5 yr back, I was at my brother’s house. I was not exactly worried that I could have appreciated. I was busy with family and relations.  I was completing 49years and expecting my menopause that year due to irregular periods. I used to get tired after household work and little headache was not very uncommon. I had lost my husband few months back. After his demise, Nightmares and flashbacks were getting frequent in night with a feeling of doom in my heart.

One day when I was taking my painkiller tablet for headache it was not working! I asked my brother, his daughter is a doctor, she measured my blood pressure it turned out 220/100mmHg !! Immediately she prescribed me antihypertensive drugs before it become too late and told me to consult a physician.

On very next day I visited a physician in my town and he asked many questions about my life style, diet habits and personal relationships. He ordered few tests related to kidney and heart functions like Kidney function test and ECG with chest Xray. All tests came absolutely normal but doctor was not happy with my hectic anxious life style so he referred me to a psychiatrist. On the same day I went to a psychiatrist. He took a very detailed history about my life and relations. After that he told me that I had developed PTSD (Post traumatic stress disorder).

My BP came normal after a month of treatment with antihypertensive and antianxiety drugs.

Due to family responsibilities of my  children, I never thought for myself. Painkillers for headache had become the normal daily stuff for me. my head was always filled up with all worrisome thoughts about my family’s future. I always undermined the mental health and never talked with anyone about it before. people hesitate in expressing their feeling when they are burdened up by the responsibility, this can lead to acute stress reaction and anxiety, the one that I developed.

I could have got stroke from that high blood pressure, doctor told me!

Lucky me being saved by my doctor nephew at the eleventh hour.