High blood pressure and anxiety can both cause similar symptoms. Tightness in the chest, for example. Your body tends to mistake one for the other. Treating hi

High blood pressure and anxiety can both cause similar symptoms. Tightness in the chest, for example. Your body tends to mistake one for the other. Treating high-blood pressure with an ACE inhibitor (which does not treat anxiety) can reduce anxiety simply by relieving symptoms that feel like anxiety. Beta blockers have the nice effect of directly treating both anxiety and high blood pressure.