High Blood Pressure and Depression, Is There Connection?

I recently received an email from a person asking me if there was possible a link between depression and high blood pressure. He was kind of joking.

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.

A person has three times less chance of getting hypertension, if he is not suffering from depression. Research say so.

What makes things worse is that people who have depression are more likely to over eat, smoke and drink too much. And they’re less likely to seek treatment for high blood pressure.

Even people suffering depression that lived otherwise healthy live, also were more likely to suffer high blood pressure. It’s strange as it seems.

Based on this researchers have confirmed that change in hormones due to anxiety and depression can be a huge factor in causing high blood pressure.

Another important cause for high blood pressure is the medication taken for depression. It can cause as side effect.

Based on these factors there is a link between depression and high blood pressure.

We can now see how hypertension can cause depression.

High blood pressure can cause depression because the medication taken for hypertension will cause depression as side effect.

This how a new issue is formed when we are trying to solve an issue

The person was right assuming there may be a connection between the two conditions. Even he is joking

There is no wonder hypertension and depression can therefore also be caused by stress. As stress is the major cause for all these problems.

What Practices can help high blood pressure regardless of the cause?

Excess drinking is a cause. some people see a spike in blood pressure after just a drink or two, and in those cases drinking is not recommended at all.

Smoking create many problems including increased blood pressure. So do not smoke.

Eat as healthy as possible. Raw vegetables and fruits should be the first on your list.

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Christian Goodman is a well known researcher and the creator of the reduce blood pressure blog. His latest work is the Lower Blood Pressure program, which has now assisted thousands of people in prevent stroke .