Someone asked me recently about depression treatment. He purchased the High Blood Pressure Program and jokingly asked if he could be depressed from it.
Research does reflect a link between the two. Both ideas have been studied; hypertension leading to depression as well as depression leading to high blood pressure.
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.
Also worth noting is that it is thought that people suffering from depression are more likely to engage in other contributors such as smoking, drinking and over eating. People suffering from depression are also less likely consistently treat hypertension.
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.
Medications for depression can also lead to a small but long term increase to blood pressure.
The link does exist between depression or anxiety and hypertension.
Let’s looks at the reverse – hypertension as the primary issue with depression or anxiety as an effect.
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.
Also a possible contributor is the anxiety caused from a person having to deal with high blood pressure.
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:
Limit or avoid drinking. Blood pressure can increase for some after just a single drink.
Do not smoke. Smoking create many problems including increased blood pressure.
Practice good eating habits. Fresh fruits and vegetables help with good nutrition as well as improved stamina.
I also strongly suggest trying my High Blood Pressure Program and Weight Loss Breeze Program. Both are completely natural ways to lower blood pressure and lose weight.
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