I was normal since i was born and iam just at my late thirties. I never for once had problem of hyper tension not until i had a fatal accident in May 2005. Since then, my BP has not come below 120/90 especially in the hospital. Most often when i take the measurement at home it used to be normal but the moment i get to a hospital environment my body temperature rises and i will start feeling pains all over me, hence HBP. I do not know wether there is any one who has had similar experience. I hope he/she will share with me how he remedied the situation.

A recent Italian clinical study shows that RESPeRATE was effective in treating your condition(White Coat Syndrome). We would be happy to provide your doctor with information at his or her request.
Also, check out the topic D.A.S.H. in our forum. There is a posting in regards to White Coat Syndrome.
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Marguerite (IMG:http://forum.resperate.com/style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)

if you had a 'fatal' accident, you'd be dead; then your blood pressure wouldn't matter (IMG:http://forum.resperate.com/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Interesting.
Marguerite (IMG:http://forum.resperate.com/style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)

hi there my Dr says I have white coat as well. My hbp is caused by stress, all my blood work is normal I also had a ekg which is normal...it goes up when I visit her office and she says waiting to get into see her probably rises my bp to 150/90.....so I have to learn to relax or go on meds and lose some weight

White coat syndrome is a real enough effect, but many clinicians (and I know quite a few myself) have observed that the blood pressure rise effected by white coat syndrome is primarily systolic, and only a very small modulator of the diastolic pressure. The diastolic pressure is really very strongly tied to your overall cardiovascular health, where such factors as a fiber - rich diet from lightly cooked whole foods and an adequate aerobic exercise regimen will control it best.

I think i have this! My blood pressure has always been normal but the last few times i have been to the docters my blood pressure has been really high the last reading was 180/95, shocking as im only 21 years old and not overweight! I have recently bought a bp machine so i can check it at home and my readings are no way as high as the above!
my readings at home vary between 115/70 to 130/80. The thing is i just don't understand why its suddenly changed because i never used to have this problem at the docters (IMG:http://forum.resperate.com/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I have battled White Coat Syndrome for many years. The initial reading at my doctor's office was typically 160/90. It would come down to 135-140/80-85 after several minutes. My readings at home were 130/80. I decided the only way I would ever get over this was to get comfortable having my BP taken. I also decided to stop using a BP monitor at home because, psychologically, the only readings that count are at the doctor's office. I started by having the nurse check it 2 or 3 times per week. I gradually reduced the frequency I had it checked as I got more comfortable with the cuff. Now I go once a month to keep an eye on it and it typically is 130/80 on the first check. I am using Resperate hoping to bring it down to more normal limits.

Going to the nurse every week sounds a good idea but i just don't have the time to keep going backwards and forwards all the time. Does anyone have any ideas on calming yourself down when entering the docters surgery? lol
I am really thinking about buying a resperate when i have the money! (IMG:http://forum.resperate.com/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Dear friend, it's good to know that there is someone out there sharing similar experience. I'm very healthy and try to always live a healthy life that is eating wholegrain bread, cereals, natural nuts,...excercizing on regular base. My doctor tells me with my antibodies I can cure 1000 people. I told him I thank my mother (She was an African-Italian. She passed away) for teaching me to cook with olive oil, not use medicine...To make a long story short. Just last week, I went to the doctor and I hate needle, just the sight of it brought my BP from 107/59 to 165/64 but thanks God my doctor knows me and advise me to go out for walk and come back later which I did. And my HBP was down to 120. And ever since I just continue having it normal under 120: 107, 109...112..I don't know what would happen if I were to go to hospital, I may suffer "white Coat syndrome" too. Please note I heard that Yoga, and some others relaxation techniques can be great tools. And I really think Resperate is one because in my opinion it's all about "control", meditation and relaxation. And we as human beings were not created with medecine. I personally never take them and I've not been sick for over 25 years (not even a flu). Sending you a (IMG:http://forum.resperate.com/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) . I alwyas think about the sea and waves to relax in crowded places or unpleasant environment . There are many ways. This is just one point of view.I'd welcome any constructive comment. Hope this helps.

I have this "syndrome" too. Its especially bad when I go to see my gastro specialist as she was located in the same bldg/dept where I had what I refer to as "my ordeal"=possible pancreas cancer which thankfully turned out to be a benign adrenal tumor that I had out.

Since that surgery every time I go to see her (see her every 3 months)my BP can go quite high but if they take it at the end of the visit its much lower. Also my husband is an RN and takes it for m at home when its always pretty normal (if I dont think about it first).

