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Post by johnjalr on Mar 31, 2014 21:35:03 GMT -5
I've noticed that I'm susceptible to a mild case of 'white coat syndrome'. My blood pressure is fine normally, but during screenings it tends to shoot up to 139/85 or so. I was thinking of popping, say, a tablet of Lasix to bring down my blood pressure for the medical. Anyone else out there ever done that? What were the results?
Many thanks.
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Post by missdale82 on Mar 31, 2014 22:27:27 GMT -5
I've noticed that I'm susceptible to a mild case of 'white coat syndrome'. My blood pressure is fine normally, but during screenings it tends to shoot up to 139/85 or so. I was thinking of popping, say, a tablet of Lasix to bring down my blood pressure for the medical. Anyone else out there ever done that? What were the results? Many thanks. Try braggs apple cider or garlic .. read a book or listen to music when their taking your pressure i had to do that at covance in dallas |
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Post by mike on Apr 1, 2014 15:07:53 GMT -5
Also do not hold in any flatulence that you might have, just let it go or your blood pressure will shoot up.
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Post by respect on Apr 27, 2014 8:33:16 GMT -5
Like the flatulence tip. Letting out may activate the vagus nerve influencing your bp downwards. Try taking your bp when you dont want to use the bathroom and while using it and see the difference. Im not suggesting anybody poop their pants during vitals but they are some desperate people who might.
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Post by respect on Apr 27, 2014 8:48:28 GMT -5
Scare tissue may influence your bp readings kinda like vessels with plaque that break a.k.a strokes. Request use of your arms with fewer scare points. It may make the difference with getting in a study or not.
Ofen numerous venipuncture may destroy valves creating varicose like condition hence the bulging veins of the veteran like rats. These abnormalities may influence bp.
Another solution is to use a risk bp monitor which is more accurate and allows for reduction of the scare tissue in the reading
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Post by johnjalr on May 5, 2014 12:31:37 GMT -5
Thanks for the suggestions, guys. But I may exercise a bit of discretion with the flatulence thing...
I've noticed that just reading and relaxing my mind makes a huge difference. Last week during check-out the doctor buttonholed me for my blood pressure; I scored 148/94. He just shrugged, gave me a newspaper and told me to read a couple of pages. Five minutes later, he re-took my blood pressure and it was at 122/74. Apparently that sort of fluctuation isn't particularly unusual.
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Post by mike on May 6, 2014 20:50:13 GMT -5
I'm making this a sticky as this subject pops up repeatedly.
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Post by johnjalr on May 12, 2014 13:09:17 GMT -5
Forget about Lasix. As an experiment I popped 20mg a few hours before my medical this weekend. Sure enough, within 45 minutes I was peeing like an over-caffeinated horse and felt dizzy on standing too fast. But as soon as I sat in that clinic chair, the usual knot in my stomach returned and my damned blood pressure hit 133/82. Good enough to make the cut, but disappointingly high given what I'd taken.
As it happens, I had a regular doctor's appointment this morning. I asked her to take my blood pressure: 118/74. Now how irritating is that?
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Post by honestlabrat on Jun 22, 2014 16:48:14 GMT -5
1) learn to meditate
2) relax and don't think about the money
3) have a back up study so you don't give a F if you dont get in, on to the next one!
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Post by carmel on Jun 24, 2014 0:24:26 GMT -5
1) learn to meditate 2) relax and don't think about the money 3) have a back up study so you don't give a F if you dont get in, on to the next one! Oh if it were that easy, honest. Doesn't sound like you've dealt with this before. If you have, then it was just a minor case and an off-time for you which can happen to anyone. It's when it's chronic that it's a major problem to deal with. It's a form of anxiety, you can't just get rid of it by relaxing. I meditate every day and I still get this problem. Maybe I need to learn to be a master meditator, I dunno. Perhaps there are advanced meditation classes out there where you can suddenly trance yourself into a blissful state no matter the situation. |
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Post by respect on Jun 28, 2014 20:23:35 GMT -5
Bragg's apple cider vinegar is an excellent idea. Its rich in potassium which has positive reviews in keeping BP low that is already in a healthy range. Root vegetables are also rich in potassium so may be is time to replace some of your grain carbs with sweet potatoes, Idaho potatoes, beets, carrots and cassavas. Try having green bananas cooked instead of rice as a staple. Celery, apples and even kiwi are powerful sources of potassium. Don't forget coconut water it makes for good labs and it packs almost 20% of your daily need of potassium.
