Anxiety and blood pressure - hormones?

Yes, I know that pain can raise B.P for sure, I'm not sure about PMS, but mine seems to go up a bit with it. Your numbers were not that high, and if you relaxed and rested, they would probably drop. Blood pressure of course goes up and down. Our bodies respond to certain situations by raising the B.P. in order to perform tasks, get out of danger, ect... once the situation is over, it should drop back down. The average numbers of B.P are what count, and the fact that it returns to normal and does not remain elevated at a constently high level. In other words, you having temporary higher numbers (which again weren't that high) is not a concern imo. If you are really concerned though ask your dr. next time you are in.
My best advice, is to monitor your B.P (not to often!) but not worry about it. Eat well, exercise, and make time for your meditation/prayer/relaxation techniques and it should be fine;)
Take care,
S.C.

Hello hazelnut86, I understaand your whole "thing" about bp. I was diagnosed as being toxic when I was 8 months pregnant, I was induced and had my baby boy at 34 weeks. Usually if you are toxic while pregnant as soon as you have your baby everything goes back to "normal" But I had to stay in the hospital 5days after I had my boy because my bp wouldn't go back to "normal" I finally talked my doctor into letting me take my first born home and promised to go see my doctor in the morning as she(the doctor who delivered) my son knew my family doc. As promised I went and saw my doc in the am and he changed my bp meds, then he sent me for a ultrasound to check my kidneys, liver etc and there they found my gall stone, it was huge. I had my gallbladder removed 3 months after my baby boy was born and my bp started to go back down to normal. I was taken off my bp meds when my baby was 4 months old. I guess your bp does go up when you are in pain, my body was going through some pain and my bp just kept raising. Me being me I have my own bp "machine" and I still check mine from time to time. I have ocd although I have never been diagnosed by a professional, I have diagnosed myself, and if I feel off, headache or see spots I am right in my chair checking my bp which has been great lately. But when I was diagnosed with high bp when I was pregnant I was stuck to that machine 24/7!
I have found that by sitting in my chair with the arm thingy on and thinking about a relaxing place, closing my eyes, and think about an ice cube and how cold it is and while it it taking your bp keep thinking about ice cube and how cold it is and think about putting it somewhere on your arm or neck and that should help a little. Holding your breath will also make your bp go up.
Well good luck, I hope I helped some, I know I have been there, obsessing over my bp which makes it go up by the way.
Try a daily log, I used to do it in the morning and evening, write it down and walk away! and if you plan on doing it, do it, don't sit and think about it for 5 mins before. I used to just see my machine and that was it, my heart would pound and I could litterley feel it going up.