Posted by coral on November 28, 2004, at 14:24:51
In reply to Re: There's no where to write about ... » coral, posted by Noa on November 28, 2004, at 13:31:31
Dear Noa,
I went through 18 months of extraordinarily inept medical care when the anxiety/depression first hit. I was on synthroid from a thyroidectomy 15 years earlier and my BP was extremely high. Kept begging for a thyroid test. Finally ordered one myself and, sure enough, my thyroid was skyhigh which was elevating my BP, plus the meds the docs had me on increased BP and precipitated early menopause.
Consequently, I became extremely phobic about BP and about having my BP taken. How's that for a phobia? If I'm afraid of heights, it's not going to cause me to fall off a building. But, a BP phobia? Natural response? Increased BP.
I stayed away from MD's for years (except for my gyn. who's terrific) and earlier this year, I found an MD I trusted. BP was normal. He left private private! Went to a new doc and he was a carbon copy of my first really bad doc. Systolic BP was extremely high. I've found another doc who listens and the bp was lower but still elevated.
So, I'm battling ASD, situationally high bp (at least that's the immediate diagnosis) plus the blasted phobia. I'm tackling a lot of demons on many fronts and would just rather hide under the covers..,.
Coral
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