 [ Symptoms ] is it normal for a doctor to put you on high blood pressure if he has not sean you before 21 years old no previous heart or blood presure problems [ Disease ] hi i am assuming that you are asking if it is normal for a doctor to put you on the meds for hbp if he is not seen you before so that is what i will attempt to address here first it is good that you are asking this question many these days just take whatever they are prescribing and i believe are all too trusting of the medical community so good for you to begin with it would depend upon what medical records the physician is reviewing from your previous physician does he have a few years at least right in front of him has he spoken with you regarding your recent history as far as those numbers are concerned or just coming in and looking at your chartstats from your triage upon arrival that day the reason i ask is this unfortunately i have had the very same thing happen to me while i cannot advise you to do what i did as i am not a physician but just a fairly frequently ill person who is had a lot of experience involving many areas of medicine i will tell you that this physician did not have previous records and did not ask me if i had a history of hbp but rather just told me that based on the one reading from that appointment i did have hbp and prescribed meds that was not in my humble opinion the proper way to arrive at a diagnosis which was firm enough to warrant the prescribing of medication needless to say i did not take it i do not have hbp   as a matter of fact i was diagnosed years ago with orthostatic hypotension and have always had a bp that hovered right around 11076 i am a victim of white coat syndrome as some call it which is a state of temporary hbp which occurs often at even the thought of but definitely during medical tests such as blood work mri or even just having your pressure checked i have been that way for years i know it is fairly common also as i asked the same question you have asked when i saw this doctor as a matter of fact since i have seen one doctor or another much more frequently than the average person i have fibromyalgia and many spinalneuropathic issues and diabetes type ii to name a few i have actually been told i have hbp by several different practitioners that i need to change my diet etc during triage for sick appointments with my pa or the er staff when all they have is that one reading from when i was sick miserable and in pain not a normal reading duh also this has still occurred after changing my diet and adding more appropriate for my disabilites exercises and losing quite a bit of weight which i gained over a brief period after relocating to the state my aging parents had moved