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Extremely worried about BP

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I like to start off by saying I've been dealing with health anxiety and OCD since I was a teenager. I am 32 now. I've been with my doctor for over 6 years, she's great and very understanding -- always reassuring me that I am healthy. I went to ER for different reasons and EKG always normal.

I've been seeing therapist for over 2 years now and have been taking xanax. Which helped me gain weight from 150 to 170 in 2 years. I've always had poor diet consisting of fast food, soda, snacks, fatty foods, etc...The xanax helped me relax and stimulate my appetite, thus eating more than ever. Before I was always too nervous to eat.

Sorry for rant, but my question is having a 140/83 blood pressure when lipids, diabetes, thyroid, kindey, liver test are all negative a sign of possible heart attack in near future?

This morning, my new nurse was this cute attractive lady and I got extremely nervous. My BP test was 140/93, second was 139 and 20 minutes later it was 139. My doc did not seem concern with this. She gave me pamphelt about reducing salt intake and asked me to come back for recheck in 2 weeks. I do not want to label this as white coat syndrome because I've been tested at docs many times.

Now my concern is that I will drop dead of heart attack. I have no symptoms of heart disease whatsoever or family history of heart issues. I feel fine, even though I do no cardio or exercising.

Here are my blood pressure results throughout the years, yuo can see the increase from when I was only 150lbs til now. I hated being skinnny at 6'0 and only 152, so I was happy to get to 170.

Are these numbers concerning or showing a trend to hypertension? In my mind, I feel there is no way to fix this and I am headed to some serious problem.s

Weight at 170lbs with no muscle definition
1/26/2015
140/83

10/13/2014 8:40 AM
125/73

10/8/2014 3:10 PM
125/76

9/23/2014 9:40 AM
130/78

7/7/2014 9:00 AM
115/73

7/1/2014 10:00 AM
137/83

2/20/2014 2:50 PM
132/72

Weight 152 lb (68.947 kg)

7/9/2013 9:20 AM
105/60

110/62
6/3/2013 1:50 PM

103/65

4/26/2013 10:00 AM
117/74

4/18/2013 2:50 PM
109/60

4/9/2013 4:10 PM
115/72

2/23/2009 4:00 PM
109/71

4/22/2009 2:50 PM
121/70

11/4/2008 7:30 PM
124/72
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976897 tn?1379167602
try my average BP while on meds of 145/93
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11548417 tn?1506080564
BP can vary during the day. Therefore you have to take multiple readings and look at the average, and not at a single reading that stands out a little. With your reading it looks just fine to me. No need for concern.  
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63984 tn?1385437939
If my BP was what you have posted, especially without meds, I'd simply jump up and high five anyone close by!  There are lots of things to worry about, but I'd put this worry on the back burner on very low heat.  
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612551 tn?1450022175
A couple of reading high, but nothing I'd worry about .. in total I think your readings are fine.
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