Anxiety Support Group

Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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spencermm 10/19/2011

Has anyone ever learned, after a failure of the normal anxiety meds, that hormones were actually the culprit, rather than brain chemistry? I ask because I read recently where anxiety and depression (and a whole slew of other things),could also be caused by low testosterone. It's a simple blood test to find out, and I'm thinking of getting it checked out.

deleted_user 10/19/2011

I think it depends on the person. Not everybody with thyroid problems will develop anxiety. Not everybody with MVP will develop anxiety. And not everybody with low testosterone will develop anxiety. It depends on your personality type and how you respond to the feelings that these conditions cause you to have. I don't think that these conditions are the culprit. But I do think that you and these conditions can be partners in crime. I don't think they can cause anxiety, but I do think that in the right person, they can trigger it and exacerbate it. It wouldn't hurt to get your testosterone checked, but it also wouldn't hurt to look at yourself and see if there are any ways that you may be contributing to your own problem with the way you think and behave. Good luck!

deleted_user 10/19/2011

I wanted to add that I am not saying that these conditions aren't real things that contribute to anxiety because I have read a lot of stories from people here who have had significant improvement once their conditions were treated. I think that anybody with anxiety should get a physical and blood work so they have all the pieces to their puzzle. I just also think that our personality plays a role too. :)

spencermm 10/19/2011

No doubt. And you are right to call them pieces of the puzzle. There are many variables and many chicken/egg scenarios involved. Biological, envirnmental, one's own mental paradigms, etc.

lovemycoffee999 10/19/2011

i think hormones definitely play a part in how we feel. stress depletes our hormones. T levels decrease in men as they age. i think that you are smart to get checked, and if need be, supplemented. why not try something that will probably make you feel better? this makes a lot more sense to me than popping pills. i think that if our hormones are in balance, we are less likely to fly off the handle, or succumb to anxiety's other tricks.

deleted_user 10/20/2011

hormonal stuff is a huge part of my anxiety. i have had my thyroid checked too, all good. i have tried the pill and it made me sick.

at pms time i tend to get more anxious, but i'm working on it with some herbal remedies.

i think anxiety still occurs but is heightened due to hormonal stuff be it what happens to me or other imbalances....

lovemycoffee999 10/20/2011

i have started bio-identical hormones and am hoping that they will help. this seems like a better choice than a pill (BC, Premarin, etc.)

jbelar 10/20/2011

I have wondered if hormones are playing a part in my anxiety as well. I had my thyroid checked and everything was fine but I want my doc to check my testosterone, estrogen, etc. Have any of you been able to test those levels? My anxiety is worse around pms too. Blah. I hve read those that have more emotional issues during pms probably do have a hormone imbalance.

@ sydneygal...what herbal remedies are you trying?

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