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Depression and Heart Disease

TLDR: Depression and Heart Disease
The forum thread discusses the relationship between depression and heart disease. Nomad shares a personal anecdote about someone who initially treated symptoms of heart disease with medication, but saw improvement only after addressing underlying depression. Lammchen adds to the conversation by mentioning "broken heart disease," suggesting that severe emotional distress can physically impact the heart. Nighttimelaughter shares a personal struggle with depression, inactivity, and high blood pressure, noting the difficulty in managing these conditions and their serious familial implications. Soulwatcher briefly mentions experiencing chest pains when feeling depressed, underscoring the physical manifestations of mental health issues. Overall, the thread highlights a consensus on the significant impact of depression on physical health, particularly on the cardiovascular system. Users agree that mental health directly influences physical health, with personal stories underscoring the complexity of treating symptoms that have both psychological and physiological dimensions.
Nomad

Nomad

Depression can cause a lot of things and heart disease is one of them. I know a guy who started taking medicines for heart diseases when he started experiencing irregular heartbeat and a sudden rise in his blood pressure. One year on, his conditions did not improve. One day by visited a psychiatrist by chance and started medication for depression. Now he is perfectly fine, he does not take any medicines for heart diseases.
 
I think this could go hand in hand with broken heart disease? I heard that when people go into a deep depression due to a broken heart that they can actually cause damage to their heart. It's strange what the mind can do to the body!
 
That’s where I’m heading. Because of my depression and being inactive my blood pressure is really bad and anything that keeps your blood pressure up as bad. I tried going on blood pressure meds, but they make me feel so worse that I couldn’t leave my bed because of the side effects so with my doctor on board I quit and started to diet and exercise but I don’t know how long I will be ok for. I exercised for a week, it burnt me out, now all I do is sleep. My mum had the same high blood pressure and one day she just had complications and didn’t survive so that’s how I lost my mum and I think that’s what is going to happen to me, all from high blood pressure which leads to heart disease
 
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