Hello, I’m 19 years old. In March, blood pressure was 126/63 but it has spiked up all of a sudden to 137/73 and 137/71 (May 2021). I emailed my doctor and asked if this was high and should I be worried. She said my blood sugar/cholesterol levels were fine (blood test was in march) and that it’s probably from anxiety and stress so i shouldn’t worry for now. I do have health anxiety but prior to May, I didn’t feel any big anxiety attacks so I didn’t know it could significantly impact my bp like that. However  I do get VERY anxious when they put that patch on, its very tight and the feeling of it letting go feels very uncomfortable. Does that affect my reading? I went to get another bp test last week and I was already completely nervous, my heart starting racing and once again, the patch makes me very anxious. My first reading was 153/83, the doctor let me sit down for 5 minutes so I can calm down. BUT, I was even more nervous because I was thinking about the first reading. In fact my heart started pounding faster. Still my blood pressure went down to 141/72. I thought she was going to give me a third test since it was going down but she told me I can come back in 2 weeks. So basically she left me thinking my blood pressure officially was 141/72. I immediately broke down after I left, because all this time I was stressing about my blood pressure being high and hoping it will go down. Instead, it’s gotten higher. So please someone tell me, if I’m sitting down resting, or not feeling anxious, is my blood pressure still high?? If I’m doing normal things like going on my phone, eating, brushing my teeth or watching tv, is my blood pressure still high doing this? Or does it go down? Will my heart be affected? I’m only 19. I’m going to start taking my anxiety pills next week