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A 29-year-old female asked:

I have anxiety and my blood pressure spikes throughout the day when i get nervous. it returns to a normal healthy number. if my blood pressure spikes several times a day is that considered uncontrolled high blood pressure?

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Dr. Oscar Novickanswered

Pediatrics 60 years experience

BP: No,I would not consider your BP uncontrollable,rather your BP is influenced by stressful situations

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Is it normal for anxiety to raise diastolic bp? I have really bad ocd but my blood pressure fluctuates constantly Ill be like trying to get out a burp or something and cause of my ocd I measure my bp all the time and when I did it spiked to 109/88?

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I measure my blood pressure 3 times a day. However, i get very anxious when reading. Does anxiety cause blood pressure to rise? How much? Heart rate g

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