Things to remember. 1  People with diabetes have high blood glucose levels caused by a problem with the hormone insulin. 2  The two main types of diabetes are type 1 (insulin dependent) and type 2 (non-insulin dependent). 3  There is no cure, but symptoms can be controlled with diet, exercise and medication.
A study examining anxiety after a single dose of citalopram showed that citalopram increased existing anxiety but was not anxiogenic in people without anxiety at baseline. A short-term study of patients being treated for depression with an SSRI found a 15% incidence of increased anxiety during the initiation period.
How MS Causes Anxiety. Multiple sclerosis can cause anxiety within the brain itself. But the actual reason that MS tends to cause anxiety is simply because the disease is scary. It's not the fact that MS affects your brain that leads to anxiety. Many of those with MS have frightening symptoms and recurrent, relapsing, progressively worse MS.