have a bad cold.can this spike your anxiety

[gregcool]

Hi guys..all bloody week iv had a realy bad cold..head ache neck ache.streeming eyes and very bad chesty cough..it hurts my neck and head and throat every time i cough...can having a cold make anxiety worse,because all this week i feel high anxiety and low...anyone eles got a cold...also i have found out from my doctor that they say i have adjustment disorder not depression..this is realy getting to me as iv read up on it and adjustment disorder is a short tearm illness..wheres iv suffered like this for nearly 10 years..so why the hell do they say this is what i have...

[MyNameIsTerry]

That's right, Greg, adjustment disorders last up to 6 months with the exception of one type which is allowed for two years. After these end periods they are supposed to reclassify to another form of disorder and use a Z code list to specify elements of the old adjustment disorder so that they are attached to a longer term disorder e.g. You could have a form of depression with a Z code that indicates problems with social settings or maintaining daily routines, for instance.

So, perhaps it was the initial problem. Suggest pinning them down over the short term issue.

[Rennie1989]

This answers your question regarding colds and anxiety.

http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=174623

[gregcool]

Well im going back to my doctors next week.im not happy with this..saying i have adjustment disorder..iv been like this for years,not short tearm..what the hell are they talking about...i guess my cold is making me feel worse,although im starting to feel a bit better now.feel like my cold is getting better now

[MyNameIsTerry]

Colds get discussed on here sometimes. Some people say it spikes them, some say the opposite. When I was relapsing and I finally went off work, I had a cold about a week later and can't tell you the relief in symptoms it provided. I remember Oosh mentioning this was the same for him and how he thought it was tied into endorphine release or something. I can't say I understand it.

They may just have diagnosed your initial disorder to understand what happened and to allow them to work out any Z codes. Maybe your GP has got a bit mixed up? An adjustment disorder sounds a possibility from what you've said in the past, but not nowadays, only it's remnants. At least thats what their diagnostic manual says they should be doing anyway.