HIGH BP and heart symptoms

Hi all,
Keeping a tab on my Blood pressure ,don't have a monitor but check when to pharmacy,My BP is always in high range.

Am pre- hypertensive or have heart problems have pain in heart off and on.

I think high anxiety is giving me pressure issues.

No exercise now a days ,making me sedentary.

WILL i need a pill to lower it.

Hi cilly, I'm also experiencing this lately and I'm sorry you are, too. SC is right. You need to start with your primary doctor who will need some information from you like history, previous tests and medication you're now taking and then your doctor will decide if you need tests. In my own case, I was given certain heart tests to rule out heart issues (still have two more to take) but so far the results are negative. My primary doctor (and the cardio who is ordering the tests) thinks anxiety has been causing my bouts of high BP lately. This was really surprising to me, that anxiety can actually cause blood pressure to rise. Their goal is to help me alleviate the anxiety and you know that's easier said than done! There can be lots of reasons for anxiety to affect us, some are obvious and some are not, but getting to the cause of it is important. I hope you get better control of this! Best of luck!

You say your blood pressure (b/p) is in the high range. What might your latest b/p reading be?

WebMD.com says 120-129 is elevated.

130-139 is stage 1 hypertension.
140 and above is stage 2 hypertension.

When I have chest pain, it used to mean I was under a lot of stress or under too much stress for my b/p pills to handle.

Now, I'm not under as much stress, and chest pain means I'm late taking one of my 2 daily b/p pills. And I go take it.

Since I had severe chest pain about 3 weeks ago from a new doctor who said get off of my b/p pills, I take my b/p pills as directed.

In my case, chest pain means too much stress and/or I need to start or keep taking my b/p pills as directed.

Thanks a lot everyone.
Mine is 120 -29 range --always .

I need to keep active which is not lately.

I have not been keeping well lately.

My sleep is all over the place which makes it worse.

Your kind and loving support keeps me going.

sure ,have insurance now so will get my exams overdue.