I'd tell you that you are not alone, its easy for bad memories to trigger all sorts of panic reactions in your body. I had tried to go into the cafateria (the smell of the food reminded me of being in the hospital)to sort of de-senstisize myself, it worked a little bit. What helped is that the Dr moved her ofrfice into a beautiful building w/soft lighting, music, carpeting, etc, very unthreatening. At that visit my BP was the lowest its been there (150/80). Since then I've been using resperate but I'm doing it more for relaxation.

I'd advise you to try and do some relaxation,visualization exercises, dont worry to much about it or your BP will go up. Its interesting that my BP wasnt terribly high when I was being worked up for possible pancreas cancer, I think the thought was to hard to process and I was just plain scared, sick and tired. Just remember you are not alone. Hope this helps:)

I am glad to know that other people are afflicted with this. I am a nurse and have taken many a blood pressure on people who say, "It isn't this high at home" At first I didn't believe them, but then I would look at all the bp meds they took and realized this might be the case. Then the syndrome struck me!! Whenever i go to the Dr. or my dentist (who takes my bp once a year) It would shoot up. At home normal. I recently gained some weight and my home pressure went up, so I was really afraid what my doctor pressure would be. That is why i bought resparate. I thought that it would keep my blood pressure low and perhaps teach me to relax. I've been using it for about 2 weeks and have seen a very minimal change, but expect to see more in the future since I have also lost 15 pounds. I feel it is really helping me learn to take deep slow breaths and relax. I guess time will tell.

I am 64, and was rejected by the Marines at 18 for high systolic ( The corpsman told me my heart was going to explode)... My dr at home told me not to worry about it..

The rejection may have saved my life .. but.. I have had "white coat" issues all my life.

I recently decided to face it, and "fix it".. went on ACE inhibitors, then Beta Blockers, and am about to try Calcium Channel Blockers. I doubt this will work either..

I peak every day during late afternoon, at work at about 160/90.. and get a headache..

I have ordered this resperate, though I am a born skeptic. Desperate people do desperate things... I will let you know how it works...

I would like to report to everyone--to give them hope) that my BP has been going steadily downward since I started using resaparate about 2 months ago. I was having a really bad time at the doctors office my bp would be 170/100. I am about 117/70 at home. Last time i went last week it was down to 152/88, which to me signals success and I hope it just keeps going down!! K

kiki

Hi Folks - - New poster here.

White Coat? Yes, I've had it for decades, most likely as a result of undiagnosed sleep apnea (there is a connection). Just driving to the Dr's office can raise my BP.

A recent paper by Elliot and Izzo in Medscape on Device-Guided Breathing to Lower Blood Pressure (found on www.medscape.com) presents a cogent clinical overview of how the RESPeRATE device lowers BP without side effects. Interestingly for me (and maybe for you too) is the authors' observation that "...device-guided breathing appears to be useful for: (1) prehypertensive and white coat or labile hypertensives who might benefit from reducing stress and sympathetic activity, (2) patients with isolated systolic hypertension, and (3) patients with resistant hypertension..."

So with the highest of hopes, I ordered the RESPeRATE device. It should arrive this week. As I'm a careful data taker, I'll be able to report on any BP reductions (both Drs office and home) as functions of time, minutes of breathing therapy, and breathing rate.

So, watch this space; and, maybe I'll have a nice success story to report in the next few weeks and months.

Regards all - - Capt Cytokine

Sliderule comments... I have had the machine for 6 weeks... like Capt Cytokine, I am a data obsessed person..

I have been a victim of WCS for years, sometimes at the Dr, BP is 190/100 ...

Anyway... My bp is now below 120/70 much of the time... I would like to give complete credit to the machine, but I coincidentaly began taking a Calcium Channel Blocker at about the same time I began using the machine... but.. here it is, under control, it seems for the first time in 5 years of trying various medicines..

I was uncertain enough about it's effectivness to keep it, when the 30 day trial period ended..

The machine has taught me something.. the value of theraputic breathing, and how to use it to relax... I had to learn to "purse my lips" during the exhale.. now I find myself doing that at work, if I feel stressed...

I wish I had data only with the machine.. perhaps more studies are needed..

Hi, I brought the literature from my machine to my doctor, she had never h eard of it, think she was skeptical. My real test comes when I go back to my primary next month, but my bp is really good most of the time now. I take it morning and night and it is never over 128/76 or around there, and most of the time it is much lower, sometimes even inthe 100's. I have been excercising and have lost 24 pounds since January, so I think I need to credit that with some of the reduction, but certainly not all. I enjoy using the resparate, it's my 15 minutes a day of total relaxation.
Kiki