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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 687979" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>Not that you should not be concerned - especially since being overweight can certainly raise blood pressure - but so can anxiety and stress. If you are upset, in pain, or stressed (maybe think you are having a heart attack) it will make your b.p. raise. I will never forget going to the obstetrician, having had a fight with my then-husband in the parking lot - my b.p. was sky high. By the end of the visit, it was much lower. Those were the days before it went high and stayed high.</p><p></p><p>As for how much your weight affects? I'm 5'10". I take THREE b.p. medications to control it. I don't <em>quite</em> have 100 lbs on you. When I was thinner, it was only two. (It had been 3, I lost weight, they cut it down because my b.p. was too low. Then I gained and we ended up back on 3.) So it definitely will cause the increase, especially if you are predisposed. </p><p></p><p>What the other ladies here have said, I'd agree with whole-heartedly. Watch your sodium, try to get some exercise, see your primary care doctor about your blood pressure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 687979, member: 17309"] Not that you should not be concerned - especially since being overweight can certainly raise blood pressure - but so can anxiety and stress. If you are upset, in pain, or stressed (maybe think you are having a heart attack) it will make your b.p. raise. I will never forget going to the obstetrician, having had a fight with my then-husband in the parking lot - my b.p. was sky high. By the end of the visit, it was much lower. Those were the days before it went high and stayed high. As for how much your weight affects? I'm 5'10". I take THREE b.p. medications to control it. I don't [I]quite[/I] have 100 lbs on you. When I was thinner, it was only two. (It had been 3, I lost weight, they cut it down because my b.p. was too low. Then I gained and we ended up back on 3.) So it definitely will cause the increase, especially if you are predisposed. What the other ladies here have said, I'd agree with whole-heartedly. Watch your sodium, try to get some exercise, see your primary care doctor about your blood pressure. [/QUOTE]
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