Valerian tea has a calming effect and if that's good enough have some graviola fruit. I have even heard of people using graviola in capsule form to achieve a nutritional relaxing high.
Try listening to an audio of a slow beating heart before and while taking your now new low BP. It should remind you of your intra uterine days when you were less cute as a fetus. If you are not allowed audio snap the the fingers ever so gently of non BP arm in rhythmn of a slow heart beat. You may notice by doing that your body might adapt the pulse of the gently snapping finger.
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Post by carmel on Jun 30, 2014 22:10:28 GMT -5
Bragg's apple cider vinegar is an excellent idea. Its rich in potassium which has positive reviews in keeping BP low that is already in a healthy range. R Valerian tea has a calming effect and if that's good enough have some graviola fruit. I have even heard of people using graviola in capsule form to achieve a nutritional relaxing high. Try listening to an audio of a slow beating heart before and while taking your now new low BP. No, no, no. You guys don't get it. You are assuming that all people who have this problem must have high blood pressure. It has nothing to do with that. It's anxiety related. Until you can change how you react to certain life situations such as having your blood pressure taken you will always have cuff anxiety. Blood pressure can remain healthy 99.9% the rest of the time except when you're having your BP taken. So telling people to take this and that to lower their blood pressure when it's already healthy isn't helping anyone. Even if you did do soing to off set your BP during screening, what will that person do once they are in the study and they experience this while in the study? There's no graviola fruit or valieran tea available to you now. Bye bye. You're a goner. So if you can't pass a screening without any of this help it's a waste of time. |
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Post by respect on Jul 1, 2014 6:34:35 GMT -5
Bragg's apple cider vinegar is an excellent idea. Its rich in potassium which has positive reviews in keeping BP low that is already in a healthy range. R Valerian tea has a calming effect and if that's good enough have some graviola fruit. I have even heard of people using graviola in capsule form to achieve a nutritional relaxing high. Try listening to an audio of a slow beating heart before and while taking your now new low BP. No, no, no. You guys don't get it. You are assuming that all people who have this problem must have high blood pressure. It has nothing to do with that. It's anxiety related. Until you can change how you react to certain life situations such as having your blood pressure taken you will always have cuff anxiety. Blood pressure can remain healthy 99.9% the rest of the time except when you're having your BP taken. So telling people to take this and that to lower their blood pressure when it's already healthy isn't helping anyone. Even if you did do soing to off set your BP during screening, what will that person do once they are in the study and they experience this while in the study? There's no graviola fruit or valieran tea available to you now. Bye bye. You're a goner. So if you can't pass a screening without any of this help it's a waste of time. |
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Post by respect on Jul 1, 2014 6:35:23 GMT -5
No, no, no. You guys don't get it. You are assuming that all people who have this problem must have high blood pressure. It has nothing to do with that. It's anxiety related. Until you can change how you react to certain life situations such as having your blood pressure taken you will always have cuff anxiety. Blood pressure can remain healthy 99.9% the rest of the time except when you're having your BP taken. So telling people to take this and that to lower their blood pressure when it's already healthy isn't helping anyone. Even if you did do soing to off set your BP during screening, what will that person do once they are in the study and they experience this while in the study? There's no graviola fruit or valieran tea available to you now. Bye bye. You're a goner. So if you can't pass a screening without any of this help it's a waste of time. |
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Post by respect on Jul 1, 2014 12:14:51 GMT -5
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