We've had a tumultuous year, with a family problem. During the worst of it I was signed off work with stress and high blood pressure (which may be linked to a medication I'm on and is being monitored) but exacerbated by this problem. Its settled down but yesterday we learned that there's another connected problem that is out of our hands, but potentially will be devastating. (I'm being purposely vague as the problem, which I know is out of my hands, is not the problem here) Since then, my heart feels like its pounding, I have a headache, feels like my head is under pressure, feel nauseous, butterflies in stomach. Cannot get Dr appointment for a few days. Does this sound like "just" stress and anxiety or could it be blood pressure? Of course panicking about it make me feel more stressed. And I feel paralysed by it, I know I should go and do jobs to take my mind off it, but I can't.