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Can anxiety over time lead to chronic headaches and not feeling like eating?
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Yes.: Anxiety that causes persistent distress, worry & interferes with daily life is a serious medical condition affecting 40 million adults in the US (CDC estimate) and many more worldwide. It may lead to other significant illnesses: depression, headache, GI disorders, insomnia & substance abuse. Anxiety is very treatable with medication &/or psychotherapy. Consult your doctor about this!
Answered 4/11/2018
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Therapy?: Have you yet tried any form of psychotherapy? Typically, the optimal combination of things to treat emotional issues such as anxiety or depression is medication (which, on your best day, is supposed to take the edge off symptoms) but the real gruntwork takes place in psychotherapist's consulting room.
Answered 5/7/2015
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Yes: Anxiety is known to be a risk factor for episodic (infrequent) headaches turning into chronic (frequent) headaches. With treatment for anxiety and headaches, chronic headaches can be turned back into episodic (infrequent) headaches. Good luck!
Answered 4/20/2016
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