I was feelin quite anxious earlier, the anxiety has now passed but since then i have been feelin a bit low and flat and emotional. I have been feelin great for the past few weeks. it's not that simple i'm sure but i was wondering if there was a possible link?
2006-09-12 08:46:24 · 15 answers · asked by danchip 2 in Health ➔ Mental Health
There is a definate link. The chemicals your body makes to defend anxiety and stress is corticol, it makes the body work harder to get rid of it, making you feel run down.
2006-09-12 08:49:43 · answer #1 · answered by Dr. Chiro 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep. At least according to the books I have read. Anxiety helps produce an adrenaline or cortisol spurt, which raises blood sugar to help deal with the cause of the anxiety.
Then, when blood sugar is elevated, insulin comes along to lower it (at the brain's request), and may (in maybe as many as 75% of Americans) overproduce, putting too much sugar in the cells, causing the brain to have too little. The brain then may slow down, leaving one feeling flat and low. It could also start another anxiety spiral.
www.hufa.org has some basic information about low blood sugar.
2006-09-12 08:51:50 · answer #2 · answered by Pegasus90 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and you can even develop a condition in very stressful situations known as 'acute anxiety ' which makes you feel like c**p x 100! Shaky, unable to eat or sleep, crying all the time - if it gets this bad you need to see the doc for some tablets to straighten you out.
2006-09-12 08:55:28 · answer #3 · answered by mad 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When stressed many of your muscles tense up, and this tension burns fuel (carbs) in the muscles.
Burnt fuel (lactic acid, and other stuff) builds up in the muscle, and is painful... Only when it shifts do you feel better.
If you are tense all the time - you have pain - its the same reason why you hurt after lifting weights. Its okay if you give your body time to recover, but stress all the time, will kill you...
2006-09-12 08:57:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they always say that anxiety triggers depression, so u may be feeling quite low, and scared to feel anxious again.
2006-09-12 08:54:34 · answer #5 · answered by suad_elturk 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes i suffer badly with anxiety and the symptoms i get are shakes, completely no appetite for weeks, diarrhea, adrenalin rushes through my body, crying, fluttering heart and the feeling that your losing your mind.
2006-09-12 09:22:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unsure, but perhaps it's your body's way of telling you to take it easy for a bit.
It like pain should be your body's way of warning you that you've damaged something and keeping it still and unstressed will help it heal faster.
2006-09-12 09:35:23 · answer #7 · answered by Nebulous 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stress and anxiety can really mess you up mentally and phycially you can actually get colds flu and other sickness over it if you have a high risk for anxiety see your dr and ask them for something to take only when it gets really bad so you can calm down and go on with your life good luck to you
2006-09-12 08:50:03 · answer #8 · answered by oceanlady580 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes....anxiety releases things just like running a 10 mile marathon would...your body is trying speed up to the million bpm your heart is thumping out. and then trying to adjust to the slowing...it does
2006-09-12 09:08:35 · answer #9 · answered by mortiki_down 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh yeah. big link. Anxiety also depletes the brain of needed 'feel good' chemcials.
2006-09-12 09:26:45 · answer #10 · answered by Michael B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