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Fear of blood pressure readings

This is a new phobia for me just recently came up in the last year! I HAVE NORMAL READINGS OF BLOOD PRESSURE AT HOME WHEN IN A RELAXED FRAME OF MIND BUT i GOT A HIGH READING AT THE DOC. OFFICE A YEAR AGO AND THE NURSE SCARED ME,saying are you feeling okay your reading is high, I totally panicked.I said I suffer form anxiety and I am very nervous long story short I went home took blood pressure reading over and over and got some high some low after the first few weeks I was settled with the thinking it just nerves, but i could not let the thought go, I jog and exercise outside and all I could think of what if I get high BP while I am running on the road . ect (fill in the blank with awful scenarios and that was my thought process for a month or 2 ! I have to go to the dr every month for a medication so I have too take the reading at the office so now just the thought of a machine makes me nauseous, I finally went to the hospital and said I was having chest pain so they would keep me and do all the test necessarily to make sure I was okay ! STRESS TEST, ECHO HOLTER,EKG, BLOODWORK 2 DAYS OF TEST! they concluded it was severe nerves but didnt even want to give BP meds  because I get normal readings when relaxed and low heart rate because of my athletic training. You would think this would snap me out of it but I have a generalized anxiousness the day before my dr. appointment and I get really high readings at the office but they will not let me not take the reading at the office so i feel trapped because I have to have my medication every month and get the refill. it makes for a very annoying situation. Currently doing meditation . Is theer anything else I can do to stop this phobia . i am 100 percent vegan exercise 2 hr each day and do meditation daily besides a lobotomy what else can I do to relieve my fear of blood pressure reading from a dr? http://youtu.be/jTYk0GOrvHc
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I have bad  nerves but my blood pressure was cooking at 190 never had that drank a 22 red bull before the visit why is my life low key at home and not at the docs 120 /70at home what's wrong with me
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I do have a very bad phobia my blood pressure went to 199. They scared me Iam fine but when I get in that office my nerves go haywire
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1979360 tn?1328143865
i'm not sure if i have the same phobia, but i'm the same way when it comes to getting my blood pressure read by a doctor. i always get this fear that i'm going to have it checked by the nurse or doctor, and they're going to tell me that something else is wrong. ugh!

you'll be fine. if you're getting good readings while at home, you may want to speak with your doctor about something i was diagnosed with, which is called white coat syndrome.
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1880256 tn?1322569908
I have the same phobia.Trust me,you are not alone. My readings are normal at home too. The last doctor I had was a total idiot! He would not listen to a word I had to say about my anxiety. Needless to say-I left him.I go to a MD/phyciatrist who totally understands my issue.Plus I take Zoloft and have a script for Ativan as needed. Doctors need to be more compassionate about these things!
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