Does your heartbeat race when visiting the doctor?

No. Heart relate and BlP do Not raise. Guess I don’t have white frost syndrome

Am sure that can hear how excited i been.

Yes, this always happens to me, and several doctors have commented on it, which only makes it worse.

Lately I have learned to take deep breaths to calm down while I wait and had some degree of success.

But in general my heart is beating really fast from the moment I get in the exam room.

One time it was enough that for pre employment physical that was long I had to have an echocardiogram at cardiologist in same building a few days later for my dr to sign off I was fit to work at the company

It always does I am just waiting for the other shoe to drop and get some more not so nice words

Mine always does, its the anticipation of getting the exam.

At the beginning a little bit, faster when undressing is on the table. And way to fast when undressing is done 😄

That is indeed a good question and I had to stop and think about the answer.

For me that would be

1)

When being examined by the family physician its a clear NO.

WHY? Because he has known me from since I was a Baby so he' s no stranger to me and knows me “ inside- out” so to say.

2)

When being examined by any other but the family physician it s a yes bur for many different reasons.

I might be anxious because I dread hearing the result of an exam wich so far has allways had a good outcome ( lucky enough).

Or I might be concious of somebody listening to my heart and that somebody is a stranger to me and knows nothing of ME but will soon explore my inner most personal self.

3)

As for Roleplay… that has yet to happen

😁

Kind regards

classic

Yes! I have really bad “white coat syndrome."

No, never. But I’m also a retired MD physician, too.

Eric

It does! And my blood pressure is very high too. In fact, a doctor once said to me I should get a check up at a cardiologist b/c my blood pressure was so high. However, it's only when I'm at the doctor's office.

Always. Don't know why, but maybe it's always a bit exciting.

My blood pressure goes thru the roof, so high I have been recommended going to the ER, I don't have high blood pressure at all, just at a clinic.

Always… I've tried taking a couple deep breaths, mentally reminding myself to relax, none of those work and both heart rate and blood pressure are higher while I'm at the doctor's office. It takes a few hours to go back to normal… Great question, reading the replies here made me feel a lot better…

Heartbeat race and blood pressure up for sure 😃

Once that stethoscope comes out, it's game over. I, echoing others in this thread, do try to take slow deep breaths but this only does so much. My heart just starts to pound away. Sometimes it gets my doctor to listen a little longer, out of apparent concern for its pace, so that's a bonus I suppose.

I get the same thrill going to the doctor as I do having my car's oil changed. Absolutely nothing! Nada! Zilch! Now my stock broker … And for you that know me, you know I sleep with my attorney as he is my husband.

Yes definitely when she takes the stetoscope and ask me to undress. She knows well my reactions and reassure me with a sort of whispering about it is not in my control and I do not have to worry about that just relax a little bit during the procedure and that she can wait as much as I need to relax. She always have a deep ascultation and a pressure measurement based on Korotkoff sounds (no automatic blood pressure equipments like done by too many of her colleagues I appreciate her also for that). She is very kind and gentle in her touch expecially during the genital exam she do on the final part of the physical with a simple “slide down your shorts please let's check down here and we have finished” my heart race so much and an erection is truly not under my control.

Once that stethoscope comes out, it's game over. The same with me. No matter how hard i try to relax, my heart is still pounding, so i dont even try anything anymore.

Did yesterday right before my Stress and Echo test.

Mine does from the minute I see the stethoscope on the table. When my gastro doctor picks it up and asks me to lay on the couch so he can listen to and palpate my belly then my heart rate sky rockets. Even more so when he has students or trainees in the room because I know he’ll invite them to do the same. He gives really thorough belly exams and always has very cold hands.

Yes always. its the thought of having to undress and be naked and wishing for cold hands on testicles.but sadly it never happens theses days as uk doctors dont want to seem to touch you at all let alone do prostate or intimiate checks,

Guilty! I'm always so nervous and my heart is racing like crazy. I can't hold it back, so sometimes doctors think I have a realy serious ploblem with my heart, eventhoug its perfecly fine when they aren't checking

Oh most definitely so, mine races like a speeding train. I just have to see the Dr with his stethoscope around his neck and my heart rate shoots up. My heart rate probably stays at over 100 bpm during the entire duration on the examination

Every single time! I always thought it was either the reason and potential exposure i would endure our the hot female nurse doing the BP check. The last time I was in there was a male nurse who did my BP and i wasn't expecting any nudity for the reason I was visiting the doctor. My numbers were flagged yet again.

Yes it does. It starts when entering doctor’s office. Even the gazes of the people you meet there show you that something is different here. It's always exciting. I always ask myself the same questions. What will happen to you during the examination, what will be done? Will the exam be quick or will I be embarrassed? Then the hustle and bustle of the people you meet at the registration. In addition, the quick, inconspicuous glances of patients. Other patients, on the other hand, look at you very closely. As if they already knew what was about to happen to me. And then, in the waiting room, the brief shock when you hear your name being called. From here the peak of the heart rate is reached. If I then see a blood pressure cuff or a stethoscope when entering the examination room, my heart rate by no means calms down. The consequences are diagnoses such as white coat hypertension or further examinations.

Yes! my heart is pounding in my chest and beating very fast. Also, my BP will be through the roof, regardless of how comfortable I feel with the doctor. Glad to know I'm not the only one!

Hello,

yes my heartbeat and blood pressure goes up by visiting the doctor when I get into the Examroom and look around and searching for the stethoscope and wish thst, the doctor would use it on my bare chest.

When I see that my heart goes more faster

Not usually the heartbeat but, blood pressure. I normally walk or take public trans to the Dr. office so I blame it on that.

Yes definitely! My blood pressure also skyrockets too. I can't tell if it's my nerves or the fact that I love my heart being listened to! Luckily the have never really commented on it besides the high BP.