I now use a wrist monitor at home that I calibrated with my Omron cuff monitor, had my husband test it, too to see if it was accurate. They can be very inaccurate if you don't follow the measurements of table height, etc. in the included manual. I love my Omron wrist monitor, makes such a big difference, no oversqueezing, no pain, no more anxiety at home when I use it.

Here is a comment I left earlier this week in a related post:

I suffered from blood pressure phobia! But then I found out that I had both "white coat anxiety" and that my Omron cuff was over-squeezing which was giving very inflated readings.

Here is how I broke the cycle:

I realized that having high blood pressure isn't the end of the/my world, so if I truly had it, it's manageable. This helped me relax.

I made sure that I was seated and relaxed for five minutes before I did a reading. I also did a breathing exercise through an app on my smartwatch during this time.

I did three readings a few minutes apart. The first was usually elevated, the second lower, the third normal. Over time all three became normal.

I started using an Omron wrist monitor and properly calibrated it exactly by following the measurement guide of table height, etc. I had my husband, who has stable blood pressure, test the wrist monitor and then the cuff monitor and they were the same.

I now enjoy anxiety-free readings and sometimes they are high if I am very stressed so I know i need to chill out. However I no longer have anxiety or fear of readings. I'm even getting lower pressure readings in my doctor's office!

The monitor isn't supposed to squeeze hard enough to hurt you, although it can be uncomfortable for a second. I had my Omron calibrated at the cardiologist's office when I first got it so I'm taking it to the next appointment but basically the readings are ok at home. It's the stress of new doctors and not feeling "safe" or well cared for which is how I now feel after my PCP retired in 2015. I haven't been able to find a good doctor since then. The cardiologist is an hour away at a teaching hospital but my BP is high there too which it never used to be and my Omron did the same thing when I was there. He calls it "reactive". I'm going to ask him if I should have a BP monitor to see what it's really doing, I think you can wear one at least two days and send the results directly through the cell phone. I hope you can find a solution. I'm just concerned because I'm pretty old now and it worries me because of that, I'm expecting to drop dead any minute even though there's really no reason to feel that way. This really stinks.