Anxiety does raise cholesterol and feeling under pressure for a long time can not only raise your cholesterol but even raise your risk of developing of heart disease.
When you're stressed or suffering for anxiety, your body releases hormones like adrenaline and cortisol.
These hormones can then increase the production of cholesterol in your liver and result in high levels of bad LDL cholesterol and decrease your levels of good or HDL cholesterol.
Suffering from chronic anxiety and chronic stress can have a prolonged impact on your cholesterol levels which increases your risk of cardiovascular disease.
When your cholesterol is too high you often won't feel anything at least in the early stages but if your cholesterol levels get too high and leads to other issues you may feel chest pain, shortness of breath or even pain in the legs, which can be related to the complications that the high cholesterol can cause.
However the cholesterol itself when it's too high does not often cause any noticeable symptoms.
And most people that do have high cholesterol don't experience any symptoms until they have other complications of high cholesterol like a stroke or heart attack.
High cholesterol is also often called a silent killer because the high cholesterol does not often cause or produce any symptoms which are noticeable.
You also cannot feel your cholesterol levels rising and the only way of knowing if your cholesterol is too high is through having a blood test done.
Having high cholesterol can lead to the buildup of plaque in your arteries which is also called atherosclerosis, which can cause symptoms that are related to a stroke or heart attack.
If the cholesterol is too high it might lead to complications and symptoms such as chest pain which can occur with exertion, shortness of breath, leg pain, fatigue, stroke like symptoms, and skin changes.
Having yellowish, fatty deposits on your skin also known as xanthomas or around your eyelids also known as xanthelasma can sometimes be associated with having high cholesterol.
Stroke like symptoms such as sudden dizziness, facial drooping, loss of balance or weakness in one side of the body can also be a sign of high cholesterol.
Unusual tiredness or sluggishness, most particularly if related to poor circulation can also be a sign of high cholesterol.
And leg pain which can be caused by reduced blood flow to your legs and feet and shortness of breath which can be a sign of reduced blood flow to the heart or your lungs can also be signs of high cholesterol.