I saw my psychiatrist yesterday, which went fine. She kept my meds the same; I’ll see her again in a couple months.
Before seeing the doctor, an MA took my blood pressure. It was 125/94; it was down significantly from a week ago when I saw my nurse for my injection, when it was 152/108.
A diastolic pressure of 94 is a little high, but certainly better than it was, and a systolic pressure of 125 is actually quite healthy.
The difference was that I avoided nicotine for an hour leading up to my appointment. I knew my pressure would be lower, just didn’t realize it would be that big of a difference.
It seems if I want to lower my bp I have to give up nicotine, since I don’t have health insurance to get a GP to prescribe me medication for it.