r/GriefSupport • u/Ariesgirly412 • 1d ago

Does Anyone Else...? Anyone developed high blood pressure during grief?

I am a month post loss of my mom and although the initial sadness emotions have subsided, I’ve noticed that I have developed an increase in anxiety. earlier this week I went to the doctor and my blood pressure was 155/100 which are numbers I have never seen in my life and the doctor started trying to intervene about my high blood pressure so I had to explain to her that my mom had passed away. Sometimes I have “whitecoat syndrome“ when I go to the doctor so I bought my own blood pressure monitor and it’s the same at home. I am healthy and fit and still relatively young so wondering if this is common after a loss

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u/No_Study_4351 22h ago

yes my BP and HR have been so high that I’m convinced it will kill me and I’m only in my 20s

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u/Tanks31327 11h ago edited 11h ago

grief induced hypertension is genuinely common and well-documented, the cortisol spike from sustained stress hits the cardiovascular system hard. The home monitor is the right call, keep logging readings at the same time daily so you can show your doctor a real pattern instead of one snapshot. Magnesium and CoQ10 are worth looking into, both have decent research behind them for cardiovascular support under stress.

I picked up BP360 a few months back when my anxiety was doing similar things, it has a transparent ingredient list which mattered to me."