(Pong543) wrote in message ...
I take my blood pressure at home (monitor is accurate) and it is normal, but
everytime I go to the doctor or AME I get nervous as hell and my BP goes
skyhigh. Anyone have any good tips to overcome this?

Eat lightly that morning, lay off anything with caffine for a day or
so prior, take a good book with you and arrive early. I found that I
could run my BP up twenty or more points by just running late to the
appointment. Even with the nasty schedule that I have now, I just
arrange to arrive early enough to do any paperwork they need and to
have a 20-30 minute window to unwind and relax. Most of the time the
nurses have to come over and wake me up I'm so relaxed.

My cardiologist swears that caffine doesn't have a big effect on BP,
but I can point to that being the only change that I made in a 12 week
time period, and my BP dropped a little more than 25 points in that
same time. He claims it is my imagination or just that the meds were
catching up, but at that time I had been on the exact same dosage for
a little over 18 months, so I seriously doubt it had anything to do
with the meds.

Craig C.