Stress

Can severe stress seriously impact your mental functioning and to what degree?
Q. I have noticed increasingly lately that my concentration, memory, both short and long, ability to think and concentrate and functioning is notably impaired. I seem to be in one place but another in mind, never really with it and often finding myself not really listening to people even going into a trance and finding it hard to snap out of going into myself. I have been under a lot of mental stress lately, loss of someone close, generalised anxiety, became a new mum, moving house i could go on. Could this just be severe stress or could i be going mad?
Asked by Kelly27 - Thu Dec 10 14:24:13 2009 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Yes, absolutely severe stress can cause many issues. This certainly includes your mental functioning. Difficulty concentrating, lack of focus, grief issues ("lost someone close"), new mother, moving. Your stress is very high at present. Also generalized anxiety can be a separate issue or it could be connected with the stress you are experiencing. I do hope that you will consult your Dr or other health care provider to discuss these issues in depth. If you do have depression it is very amenable to treatment with the caution that treatment is more helpful the earlier you take yourself to your Dr. (many of the symptoms you mention are indicative of a depressive disorder). I wish you Blessings of Health, Julian of N
Answered by Julian of N. - Thu Dec 10 14:45:09 2009

Can stress reduce the effect of your birth control pill?
Q. I have been under loads of stress lately and I'm taking Errin (a progestoren only pill) and I wonder if my stress can reduce the effectiveness of the pill. Can I get pregnant? Or is the stress harmless? Besides the obvious harmful things stress does to the body. Thanks!
Asked by happysign - Tue Jun 6 14:37:31 2006 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Stress has an effect on everything your body does... stress effects your period (making it earlier or later). I'd de-stress if I was you, I think the added stress of a the possibility baby would not help out your current stress level. Call your dr. office and talk with either the LpN or the PA, you can ask them. Every pill effects every person differenly. Get the facts from a profession source.
Answered by Amanda - Tue Jun 6 14:49:02 2006

How much stress do family doctors endure?
Q. I want to become a family doctor when I'm older...I'm planning on working full-time at a clinic with other doctors for a few years to pay off all my school debts, then switch to part-time if I have kids, so I can spend more time with them. How much stress do family doctors endure? Compared to people with different careers?
Asked by Maria - Fri Apr 24 21:52:15 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. I work as a child psychologist and my husband works as a family doctor and he's very busy, he has long days and he's stressed out. He works 5-6 days a week at a clinic in our city and he works about 10 hours a day. But what my husband does that is good, is that he leaves his work at work. When he's at home, we don't talk about our work..we just focus on our family and daughter. He sees a lot of patients and the hardest for him is to break bad news to someone ( such as cancer ). I think that would be hard for anyone. And his days are very very long. But he makes a great salary and we both live very comfortably. But some clinics can offer you flexible hours but that's something you'll have to look into.
Answered by I Cupcakes - Fri Apr 24 22:28:55 2009