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With type a personality and overloaded at work for a long period of time can a person have a mental break causing anxiety little sleep etc?

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Dr. Alan Ali answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Type A Personality: This type of personality, being high strung, can increase one's chances of developing coronary heart disease when under lot of stress.

Answered 7/28/2013

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Dr. John Leander Po answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

Burn out...: Regardless of personality type, being overloaded with work over time will cause an work-life imbalance and will cause a familiar condition called "burn-out". This condition can manifest in many different ways, including anxiety, sleep disturbance, withdrawal and several others.

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