Can the spine pressing on the lung, as a result of kyphosis, cause general anxiety disorder?
February 17th, 2010 | by admin |Can the spine pressing on the lung, as a result of kyphosis, cause general anxiety?
Anxiety and panic cause breathlessness but can the vice versa be true?
Anything that increases you levels of stress can cause anxiety. Few people realise that as many as 4% of the population have Global Anxiety Disorder and as many as 15% have other anxiety issues. However studies show vast variations on these numbers depending on the diagnostic criteria.
3 Responses to “Can the spine pressing on the lung, as a result of kyphosis, cause general anxiety disorder?”
By chellypoo74 on Feb 17, 2010 | Reply
Hi Les,
Worrying about your health can make you anxious and having a shortness of breath can enhance that as you breath more shallowly and rapidly, causing your body to kick into fight or flight. You have one good thing going for you though – you know what’s wrong with you and anytime you get worried, you can reassure yourself that the anxiety or panic is a response to your worries and your breathlessness is down to your kyphosis.
Kyphosis would not directly lead to GAD but stress and worry could.
There is plenty of literature available regarding GAD and it’s causes. Have a browse on the net, it will help you understand it more.
I hope this helps. Stay mellow.
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I am a GAD sufferer.
By Dr Frank on Feb 17, 2010 | Reply
Anything that increases you levels of stress can cause anxiety. Few people realise that as many as 4% of the population have Global Anxiety Disorder and as many as 15% have other anxiety issues. However studies show vast variations on these numbers depending on the diagnostic criteria.
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GP for more years than I care to remember
By Chrona on Feb 17, 2010 | Reply
Hey… Victoria here, maybe my personal story can give you some solace…
a lil about me- about a year after my husband left me and my daughter died about 5 years ago.. I was at a very difficult point in my life, and was ultimately diagnosed with depression, severe anxiety, and panic disorder. I would say that i’ve always for the most part been a little depressed and had some degree of anxiety, but this just completely tipped the scale. I remember there were days on end I would just lie in bed, and whenever I would be in a social environment my anxiety would go through the roof and I would often have panic attacks. Therapy never seemed to be effective for me, and my psych put me on damn near every med out there. I’ve been on everything from wellbutrin to paxil, zoloft, prozac, lexapro, celexa, buspar, valium, klonopin, xanax.. etc. Sometimes 2-3 different ones in combo at the same time. Nothing really seemed to work for me. With the exception of some of the benzos (klono./xanax) .. these worked well for a little while, but I grew tolerance quickly, and became highly addicted.
Then one day while researching online i came across this reputable looking website http://www.anxiety.pcti-system.com .. which talked about this program to eliminate your anxiety for good, all naturally. Long story short, I wound up signing up to try it and the program worked amazing.. Not only do I no longer have panic attacks and anxiety gone, but my depression has also seemed to dissipate a little. And I’m currently starting to slowly ween off the meds I’m on. >>>>
I would personally say that possibly the biggest driving factor in all this is OCD. I think obsessing and constantly having your thoughts focused on your own condition and constantly analyzing your own thoughts/actions plays a very significant role in the persistence of our ails. Almost like the condition is a small lit fire, and OCD is the fuel that keeps it consistently burning… Also, I’ve come to the conclusion that meds are generally a unhealthy short term cure that only semi-treats the symptoms, and never the cause. Hope I was of some help!
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