For more information about maca or other herbs that promote progesterone production, or balance estrogen and progesterone, see my book Dr. Susan Larkâs Healing Herbs for Women available on Amazon, Amazon Kindle and Womens Wellness Publishing.
Anxiety sufferers should also be conscious of unhealthy lifestyle habits that may increase blood pressure, like smoking, drinking, and overeating. Some people develop these habits as coping mechanisms in response to their anxiety symptoms, and they can lead to blood pressure problems.
The hormones released by anxiety affect every organ in the body, and your largest and most sensitive organ isn't your heart or your lungs or your kidneys - it's your skin. So it should come as little surprise that your skin can easily be affected by anxiety, and in some cases these may cause skin color changes.