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High Blood Pressure and Anxiety Are Not Heart Healthy

October 3rd, 2007 Subscribe To Our Feed

For those who suffer with high blood pressure, you may be wondering if anxiety can be a cause. There is no proof that high blood pressure and anxiety go hand in hand, but blood pressure can spike when you are under stress. There is no evidence that anxiety can cause high blood pressure, but when you have episodes of anxiety, and they are frequent, then high blood pressure and anxiety together can do damage to the blood vessels, kidneys and your heart. When you experience high blood pressure and anxiety, you will probably also reach for unhealthy habits to help you cope such as overeating, drinking alcohol and smoking.

What You Can Do

If high blood pressure and anxiety are beginning to affect your daily life, it is time to visit your physician. You can find many effective treatment plans that can benefit both high blood pressure and anxiety. You can visit a mental health professional to deal with your symptoms of anxiety, and you can visit an internist to help with your high blood pressure.

Quick Facts about High Blood Pressure

The causes of high blood pressure are still largely unknown.

The most widely prescribed methods for controlling high blood pressure are diet and exercise.

In recent years, many experts have begun proposing natural methods to treat high blood pressure, as opposed to medication. Click here for more information.

Measures such as diet change and adding more exercise to your daily routine are other ways you can effectively deal with high blood pressure and anxiety. It is not easy to turn off anxiety, and doing strenuous exercise such as riding a bicycle, running, or any other sport that will get the good endorphins pumping can help you manage episodes of anxiety. Eating foods that are fresh and minimally processed can help manage symptoms of both high blood pressure and anxiety. You should also cut out as much sodium in your diet as possible as well. If you stay away from packaged foods, and stick to foods that are real and recognizable, you may find yourself feeling better than you ever have in regards to your high blood pressure and anxiety. When you are under stress, your hormones go into overdrive, as stress can be defined as the flight or fight instinct. Having this reaction was helpful to our ancestors who lived in caves so that they could find the courage and the ability to fight or run from large predators. We still react to perceived or real danger the same way, but instead of large predators, we fear public speaking and rejection. Managing your high blood pressure and anxiety can help you live a longer life, and can make your personal life flourish as well. When you are not feeling anxious all the time, you can learn to enjoy the simple joys in life again that having high blood pressure and anxiety may have robbed you of.

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