Can Anxiety Cause Flu Like Symptoms
Can Anxiety Cause Flu-like Symptoms?
Complete Question
I've had a lot of anxiety symptoms, but not something like this. I've been feelings like I have the flu, yet I don't. My question is, can anxiety make you feel like you have the flu with flu-like symptoms even though you don't have the flu?
Answer
Yes! Overly apprehensive behavior and the chronic stress it causes can make it seem like you have the flu and flu-like symptoms.
This occurs because of how chronic stress affects the body, and how the body can become symptomatic when under sustained stress.
You can read more about this under our ""feeling like the flu and flu-like symptoms” symptom on our anxiety symptoms section.
Recovery Support members can read more about why anxiety can make it seem like you have the flu and having flu-like symptoms under the "flu-like symptoms" symptom in the Symptoms section (Chapter 9).
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- For a comprehensive list of Anxiety Disorders Symptoms Signs, Types, Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment.
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