Stress can affect all aspects of your life, including your emotions, behaviors, thinking ability, and physical health. No part of the body is immune. But, because people handle stress differently, symptoms of stress can vary. Symptoms can be vague and may be the same as those caused by medical conditions.
Lupus has a wide range of symptoms which span the body. The neurological symptoms include headaches, depression, seizures, cognitive dysfunction, mood disorder, cerebrovascular disease, polyneuropathy, anxiety disorder, psychosis, and in some extreme cases, personality disorders.
The most common symptoms of lupus (which are the same for men and women) are: 1  Extreme fatigue (tiredness) 2  Headaches. 3  Painful or swollen joints. 4  Fever. 5  Anemia (low numbers of red blood cells or hemoglobin, or low total blood volume) 6  Swelling (edema) in feet, legs, hands, and/or around eyes. 7  Pain in chest on deep breathing (pleurisy)