Anti-Depressants

[calgor]

I've dealt with anxiety most of my life, not so much on a daily basis but overreacting to situations which others would find relatively normal. Case in point. About 20 years ago I developed a problem with white coat syndrome, which is essentially means the thought of going to the doctor turns me into a basket case. As a result my blood pressure would be thru the roof when I got there. My solution was to stop going to the doctor. Great idea right? Aside from anything else you can't treat anxiety without going to the doctor. Well 20 years later I developed a hernia which had reached the point where it looked like it was going to blow. The anxiety of thinking about waking up in the middle of the night with a burst hernia finally exceeded the anxiety of going to the doctor so I managed to get myself there and found a great surgeon I was actually comfortable with. Turned out I had a double hernia that needed to be repaired along with a huge hydrocele in my scrotum that needed to be drained. Meanwhile primary doc put me on BP medicine which still doesn't do anything when I go for office visits. BP still between 160 and 170 when he takes it. He keeps pushing for more meds but I've got myself convinced more will impact my daily life. Of course they don't prescribe drugs for behavioral issues so without seeing a specialist I can't get anything that will calm me down during office visits. I read that Benadryl can have an effect on anxiety. Anyone else ever read this?