anxiety

[sarah_]

Duz any1 know if psoriasis can be related to anxiety attacks cuz i seem to suffer from them more than people without P?! Mite just be me tho!

[twam]

Not that I'm aware of Sarah, Psoriasis would be triggered by anxiety.

[claireLF]

I have never suffered from anxiety attacks but I can get pretty stressed at times and there is a link between stress and P - or so they reckon!

[jmgh]

yeah, but having psoriasis can make you stressed, so which came first, the chicken or the egg?  

[SJ]

There can be a number of 'triggers' for both the start of getting P and a flare-up of P.

One of these is stress/anxiety apparently. For instance, many people here have stated they believe their P started after a very stressful event in their lives (death of a loved one or divorce) and others say a 'physical stress' triggered it (like severe illness or pregnancy).

The majority of people here believe 'stress' worsens their P once it is triggered  :-/ And, as John says, having P can be pretty stressful in itself!

Did you have anxiety attacks before you had P or did they come after you already had it?

I reckon, if you are stressed and anxious enough to have the physical symptoms of anxiety/stress, then it could very well make your P worse  :-/

One thing you should be aware of is that beta-blockers (prescribed by docs for anxiety attacks) can very probably make the P worse! So beware of that!

Perhaps learning simple breathing techniques or even mediatation would help you alleviate some of the stress you find yourself in...helping both the attacks and the P all at once. I think a few people here practice this...

SJ

[Alison]

big time stress head here, stress play big part in my p

[MissBee]

There are always times when I am stressed and there is no P.

My P is always triggered by a sore throat... but what I do tend to notice, is the sore throat appears at a stress filled time.

I can definately relate my first massive P flare to a terribly stressful event in my life.  

[david_8]

hi, sarah and all

for years when going to my gp's they allways added
anxiety,depression, stress to there diagnoses because i have p.pa
even my wife would say no to them , but they automaticly
add anxiety they say it goes with p pa so for years, they
prescribed  for it.  now with more, medical probs, they diag/
anxiety,depress,panic attacks,etc and prescibe amitriptyline
reckon it helps with my pain as well,
i have searched the net trying to find a easy to under stand
page on whats the differance between anxiety/depress etc
and does p cause anx/stress etc and what the differance
but no luck,  did find this one

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[karen_marie]

Hi Sarah, sorry to hear your suffering from anxiety, it can be pretty awful, i also suffer with it and have an on going struggle every day dealing with that and the P.My P was triggered by a trauma at age 5 and then dealing with life withP would make a sane person carazy, lets face it lol. You should try Cognitive Behavoural Therapy as i here it is revolutionary in treating disorders of the mind. Good luck ;