Does anybody else have white coat hypertension or white coat syndrome? I experience it

[sinkingfeeling]

at any doctor's office, with high blood pressure readings. I went to a hospital this morning for an out-patient procedure, an EGD, and my BP was off the charts (228/90). They told me it was too high to do the EGD and let me rest awhile and retested. Still too high. After around a half hour, it was finally down to 185 over something, so they performed the procedure. When I came out of sedation, it was 111/70.

I've always disliked doctors and avoided even hospital visits to my parents. I once passed out seeing an MRI machine. I threatened to jump out of my hospital window a few days after my cancer surgery in 2009 because I just couldn't stand being there. So, sending my BP skyward when seeing a doctor makes sense.