 [ Symptoms ] is masturbation harmful if one has hypertension  as an older male without a female partner anymore i am wondering if occasional masturbation will adversely effect my blood pressure [ Disease ] this could be related to anxiety which causes different things for different people since your symptoms seem to improve when you are not at work and you have only recently started having them after stopping the birth control and the cervical cancer tests i would suspect that anxiety could be the cause it could also ironically be a side effect from stopping or starting the birth control which can have physical side effects you can always visit a doctor if you are really worried or if the symptoms get worse but i do not think you have too much to worry about