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Anxiety disorders, which include anxiety panic attacks and phobias, are among
the most common mental illnesses, affecting about 20 million American adults and
millions of children. For every individual with anxiety panic attacks, many
people are affected by anxiety panic attacks, including spouses, children, other
relatives, friends, and employers.
Although anxiety panic attacks can cause rapid increases in your blood pressure,
it has not been shown to cause persistent high blood pressure. However, if
episodes of anxiety panic attack occur frequently, they may cause significant
damage to blood vessels and kidneys over time, increasing the chances that a
person will develop high blood pressure.
We should also look at the effect of stress on blood pressure. Most research in
this area is challenging, in part because it is difficult to establish an
agreed-upon definition of stress. Nevertheless, when individuals are in a
stressful situation like, speaking publicly, the body responds by increasing the
secretion of epinephrine (adrenaline) and cortisol, often referred to as stress
hormones.
These hormonal elevations can result in an increase in blood pressure, a faster
heart rate, and a constriction of the blood vessels. When the stressful
condition is over, the system gradually returns to baseline, and blood pressure
returns to normal. As stated above, frequent temporary spikes in blood pressure
can have negative consequences that are similar to those of persistent high
blood pressure.
All that being said, it is important that you manage both your high blood
pressure and your anxiety. Talk to your physician to be sure that you are doing
all you can to reduce your blood pressure to normal levels. At the same time, it
would be helpful to seek appropriate treatment of your anxiety panic attack
disorders.

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