I've been told that pain can elevate your blood pressure, Ken, so it'd make sense that chronic pain would increase your hypertension. Kat On 16 Dec 2005, at 20:25, ken barber wrote: > i actually do try to do this when i am alone. > > someone ask if i had other symptoms. i have had quite > a bit of pain for years so it would be easy to miss > another one. actually pain for as long as mine has > been can be a stress factor itself. and i'll be the > first to admit that i have over the last couple years > and the last one in particular have had multiple > stress factors one on top of another. it has been from > every angle. so that is the first suspect. there could > be others.