Does your heartbeat race when visiting the doctor?

Yes it does. Especially when he has on his nice cologne!

"Yes!" This occurs as soon as I arrive and sit in the reception room and upon entrance into the exam room. I do calm down as I wait and eventually great the doctor, and engage in general questions and chat. Once I am told to get naked, my heart rate increases again, i feel tense all over and the sensations of being examined take over. To be totally calm for a physical seems a bit unusual but perhaps some are able to enter a Zen state.

Yes it does. My heart always speeds up when I go to a doctor. It beats hardest when the doctor listens to it. Scary but I enjoy it. You know, fear and excitement go hand in hand.

Yes, always have elevated HR and BP at the dr. Once, during a play session my partner measured 179/94!

Yes. I am always very nervous at the doctor's office and my heart rate goes way up.

My heart might rate goes up a little, while my blood pressure is noticeably higher than it normally is. But it always returns to normal later in the day.

Definitely! Any time I go to the doctors, even just a sick visit or follow up, my heartrate and BP are noticeably elevated. If I'm going for a yearly physical, where I know he will be examining my genitals and rectum, my HR and BP are through the roof. It slowly starts building in the morning with me just thinking about what is to come. It probably peaks about the time the nurse takes me back to the exam room, which unfortunately is also when she measures the HR and BP. Because of all this, I monitor my BP at home randomly throughout the year just to keep track of my true numbers.

Always. And if they ask, I say it's because I'm squeamish and dreading the blood draw. The squeamishness is true, but the heartbeat always is excitement about being exposed.

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.

Without doubt, just hearing the words or seeing the steth being picked up makes it race

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.