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Let's make sense of medicine together! Come discuss and hear me read on Tuesday in Baltimore7/28/2016  Please come and hear me read from Making Sense of Medicine on Tuesday, August 2, at 7pm, at Baltimore's Ivy Bookshop.
Ask Dr. Berger: Why does blood pressure drop when standing up? And can this be caused by anxiety?7/18/2016 This post originally appeared in Yiddish at the Yiddish Forward; this translation appears with their permission. This blog is also sponsored by my new book, Making Sense of Medicine. Pick up your copy today!
Hi Dr. Berger, Can anxiety mimic the symptoms of orthostatic hypotension? By this I mean both the general feeling of it and the positional aspect (sitting to standing, etc.). The background to the question: I've had a number of strange physical manifestations of anxiety over the years, from brief, blinding headaches as an adult to developing hundreds of hives all over my body as a child, so this seems like one of the less meddlesome ones, but I can't quite figure out why anxiety would mimic (or influence) blood pressure-related symptoms; I've had my blood pressure checked at a variety of times and in a variety of settings and it's fine. (It's actually slightly elevated but I take a low dose of lisinopril and it's always about 110/70.) Thanks much, Nicholas Goodreads Book Giveaway
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AuthorThe author of Talking To Your Doctor and Making Sense of Medicine blogs about the books, shared decision making, doctor-patient communication, and the redeemable imperfections of healthcare. Archives
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