压力可能导致心律失常（心律不齐），比如房颤。一些研究表明，压力和心理健康问题可能会使房颤症状加重。压力大也可能与其他健康问题有关。应对压力对您的健康而言十分重要。
管理压力
找到管理压力的方法可能有助于改善健康和管理病症。
一些压力管理想法包括：
- 冥想
- 瑜伽
- 松弛技术
- 家人和朋友的支持
- 定期身体活动
- 健康饮食
- 积极的态度
如果上述压力管理技巧无效，请咨询医生。
抑郁症和焦虑症
心房颤动与焦虑症和抑郁症之间存在复杂的关系。
- 一些研究表明，心房颤动患者可能更受抑郁症和焦虑症的影响。
- 抑郁症或焦虑症可能负面影响生活质量和心房颤动症状的严重程度。
- 目前，研究人员还不清楚是焦虑症或抑郁症患者更容易发生心房颤动，还是心房颤动患者更容易患焦虑症和抑郁症。
需要更多的研究来充分了解心房颤动与这些心理健康病症之间的复杂关系。
如果出现抑郁症或焦虑症的症状，例如持续性忧伤或忧虑感、难以集中注意力以及对大多数活动失去兴趣，请咨询医生。医生可能建议您看训练有素的心理健康病症专科医生（心理学家或精神病医生）进行诊断和治疗。
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