Hi CB, I must weigh in here. As you know I was a registered nurse at a famous hospital. I worked on the heart floor and the NORMAL resting pulse for an adult female is 60-100!!!!! Any activity, physical or mental can raise the pulse and any form of anxiety can raise it immediately. It is normal and necessary for the human being to have a fight or flight response as it is genetically imbedded in us for survival. My BP is normally 115/60 pulse around 64. In the doctors office it is BP 160/85 pulse 90 or more. And I could be there to pick up a simple prescription.
Once I was at 7600 ft. Moving into our new mountain home and my breathing became difficult and I panicked and BP skyrocketed. I finally went to emergency and doc did an EKG, which was abnormal as mine always is and she and I both agreed I had a reaction to the elevation, altitude illness or reaction. I also have had asthma most of my adult life, verified by tests many times.
As I was leaving a nurse ran up,to me and said your EKG is abnormal, it is dangerous for you to leave. She said the ER doc was not a cardiologist and I should see this other doctor. I did and was immediately scheduled for an angiogram where a catheter is threaded into my heart. This can be a dangerous procedure and should not be done without a reason. Result, NO blockages.
Point of story, don't let certain types be alarmists. Just tell them it is perfectly normal for you to have higher results in a medical setting and you will do home checks, which are far more reliable.
If you are truly ill, you will know it, but anxiety is the cause of so much over treatment. And over treatment by itself can cause illness or side effects from medicines.
Also some people have sort of a power complex and knowingly or not scare people.
If you faint, get sweaty or nauseous, and possibly short of breath and a feeling of impending doom, you have a problem. Being breathy or high pulse or high BP can be a very normal reaction to anxiety or to overbearing medical personnel.
Hope this helps.