Hi,
I'm a 19 year old male and I had my first panic attack a few years ago and ever since then when I go to the doctor my blood pressure has been high (170+/80+), but when I test it at home with a machine i borrowed it is around 145/76.. I do have fairly high anxiety... I've had two EKG's and they both came back just fine.. I once went to my family doctor for chest pain and the nurse found my blood pressure to be 193/93... so I was driven to the Emergency Room and they ran many tests including a protine in the urine test, and I had a chest X-Ray.. Everything came back just fine, and before I left they gave me 1Mg of Xanax and my Blood Pressure dropped to 135/65.. The family doctor told me to take effexor 150mg, but that doesn't seem to be doing anything... over the past year every few months or so lymph nodes under each of my arms or groin will swell some, I mentioned this to the family doctor and he says it's probably related to anxiety..
That's some background info on me... What I am wondering is every now and then my heart will feel as if it is Pounding Really hard..and I can actually hear it pumping... Is it bad for one's heart to beat that hard? If it isn't anything serious I wont worry about it, but if it is really bad for my heart to beat that hard then I'll ask my doctor for a prescription refill of xanax.. I don't like to take xanax because I'm a programmer and I can't think well after I have taken some.
Thanks