# Stress-related Conditions **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [March 21, 2020, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stress-related-conditions/849926 "2020-03-21T00:14:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2020, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stress-related-conditions/849926/1 "2020-03-21T00:14:52Z")
Anyone else have illnesses or conditions that get worse under stress? I have three that are really mild, and most of the time I don’t even think about, but for the last week, have been making me miserable. Hypoglycemia, migraines, and IBS. I woke up with a migraine yesterday, and it’s really rare that I wake up with them. Usually they come on in the evening. Anyway, I get nausea with them sometimes, but treating the headache with sumatriptan usually makes the headache go away. This time I woke up, and actually threw up. And no, I don’t have _the virus!_ It’s over now, and at any rate, I had no fever. Got another headache today. Rarely, rarely get them two days in a row. The IBS has had be taking imodium every day. I’ve had weeks like this before, but when I was younger, and wasn’t careful about what I ate, because I worked crazy hours, and slept crazy hours, and drank way too much coffee. I had one blood sugar crisis where it dropped to 47, and several where it was in the 60s. And I’m watching what I eat. It’s completely stress. I’ve only had one test where it was above 90, and I haven’t been able to catch it above 100, even if I check 10 minutes after eating. It’s not helping that my dogs and my son are both stir-crazy. The dog is getting lots of walks, but she isn’t going to daycare twice a week, where she runs around a huge gym and lawn with equipment, and two dozen other dogs for 8 hours. She senses something is going on, and has ramped up her “guard-dogging.” The boychik is a teenager, and doesn’t like to admit there is a world outside of his room, but he really was getting out a lot, riding his bike, and spending more time with friends than I realized, because I was preoccupied with how much time he spent Skyping. Now that he’s home and doing eLearning, Wow, is he **here** , a lot. I love him, but teenagers and parents, I think, have a biological imperative not to spend a lot of time together. He’s actually a very nice kid, and it could be a lot worse. I mostly feel sorry for him. But none of it helps my stress. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2020, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stress-related-conditions/849926/2 "2020-03-21T00:41:06Z")
Depression. Under control thanks to drugs and meditation, and a nihilistic attitude. I’m trying to not get too drawn in, but I keep checking to see how many people are dead.