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.
Many of these symptoms occur in other illnesses. In fact, lupus is sometimes called the great imitator because its symptoms are often like the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis, blood disorders, fibromyalgia, diabetes, thyroid problems, Lyme disease, and a number of heart, lung, muscle, and bone diseases.he most common symptoms of lupus, which are the same for females and males, 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.