Hi all. I hope this is the right place for me to vent about this, please feel free to remove if it isn’t.

Today I went to the doctor’s office for a follow up appointment and couldn’t get my blood pressure under control. I think the combo of being on a new birth control medication/being in public made my blood pressure really high (although I’m not really sure of the cause).

It felt so embarrassing because I can’t control that very well, and I couldn’t get my breathing under control to calm my pulse down. I’m back at home now and just crying/feeling really embarrassed. I’m not sure if my BP is high because of a side effect from the birth control, my anxiety, or something else. It could be a result of inactivity too (I’ve had some weight gain that’s likely because of the meds and also can’t really go to the gym right now because of COVID). I have to track my blood pressure over the next week and then go back and report to them. 

Sorry if this was long or too rambly. Thanks for reading if you did.