Quote Originally Posted by Medusa
At first Dr. Lee thought it might be nausea w/out vomiting. Puddy panics when she vomits. Later, he called me back and said "I've been thinking about this cuz it's driving me nuts. I've treated a few cats in the past who have behaved like this and it turned out they had high blood pressure. Cats have mental problems anyhow. (He actually said that.) But high bp can make them nuttier." Sooo...I'm to give her the nausea medication if she starts crying again and if it works, great. If not, off to Dr. Lee for a Doppler test for bp. Right now she's as quiet as a church mouse but she's in the praying position on my desk, which concerns me. I'm gonna try to grab a brief nap before I go back out for groceries. I'll let you know how she does.

Thanx again, friends...

Blessings,
Mary

Maybe he was making a little joke about cats having mental problems, tongue in cheek. I mean, we do know what they can be like

Medusa, you can check my thread about Cleo and hyperthyroidism/high blood pressure if you like. Cleo's BP was up at 180+ a few weeks back. She has now been on Norvask (human BP meds-there isn't any for cats)for about 4 weeks and is doing fine. Last week we went for a check up and it's down to 160. She seems a lot more happy in herself, playful again. When her BP was high she wasn't hyperactive like most of the information I read suggests. Cleo was quiet and withdrawn, didn't want to interact much, slept a lot, disinterested. But she had mild hyperthyroidism too, now medicated and back well within normal range. So her reaction to HBP was not typical, whereas the description you gave of Puddy is, which is perhaps why Dr Lee suggested that's what it might be. He might want to keep her in to take a few BP readings over the course of a few hours as she settles down being there, because a one-off can be misleading if the cat is very hyped-up about being at the vets.

I hope this is helpful/comforting/encouraging to you. Good luck with the BP test.- The TopCats