That's rough. Sometimes you have to do the pill pusher's job yourself. Hypertension is an obvious call, but that doesn't mean the idiots in the white coats didn't miss it anyway. Do you have untreated high blood pressure? (Not trying to dox, these are questions to ask yourself, not tell me.) In that case, the "drink lots of water" instruction would actually be making it worse, and you would be better off with a diuretic.
No you're fine...I have HBP and it's been there since I was a kid and it's quite hereditary. I've tried treatments that brought it down considerably, but did nothing for this issue.
I just had a crown and they took my BP...plugged the numbers in to a calc and it said "Your blood pressure is very high." and advised me to call a doctor right away...lololololololol
Yah and who is paying for that, cotton?