 [ Symptoms ] my wife took two benadryl to help her sleep then found a nighttime cold medicine would it be safe to take both  my wife has a cold causing her sinuses to be stopped up and a sore throat we were trying to find the cold medicine but she gave up and just took two benadryl to help her sleep before i found the nyquil multisymptom cold medicine would it be okay for her to take the nyquil too or is it better to let her sleep off the benadryl first [ Disease ] well anxiety is one thing that can raise your blood pressure so you may be caught in kind of a strange loop here the fact you are anxious about having high blood pressure may be causing your blood pressure to go up of course chronic high blood pressure is not caused merely by anxiety nervousness can cause a temporary spike in pressure such as what you saw when you went to donate blood this type of nervous system response is called  white coat hypertension  if you continue to monitor your blood pressure at home a couple of times a day and it remains elevated consistently above 14090 then i would suggest making an appointment to see your doctor you probably are not in danger of an imminent stroke if your blood pressure is slightly elevated but your medical provider will be very happy you caught this quickly so it can be treated if necessary meanwhile try to relax and just live your normal life maybe a little less stress will bring that blood pressure right back down best wishes to you