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Stress or Physical Illness? ...........by Susan
Posted by ozzieblackcat at 9/5/2007 11:20 PM and is filed under fatigue,depression,Mental Health,Stress,Anxiety 
I have been very stressed out for the past several months. I thought my mental health was deteriorating for some reason even though I have been feeling happier than I have felt in several years. It didn't make a lot of sense to me but it certainly seemed to be happening.
Wrong........this time I wasn't suffering from anxiety, stress or panic attacks. I very recently found out that my problem is a physical illness called high blood pressure and migraine headaches. I was very surprised to have these problems after having never experienced either one before in my life. I always had low pressure and I thought my headaches were sinus headaches.
In the past two weeks I've started taking a couple of medications to control these problems and low and behold, I no longer feel stressed out. I thought that stress could cause high blood pressure but in this case it seems that high blood pressure was causing me to feel very stressed even to the point of getting red in the face and then feeling exhausted in just a short time.
If you have mental health problems don't rule out the possibility that you might also have some physical health problems as well. Sometimes we and our doctors overlook that when treating us on a regular basis for depression or anxiety. I'm happy to say that my doctor paid attention when I told her my headaches were different lately.
Pay close attention to your body as well as the state of your mind.
Wrong........this time I wasn't suffering from anxiety, stress or panic attacks. I very recently found out that my problem is a physical illness called high blood pressure and migraine headaches. I was very surprised to have these problems after having never experienced either one before in my life. I always had low pressure and I thought my headaches were sinus headaches.
In the past two weeks I've started taking a couple of medications to control these problems and low and behold, I no longer feel stressed out. I thought that stress could cause high blood pressure but in this case it seems that high blood pressure was causing me to feel very stressed even to the point of getting red in the face and then feeling exhausted in just a short time.
If you have mental health problems don't rule out the possibility that you might also have some physical health problems as well. Sometimes we and our doctors overlook that when treating us on a regular basis for depression or anxiety. I'm happy to say that my doctor paid attention when I told her my headaches were different lately.
Pay close attention to your body as well as the state of your mind.
Because of depression I feel very tired a good part of the time,sure makes a body wonder if there is something wrong with me,I just had a physical and everything was ok,I would advise everyone who has depression to keep up on getting your physicals,being tired might be something not related to depression sometimes.
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