Not sure what I want to talk about tonight. Had some initial ideas, but my brain is no longer functioning at a high level. To quote the NIH, “Stress can cause an imbalance of neural circuitry subserving cognition, decision making, anxiety and mood that can increase or decrease expression of those behaviors and behavioral states. This imbalance, in turn, affects systemic physiology via neuroendocrine, autonomic, immune and metabolic mediators.” I’m under a lot of stress and don’t know precisely how to handle it.
Some Thoughts:
- This high blood pressure journey is one of the most difficult things I’ve experienced in my life. It is a tough situation to go to bed each not uncertain that you’ll wake in the morning. That is stress I don’t need to have with High BP. Yet, having high BP and meds that are not entirely working makes it less likely I keep my stress levels low enough to continue functioning properly. I get confused more easily now and type much slower with far more errors, and that can be attributed to stress and mental decline. I don’t know what is going to work out in the end, but this current state is devastating.