Does your heartbeat race when visiting the doctor?

My heart rate doesn’t seem to change but it does seem to beat harder and my blood pressure will go up. White coat syndrome is a real thing I guess.

Omg yes! Last week I was trying to explain to the doctor that I'm bradycardia and at night it drops to like 37 bpm or so. When she took my pulse, twice, it was sky high. So now she has referred me for further testing as she doesn't believe me.

I have that today, so fingers crossed I can keep it normal

My BP and heart rate goes up, partly because of my fetish craving being in a doctor's office with a small gown on and partly due to anxiety. When my PCP leans into me and I feel her warmth as she listens to my heart, I get very aroused. Once she asked me why I was breathing so hard. I smiled and I think she knew.

A rise in BP when you visit the doc is common whether you have a medical fetish or not - , white coat syndrome (not white “frost” like I mentioned 4 years ago).

A rise in BP when you visit the doc is common - white coat syndrome

For may years I had this. When going for hospital checkups; after racing across the city, I'd report to reception and virtually immediately be called in for BP check. They always complained it was very high - despite it being obvious; and me telling them; I'd just cycled 3 miles! At my GP my BP was better, but still a bit high. I did monitoring at home and it was nearer normal - not that they seemed to believe me! Eventually the hospital asked for me to be put on a 24hr continuous monitor. This revealed that at home, under normal circumstances, my BP was in fact normal and they decided i obviously had White Coat Syndrome.

Not anymore, but a few years ago I drove really crazy when I had a medical exam.

Oh yeah. This year I changed my family doc which is a quite attractive female, now. As soon as I saw her, I directly felt my heart pounding faster and stronger. Then, as I heard the 'trigger words' "Would you please undress your upper part of your body, I'd like to listen to your heart and lungs" it got thumping even harder. While listening to my heart she began to smile and said "Oh, it's a little fast but sounds nice..."

@Steinlaus--you're lucky to have a doctor who steths you bare chested. Most docs here steth over clothing or through the gown.

@steth Independent of the gender here in Switzerland it's quite common to be stethed bare chested and I love it. To feel the steth on my body - especially around the heart - makes me happy and increases the pace of my heart nicely.

EVERY time. Dental fetish isn't something for me, but for some reason my heart races there too. It's strange. I try to sit there and mentally calm myself down, but it tends to be something that the nurse comments on when she takes my blood pressure / listens to my heart.

If I see a specialist or doctor I have never met before this is usually the case. Evidently my PCP is advising me to see a specialist because he suspects something. I'm anticipating the doctor tells me there is nothing found or nothing to worry about.

Granted I was already super nervous for the appointment itself, but my heart rate was 113 at my Allergist appointment last week. The nurse was like “is that normal for you” and I was SO embarrassed. 🙊🙈

I think my heartbeat gets a little faster when I go to the doctors but I think it’s just anticipation. Once I’m in the room then it slows back down which is good because the first thing the medical assistant does is take my blood pressure

Hearts beats much faster and blood pressure goes up

just at the regular doctor.

If I'm in the exam room, the combination of tension, nervousness, and anticipation makes my heart speed up and blood pressure rise

Then, as I heard the 'trigger words' "Would you please undress your upper part of your body, I'd like to listen to your heart and lungs" it got thumping even harder.

When I went to the doctor for regular exam, my heart started beating harder, but not much faster. (last time I had approx 70 - 80 strong beats per minute in the waiting room). When I heard similar phrases from the doctor, my heart began beating faster (here I think it beats over 100, but I don't know exact value). My doctor told me only I have slightly elevated blood pressure. I told him that I knew it, because I have white coat syndrome which can elevate blood pressure.

I have had more than one doctor comment on my blood pressure and heart rate. I'm usually nervous when I get to the clinic. And then sitting and thinking about what is going to happen while I wait to be called back just makes it worse.

I have had two different doctors ask me right as they have started to examine me if they were making me feel nervous? I answered them truthfully telling them, "Yes I am nervous." Both times they nodded their head as if they understood and continued with the exam not saying anything.

My current doctor who I have seen now for quite a few years knows me and knows this is normal for me and doesn't mention it anymore.

Yes. I've almost passed out a couple of times when I've had my blood pressure and pulse taken.

Yes! As soon as the doctor picks up their stethoscope and asks me to take off my top.

Not anymore but it used to when I was younger and sitting in my underwear knowing that my lady pediatrician was going to pull them off soon.