Bizi is correct... the bottom number (diastolic BP) is very important, and much less likely to be effected by anxiety. Your top number (systolic BP) can easily be effected by anxiety or pain, and that is why it has been so high. By paying attention to both numbers, you get a better understanding of whether or not your blood pressure issues need to be addressed immediately or not. In your case, I would not consider a top number of 180 to be a medical emergency because of your anxiety, but I would be very concerned if the bottom number was approaching 100 or greater.

You really need to see a pdoc to get some control over your anxiety, and NOT wait a couple of weeks to do it. It is just as important as seeing your GP for your blood pressure. He also needs to know that your BP has been high, at least in part, because of anxiety in order to treat you properly.

I'm sorry that you are so anxious right now, and you don't feel like your depression isn't under control (((HUGS)))
Maybe going back to your old pdoc isn't such a bad idea... do what you think is best for you... do you feel like you were getting better care from him?

i just took it. it is 138 98 73. I took some chamomile tea. I am going to give the psychiatrist one more try. My old psychiatrist would charge me 50 dollars a month to fill a prescription and 175 every three months for a visit. I worry about money. I want to see what my gp says about the blood pressure and I will tell him that my new psychiatrist cut my anxiety med to less than half the dosage and put me on depakote which I took myself off of because I was always tired, made me gain weight fast and gave me stomach pains. As I said I see the gp on friday.

I don't think that your blood pressure cuff is right. if your bp reading was 138/98 the bottom reading is high but the top reading is too low for the bottom number to be that high. If 73 is your heart rate that is good. Your heart rate goes up with your anxiety. my heart rate is 100 and I am just sitting on the computer, but I just got done eating. And I need to drink more water because I am dehydrated today.
bizi

my friend alice used to take her husband's blood and said it would bounce around and be unreliable

now it is 123 70 76 I feel very jumpy. I won't listen to the psychiatrist now. I still have a lot of klonopin and will take 2 mg now

those numbers are perfect.
Are you still taking the bp medication?
bizi

i am taking ramipril once a day