Hello,
Welcome to Health Care Magic.
I understand your concern.
Continuous working in a stressful environment causes debilitating effect on body and mind. Researchers have found that chronic stress can lead to reduction in immunity resulting in increased vulnerability to several infections and illnesses. Increased
WBC count in your case may be due to subclinical infections because of reduced immunity.
Apart from that stress also produces several changes in brain that produces psychiatric symptoms like
insomnia,
anxiety, sadness, helplessness, hopelessness, worthlessness and even suicidal ideations.
Although blood counts are mildly elevated, you need not worry much about blood counts once any overt infection has been ruled out. It may be often due to less water intake/
dehydration. We as a doctor try to treat the cause and not the effect. You must try to modify/change your working environment or you must learn some positive coping skills from a mental health professional to deal with ongoing stressors. You should have a balanced nutritional diet, regular exercise, proper hydration, enough sleep and recreational activities to make yourself healthy both mentally and physically. You may also take
psychotherapy or some antidepressant medication with the help of your
psychiatrist. I hope these steps can help you. I wish you all the best.