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Originally Posted by Gabyunbound
It seems that a lot of us suffer from anxiety as well as BP. How does your anxiety affect your BP (or vice versa)? Do any of your BP meds also help with anxiety?
I'm hoping to find a BP med that also helps me with my terrible anxiety (which is the one symptom I really do have every day). When I was taking Seroquel (for BP) at much higher doses it did help with it, but I just can't tolerate it at any dose anymore.
I take klonopin, but just once a day, mildly helpful. And propranolol once a day for the physical symptoms of anxiety (shaking, etc.), moderately helpful with that aspect of it.
As far as how my anxiety affects my BP, or vice versa, the only thing I can say is that when I'm depressed, my anxiety increases and when hypomanic it disappears. I'd love to hear your guys' experiences. It's a combination (BP and anxiety) that really sucks  |
I've always been interested in the combinations of symptoms and how they work like that. You said your anxiety increases when you're depressed. I've recently noted that my paranoia increases when I'm tired. I think these sound similar. Maybe when we are feeling "week" (tired or depressed) it brings out the defense mechanisms that malfunction when we're so "out of it," like your anxiety, my paranoia. Just a theory.