My doctor wants to put me on blood pressure medicine and I need a 2nd opinion because I am a 25 year old female 5’5 and 120lbs. I am extremely active but rarely workout. I am a stay at home mom so I am constantly cleaning my house, running errands and taking my daughter to and from softball several times a week. Most days from the time I wake up I am on my feet until around 8PM. I rarely drink soda and hardly ever add salt to my food. Most days I drink water or Crystal light.
For years I have been battling anxiety. I don’t take medicine for it because I would really like to kick it on my own. I will remove myself from situations that are causing the anxiety, take deep breaths and meditate. Doing that helps a little but I never stops the anxiety. On a scale from 1-10 I am around a 5 almost all of the time and a 6-9 when I am having attacks. I think the attacks are brought on from the constant stress I am under and they even come at random unexplainable times.
My question to you is do you think that my consistent anxiety could be a result of my high blood pressure and if so would it be more beneficial for me to begin treating the anxiety first with medication rather than taking blood pressure medicine? I am very hesitant to start taking blood pressure medication do to the fact that I am young and fairly healthy (I do smoke around a half of pack a day).
This could be nothing but another thing that has been happening is my toes will turn blue/purple when I am sitting down. My feet do not have to be cold for this to happen. When I asked my doctor about this she told me that she couldn’t explain it which kind of makes me question her judgment on other things. I know she never really takes the time to sit down and truly listen to what I have to say and that is why I am so desperate for a 2nd opinion.