[importantbrian]

I have really bad white-coat hypertension. Like 150-90 in the drs. office. So every time I go in they send me home with a chart and I have to dutifully record my blood pressure a couple of times a day for 2 weeks and send it back to them, and when measured at home it's totally fine.

Since I have the cuff I check it every so often to make sure it's still fine and it is, but the moment I get in a drs. office boom it spikes. This is even true when I'm there for someone else like my son or my wife. I can feel that my blood pressure is high.

I have absolutely no explanation for why except that I had a major surgery when I was 5 and there must be some suppressed trauma from that that comes out physically when I'm in a doctor's office.

[kyleee]

To my mind it’s a very natural reaction. We rarely are in situations, like a doctor’s office, where out of the blue you may be told you are dying, etc.