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Lolasmom
Lolasmom

Apart from my many anxiety symptoms, I am obsessive with taking my blood pressure and following my heart rate on an phone app. Has anyone else experienced this. I do this many many times in the day.

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  • michelle_34992
    michelle_34992 Lolasmom

    Posted

    I was obsessed with checking my heart rate and blood pressure after I had pre eclampsia during my pregnancy and for 6 weeks after I was on medication for the high bp caused by this condition and was terrified I would have an eclamptic seizure and die.

    My bp returned to normal and I was off the tablets 8 weeks after the birth but for about a year afterwards I was constantly checking it.

    I had CBT for health anxiety and it really helped me. Part of it was focused on reducing the checking behaviours.

    What I had to do was set a goal so for example- I will only check my bp at the Drs surgery or twice a year.

    Now when you start this goal seems unattainable but you set yourself interim goals in a stepwise manner.

    For eg- I will only check my bp once a day then when you are comfortable with that you move onto your next goal eg 4 times a week etc

    This used in combination with other CBT techniques mean I no longer check my bp and heart rate and I was obsessed I would check it multiple times over and over I have a naturally highish resting heart rate so that scared me plus obviously heart rate is going to go up when an anxious person is focused on it!

    If you haven't already please see your GP or find the details of your nearest IAPT to refer yourself for CBT the waiting list can be long so best to do it soon.

    Best of luck.

    • Lolasmom
      Lolasmom michelle_34992

      Posted

      Hi M it from myself I guesichelle,

      Great advice, thank you

      I take both so often because whenever I am feeling weird from other anxiety symptoms, I immed. check HR and BP thinking it has to do with that. My husband wants to throe the machine out!!!! Cannot hide it from myself I guess.

      I really want to stop this craziness.It is just fuling the fire.

      Thank you for your reply. I will really work on this

  • Guest
    Guest Lolasmom

    Posted

    Hi,

    Is the phone app even accurate?

    • lisalisa67
      lisalisa67 Guest

      Posted

      no. My guess its a ballpark. You need a cuff 
    • lisalisa67
      lisalisa67 Guest

      Posted

      I would never use it as a real guide. I never used it all. She is funny though she finds interesting stuff. I will say that. 
  • tonia_2003
    tonia_2003 Lolasmom

    Posted

    Yes, I do that when my anxiety gets bad and have heart palpitations. Plus my bp tends to run low. My app only tests heart rate. Do you have one that does bp too?
  • tonia_2003
    tonia_2003 Lolasmom

    Posted

    What's the app that checks both bp and heart rate
    • Lolasmom
      Lolasmom tonia_2003

      Posted

      Hi there,

      The app only checks HR, but also has a ecg type tracker that shows whether your beats are steady. I can always see when I am having a palpatation.(Well of course I feel it too) 

    • Guest
      Guest Lolasmom

      Posted

      Does your doctor say that it's accurate?
    • Lolasmom
      Lolasmom Guest

      Posted

      I have never discussed it with him
    • Guest
      Guest Lolasmom

      Posted

      several of those apps do not work.

      can you ask your doctor?

    • lisalisa67
      lisalisa67 Lolasmom

      Posted

      i know its an anxiety but you are funny. 😀You are finding all these apps. cool apps though one day very soon they will sell some home portable medical device to do all this and then send to your doctor. We will all own this im sure. Please these apps are ballparks at best you realize that right? I have never seen an ecg one. Thats just cool.
    • lisalisa67
      lisalisa67 Lolasmom

      Posted

      This whole forum will be in search of these apps now hahahahaha. They arent really accurate, be careful. They will have ones that are within the next decade thats im sure. 
    • Guest
      Guest Lolasmom

      Posted

      thank you!

      If you need anything in the meantime, post on here or feel free to send me a PM.

      you are not alone and you can beat this.

      Good luck and all the best! smile

    • tonia_2003
      tonia_2003 Lolasmom

      Posted

      What's the name of the app? I use one, but it doesn't do that.
    • Lolasmom
      Lolasmom lisalisa67

      Posted

      Good morning.Hope WE have a good day. Actually when I was at my cardiologist I showed him the app his reply was. Oh you should get this app....and he pulls out his phone. It is a true ECG.....just want i need
    • lisalisa67
      lisalisa67 Lolasmom

      Posted

      Good morning.  Hope we all have a good day too. Love good days. That is very cool! 😀 You are good at finding these apps. Especially if the cardiologist has the same one on his phone.  Does it save the result to give to a doctor, what happens if you dont know how to read the waves?  I guess with all this technology we can all just hook in to these apps and get the whole vitals things going. 
    • Guest
      Guest Lolasmom

      Posted

      did he approve of the app you were using?
    • Lolasmom
      Lolasmom lisalisa67

      Posted

      Hey,

      My app is more of an HR monitor, but the cardiologists is a full blown ecg and yes it can be sent to your doctors. I would go crazy if I had something like that. To much information

    • tonia_2003
      tonia_2003 Lolasmom

      Posted

      Are there several different kinds? I found some different ones that say heart rate. The one I have right now is Argus by Azumo.
    • Lolasmom
      Lolasmom tonia_2003

      Posted

      It is a circle that shows 85 with a heart. There is a blue strip in a circle that starts on the left side but does not complete the circle. It is also free. Let me know if you found it
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