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Very high BP reading and very scared
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I had a doctor who seemed to be determined to assign me with blood pressure medication. My mother had "white coat" high blood pressure and I suspect that I am similar. But this particular doctor tightened the cuff on the BP reader so tight that I could have cried out in pain. Stupidly I never said anything. She had me taking my BP anytime I was in a store that had a pharmacy with a BP monitor. She also immediately wanted to prescribe pills to lower my BP when I went to her after a horrifying run-in with my lawyer employer. I came to the conclusion that she was just another BigPharma agent and I shouldn't take her too seriously. She's left the practice now and I'm assigned to a male doctor. I asked for this to be changed and my request was refused. I really wonder why doctors take up the profession - it seems to just be for the $$$.
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It can be hard to feel that you were "forced" onto medication, especially when visiting after a traumatic situation.
We need to take hypertension (high blood pressure) seriously, because it is truly a "silent killer" - there are often NO symptoms until the first stroke or heart attack. So if you choose not to use medication, perhaps you can control yours with diet, exercise and weight management - although this doesn't work for everyone.
When you were checking your blood pressure in stores, what kind of readings were you seeing? Has anyone suggested that you get a home blood pressure monitor and regularly check your pressure?
When you say "... I asked for this to be changed and my request was refused..." what do you mean - the record that says you have/had hypertension, or the prescribed medication?