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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here, thank you for the replies. I feel so much better just reading the comments from others who’ve gone through this and are doing fine long term - with or without meds. For some reason, I feel ashamed that something might be “wrong” with me. I know that even if I lose the 10 pounds and get to my ideal weight, I could still have high BP and it might be out of my control.

I did get a home monitor and have taken my BP twice at home today, and both times it was around 120/80. So I guess I’ll continue to monitor at home and also do the 24 hour blood pressure monitor to see what those results are.

As much as I would ideally like to avoid going on meds, I find the whole process of going through the diagnosis so stressful - like I’m being evaluated and tested and might fail! Part of me would rather just go on meds without additional testing, but then when I see the BP readings like I got today at home, I worry about going on meds unnecessarily.

Is it possible to have white coat syndrome to the point that it would pump my readings up to 150/100 at the doctors office? That seems extreme. I also wonder if my readings get that high at the doctor, is my BP fling up like that at other stressful points in the day. It’s so hard to know.

Thanks for listening![/quote]

I totally get it. I went through the same feelings, before ultimately realizing it was beyond my control. Like another PP said, it was kind of a relief to just start meds. I’m not overweight and I exercise regularly so it wasn’t really anything I could change. As for the white coat hypertension, mine went up so high once that the nurse didn’t tell me because she clearly thought it was a fluke. At the end of the appointment when it has “come down” it was 166/100. Back then it was 125-144/85-90 at home.[/quote]

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