I've posted in a couple of other forums recently because I've felt really ill since DS was born. I was seeing a neurologist for dizziness but my GP now thinks I have hypertension triggered by stress, it goes as high as 215/115 which would normally be a medical emergency if it stayed that high.
This has gone on for years (on and off) but now he wants me to go to a cardiologist, even though I know it'll be ascertained that my heart is fine - I've already had ultrasounds, angiograms and ECGs.
I've reached a stage in my life where I feel I cope very well despite a huge amount of past trauma, and I thought this was a good thing. I was all ready to accept a possible problem with my balance, but now I'm thrown into a new possibility of it all being psychological.
I'm already on beta blockers for a heart rhythm issue, so how on earth can I be feeling stress physically? I'm so confused right now, and it haven't been feeling myself for a while.
I was diagnosed with BPD in 2001 but I've never been sure I agree, I ended up ascribing my symptoms to taking the pill. Lately I feel disassociated from everything, miserable although I can't cry, and I get very angry over nothing because I tend to fixate. Despite all this I'm a good mother and a hold down a full time job in The City which involves taking care of others, plus I have my own business.
Has anyone else had such extreme physical effects from stress?
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Labile hypertension - stress?
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LaLaLeni · 31/01/2014 20:35
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