checking blood pressure and pulse

shanna072686 · Post by **shanna072686** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 8:33 am

Everyday... intrusive thoughts go around in my head and i constantly have to check my pulse and blood pressure.. otherwise i'm just not comfortable and there is more anxiety if i don't do it. I currently have had problems with the blood pressure due to preeclampsia and the doctors put me on blood pressure meds. However, i feel like i can't leave ethe house now.. i'm going insane.. Any reccomendations?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 11:04 am

shanna,

I have heard of ths sort of thing. i have suffered from ocd for a long while. i constantly check the stress level in my body to make sure i am safe from having a panic attack. even though i have only had 1 panic attack over a 20 plus year period. i am willing to chat. i don't know if i have the answers.

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Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 11:47 am

I had preeclampsia which led to toxemia with both of my children...so I totally understand where your coming from. I was constantly checking my bp....I would take it over and over and over again till I got a good number and that could take hours sometimes.....it was maddening. I even started to get irregular heart beats from all the anxiety I was creating about it all....so I wore a Holter Monitor for 48 hours and I saw a cardiologist that did an ultrasound of the heart and all was healthy.....it was all from my stress and anxiety.

I still struggle with my bp....it goes up as the anxiety and stress goes up but I am trying really hard to do the healthy things for me that make me a stronger person. I walk and I eat well and I work on my skills for attacking my anxiety everyday cuz thats my main trigger the more stressed I get the bp goes up. Control the anxiety control the bp.

I still get thrown back into the obsessing about it whenever I go to a doctor and its kinda high I want to check and recheck and if ANYONE makes a comment about how someone died or had a stroke Im a frantic nut.

But I calm down and realize that its not the end of the world and no need to keep checking it only upsets me. The doctors wouldnt let me walk around if they thought I was a ticking time bomb. Which Im not. and neither are you.

I will tell you I have two very healthy children and Im ok too...had ER C-sections with both and they both came 4 weeks early but trust in the doctors and follow their advice you will be just fine and so will your babies.

Stop checking the bp all the time...its just going to upset you more....instead (if your not pregnant anylonger) go for a nice calm walk with your husband.
Relax take a deep breath your ok.....calm you calm the bp.
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