Prolonged Stress, PTSD Symptoms Increase Heart Disease Risk

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PTSD/Heart
Anonymous

2/14/2011 3:07:18 PM

 Thank you for your valuable research, which I just happened to come across. I have been diagnosed with PTSD from a highly complex sexual assault, in which the intelligence firm that investigated the perpetrator for two years on our behalf, ultimately, actually hired him. I am also a caregiver to my husband suffering a TBI, so my life it one filled with prolonged high stress on a constant level. I have been attempting to convey this tie-in to cardiologists for a number of years, (especially the terrifying nightmares which trigger the cardiac distress). Now, it is a relief to not be so isolated in experiencing these symtoms. Also, I have believed for years in listening to your gut instincts about your own body.

prolonged stress
oswald g.nelson

2/27/2010 12:45:52 PM

 I like to thank those whom put this informative article together.it's a relief to know their some people out there that really understand this disease.i'm a multiple traumatized individual,since the age of five.i was born with congestive heart disease i'm trying to recieve a rating from the va but for 36 years they seem incapable of rendering a decision,do i have to die before i can get recordnized for ptsd that was exasturbated by milatary service.if there's any real help out there please direct me to it,waiting on the vetrans hospital will only kill me.i have had a five b

Stress on your Heart
Anonymous

2/11/2009 1:49:35 PM

 I had a very stressful childhood. I always think about it. My heart hurts now and again, cramps ups and I have heart murmurs. I'm only in my 20s. So I agree with this study completely.