just take this incident as a minor setback and continue forward on the path to good health.

 

[hgr62]

Sounds like you have a lot on your plate right now which created the anxiety. The anxiety probably turned into a panic attack. When you saw the numbers after checking your blood pressure it scared you even more put adrenaline into affect and your body scared itself into what they call fight or flight mode and the numbers went up even higher. Now the thing is your brain is still on the edge feeling scared because of the incident. You need to convince yourself that you are fine only then will you relax enough for the numbers to get back to normal. From what you said you had your blood pressure in a pretty good place just take this incident as a minor setback and continue forward on the path to good health.

thanks so much for the feedback! gonna do my best!