There was a time when 120/80 was a perfectly acceptable B/P. Everything seems to have been downgraded lately with a desire to make people more "normal" even as we all get older and our poor circulatory systems are getting more "challenged." My husband got a diagnosis of "prediabetes" even though his A1C was in the normal range, but at the top end! I got a glucometer for home use and he is never over 100 for fasting blood glucose. Another diagnosis, another something for the PCP to fuss over! Anyway, in my experience, and I am a nurse, you don't sound so hypertensive as hypersensitive. Take your B/P at home but don't get too concerned about all the instructions. Go to YouTube and watch a video called 10 things that are done incorrectly when taking a B/P and learn that most of the time, the people in the doctor's office do it wrong! The cuff shouldn't be too tight, the arm should be a heart level, the pressure should be taken on the Left arm, the pressure cuff should not be placed over clothing, the B/P should not be taken when you first go into the exam room (I have white coat syndrome so I already know that my b/p will be off the wall), the first reading you take at home should be discarded, wait a couple minutes and then take it again. Take it the same time every day since it fluctuates with what you are doing or what is going on for you. In other words, you are allowing them to make you nuts by worrying about the numbers which in turn makes the numbers higher. And, I don't know if this is an issue, but if you lose 5 to 10 pounds if you are over average weight, and /or exercise regularly, your b/p will likely improve significantly. Relax and not only will your readings will be better, but you won't be stressing your system as much! Good luck and keep smiling! I am 79 and I know of what I say! 🙂