I suffer from high blood pressure and yes, stress will definatly cause your blood pressure to go up. My BP was always through the roof while I was at the DR's office so I finally started checking at home on my own. While it was still high at home, it was no where near where it was at the DR's. So I know for a fact I suffer from white coat syndrome.

I have been on BP meds for about 2 years now and with a better diet and more excercise it has come down quite a bit. I used to be on 2 different BP meds and now I am down to just one and it is a very low dose.

Unfortunatly my job is a huge contributing factor to my high BP. I'm a 911 dispatcher and I work midnights. So I'm problaby stuck taking the meds until the day I finally am able to leave my job

Just check your BP regularly and don't always do it at the same time every time. Try and pick a couple different times during the day and rotate through those times when you do your checks. Say one day at 1pm, another day at 6pm, and maybe one more day in morning. While your BP may be low in the morning when you first get up, it may be high by the afternoon once the daily stress has a chance to kick in.