Hello Treese:
Yes do call your doctor. Most people's blood pressure becomes lower once they quit--but there are exceptions. You may want to bring your blood pressure cuff with you to the doctor so he can determine if the cuff is giving you accurate readings. The best way to determine that is by doing simultaneous readings with his or her cuff and yours.
Often you will see how we bring up strings about medication adjustments sometimes necessary after quitting. Certain conditions are masked by smoking and once a person quits symptoms of preexisting conditions can all of a sudden manifest. These symptoms should never be ignored or written off to withdrawal, especially after the second week nicotine free.
As far as being afraid of medications, always understand that no medication prescribed carries the risks that smoking did. No prescribed medication has a 50% mortality rate! No approved medication contains 43 known carcinogens along with more than 4,000 other chemicals, many of them poisons. And no prescribed medication has the addictive potential of nicotine. Close to 90% of people who ever smoke get addicted, most within a very short time of usage.
The 90% risk of developing an addiction is not the issue for you though--you can be 100% sure of an addiction to nicotine in your case. You were addicted to nicotine the day we met you and will be addicted to nicotine the rest of your life--the same as everyone else here at Freedom and most of the longer term smokers you meet in your real world too.
But over time any signs or implications of the addiction will diminish to obscurity. But life will go on and symptoms of medical conditions may manifest over time and should be addressed when they do. High blood pressure is an easy one to test for and should never be ignored. So again--get checked out. If medication is indicated so be it. Don't fight it. It really can be dangerous to ignore a "really" high blood pressure. Hope things work out with you and your doctor.
Joel