I've been asked about a possible link between depression and high blood pressure.



Studies do confirm this. It has been studied as both high blood pressure being the primary problem and depression as the effect as well as the reverse situation.

Depression as the Primary and Hypertenstion as the result: People suffering from chronic depression or other anxiety are up to three times more likely to also develop high blood pressure.

It is also important to note that many times a person experiencing depression may also be more likely to have poor eating habits, smoke and or drink. Those things can contribute to the high blood pressure. In addition, those suffering from depression tend not to stay on top of the monitoring and/or treatment of high blood pressure.

More surprisingly though is that the people in the study who ate propertly and did not smoke also experienced high blood pressure.

Changes in hormones as a result of chronic depression or anxiety may be responsible or partially responsible for the hypertension.

There is also evidence that blood pressure can rise slightly as a result of many anti-depressant medications.

The link does exist between depression or anxiety and hypertension.

High Blood Pressure as the primary with depression resulting:

The link here tends to be the result of the high blood pressure medication. Many side effects including depression occur with those medicines.

So, as is often the case, gaining relief from one issue results in another problem.

And although the person who asked about depression was half joking, there is not doubt anxiety that goes along with knowing the hypertensive condition exists.

Stress shows up again and again as at least a contributor if not the cause of many problems. It really is no surprise that hypertension and depression can also result from it.

Some things that still provide relief in lowering blood pressure regardless of the cause:

Avoid drinking. Many people see an increase in blood pressure after just one or two drinks.

Stop smoking. This is a well known contributor to many problems including hypertension.

Eat well. Choose fresh fruits and vegetables whenever possible to help the body improve stamina and control weight.

Two other options are my all natural High Blood Pressure Program and Weight Loss Breeze Program. Both have amazing results.

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