What may increase the risk of problems from anxiety?
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What may increase the risk of problems from anxiety?
Many conditions, lifestyle choices, medicines, and diseases interfere with your ability to heal or fight disease. You may be at risk for a more serious problem from your symptoms if you have any of the following. Be sure to tell your health professional.
Conditions
- A personal or family history of depression or anxiety attacks
- A history of physical or sexual abuse
Lifestyle choices
- Alcohol abuse or withdrawal
- Drug abuse or withdrawal
- Caffeine abuse or withdrawal
Medicines
- Blood pressure medicines, including clonidine, beta-blockers (such as atenolol and propranolol), and methyldopa
- Corticosteroids, such as prednisone
- Medicines that contain amphetamines, such as Dexedrine and Ritalin
- Medicines to prevent organ transplant rejection
- Medicines used to treat cancer (chemotherapy)
- Oral contraceptives
- Progesterone
- Radiation therapy
- Respiratory medicines such as albuterol, salmeterol, and theophylline
- Thyroid medicine
Diseases
- Anemia
- Angina
- Cancer
- Chronic pain
- Coronary artery disease
- Depression or other mental health problems, such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder
- Diabetes
- Heart failure
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
- Irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia)
- Kidney disease
- Liver disease
- Lung disease, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, or emphysema
- Multiple sclerosis
- Parkinson's disease
- Thyroid disease
Credits
| Author | Jan Nissl, RN, BS |
| Editor | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA |
| Associate Editor | Tracy Landauer |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer | Lisa S. Weinstock, MD - Psychiatry |
| Last Updated | September 12, 2008 |
| Last updated: | September 12, 2008 |
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| Author: | Jan Nissl, RN, BS |
| Reviewed By: | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine, Lisa S. Weinstock, MD - Psychiatry |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Tracy Landauer |
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