Why is it that ever since my dad found out he has high blood pressure, he has been getting more angry like he wants it to be high?

Like for instance, its little things like. i was wiping the counter and saw the dirty spot and he started yelling, then he called my sister stupid because somebody took her order at mc.donalds and she took his. then he all of a sudden has road rage in which he never had. its just crazy.

why would somebody with such a high blood pressure makes his blood pressure higher? maybe u did something that made it higher.

He’s probably not doing it intentionally. Sometimes when people find out about illnesses or something they get a little nervous or freaked out, and it causes them to be more irritable. High blood pressure, if untreated and mismanaged, can have some serious consequences.

It could also be because of his symptoms; high blood pressure can cause people to experience chest pain, problems breathing, headaches, dizziness, etc. I imagine small things would just kind of add on to the irritation he feels from having symptoms of high blood pressure. Try not to take his actions too seriously or take them to heart.

Seriously? You’re going to tell a kid that she might be making her dad sick? What exactly is wrong with you? I have no idea if it was malicious or just plain stupid, but next time you’re thinking about talking to a child who is worried about their parent, do the world a favor and just dont…

There’s two possible scenarios i can think of, or it maybe a combination of the two. When we become aware of new information (i.e. your dad’s high b.p), we start to notice things in a different way, (i.e. he is not any more angry than normal, you’re just noticing his anger more). Or maybe his doctor’s appointment has reminded him that he is getting older, that he is no longer in control of things, and he’s just generally irritable from that. Now, what I’m hearing is concern from you: My dad has high blood pressure and now he’s doing stuff that will increase it, what happens if he gets sick or dies. Well, we can’t make promises, or give you reassurances, or change his behavior. You know who can help you? He can. You need to go talk to him. Dont worry about upsetting him. You can approach this in a good way. Ask to sit down and talk to him. First things first, no accusations. Dont tell him that he’s been more angry. Tell him that you feel worried about him and what the doctor said about his blood pressure. He may dismiss it or tell you he is fine and try to reassure you. Tell him that you still want to talk to him about it and that it is important for you that he listen to what you have to say. After you’ve gotten him to pay attention, that’s when you talk about the instances of anger. No accusations. Just tell him that you get worried when he gets upset. Give him a for instance, remind him of mc donald’s when he got upset at your sister because their orders got switched (dont say yelled, because that will make him defensive, and dont say ‘over a little thing’, because he will get defensive, just stick to the facts). He will probably explain it away. So you repeat the instance when he got upset about the dirty spot on the counter, and a specific instance of road rage. Let him know that you’re just scared he’s going to get sick or hurt himself. Try to be calm. Use lots of ‘I’ statements (I feel, I want, I am). I dont know if you’ll get an immediate result from the conversation, but I am pretty sure that he will hear you and he will think about it the next time he starts to get mad.

It could be that he is getting frustruated about all this and that is what is making him act like this. Blood preasure can be controled, meaby to make him feel better you can take a walk with him everyday, to just talk, and he’ll be less stressed and also it will help the blood presure.

lots of kids mur)der their parents..

tooottttttttt. XD

shakes head

Yeah . . . so not funny!! SMGDH

ah, so we are malicious. listen I dont know what exactly is wrong with your life, but if you want to pick on someone, pick on someone your own age. Bullies are just and pathetic, especially online.