Anxiety Disorders

The Phobia of flying saucers is known as Britphobia. This phobia was first declared in the late 1800's when a man named Britt Sloan in the provence of Evanston Wyoming was so afraid of men from space he would not go out side if there was cloud cover. He was put in a mental institution for three years and then disapeared and was never seen again. His family was sure he was taken by the very thing he feared the most.

Generalized anxiety disorder is a common problem that can be easily treated with medication. Some of the most obvious symptoms are racing of your heart, loss of appetite, sleep disturbances, and a feeling of panic.

Cymbalta is an antidepressant in a group of drugs called selective serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SSNRIs). Cymbalta works by restoring the balance of certain natural substances in the brain (serotonin and norepinephrine), which helps to improve certain mood problems. Cymbalta is used to treat major depressive disorder and general anxiety disorder. It is also used to treat a chronic pain disorder called fibromyalgia, and to treat pain caused by nerve damage in people with diabeties (diabetic neuropathy). Cymbalta may also be used for other purposes not listed. Important information about Cymbalta Do not take Cymbalta together with thioridazine (Mellaril), or a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) such as isocarboxazid (Marplan), phenelzine (Nardil), rasagiline (Azilect), selegiline (Eldepryl, Emsam), or tranylcypromine (Parnate). You must wait at least 14 days after stopping an MAOI before you can take Cymbalta. After you stop taking Cymbalta, you must wait at least 5 days before you start taking an MAOI. You may have thoughts about suicide when you first start taking an antidepressant, especially if you are younger than 24 years old. Your doctor will need to check you at regular visits for at least the first 12 weeks of treatment. Call your doctor at once if you have any new or worsening symptoms such as: mood or behavior changes, anxiety, panic attacks, trouble sleeping, or if you feel impulsive, irritable, agitated, hostile, aggressive, restless, hyperactive (mentally or physically), more depressed, or have thoughts about suicide or hurting yourself. Avoid drinking alcohol while taking Cymbalta. Alcohol may increase the risk of damage to your liver. Cold or allergy medicine, narcotic pain medicine, sleeping pills, muscle relaxers, and medicine for seizures or anxiety can add to sleepiness caused by Cymbalta. Tell your doctor if you regularly use any of these other medicines. Cymbalta can cause side effects that may impair your thinking or reactions. Be careful if you drive or do anything that requires you to be awake and alert. Before taking Cymbalta Do not use Cymbalta together with thioridazine (Mellaril), or an MAO inhibitor such as isocarboxazid (Marplan), tranylcypromine (Parnate), phenelzine (Nardil), rasagiline (Azilect), or selegiline (Eldepryl, Emsam). Serious and sometimes fatal reactions can occur when these medicines are taken with Cymbalta. You must wait at least 14 days after stopping an MAO inhibitor before you can take Cymbalta. After you stop taking Cymbalta, you must wait at least 5 days before you start taking an MAOI. Do not use this medication if you are allergic to duloxetine, or if you have untreated or uncontrolled glacoma Before taking Cymbalta, tell your doctor if you are allergic to any drugs, or if you have: liver or kidney disease; seizures or epilepsy; a bleeding or blood clotting disorder; glaucoma; bipolar disorder (manic depression); or a history of drug abuse or suicidal thoughts. If you have any of these conditions, you may need a dose adjustment or special tests to safely take Cymbalta. You may have thoughts about suicide when you first start taking an antidepressant, especially if you are younger than 24 years old. Tell your doctor if you have worsening symptoms of depression or suicidal thoughts during the first several weeks of treatment, or whenever your dose is changed. Your family or other caregivers should also be alert to changes in your mood or symptoms. Your doctor will need to check you at regular visits for at least the first 12 weeks of treatment. FDA pregnancy category C. Cymbalta may be harmful to an unborn baby, and may cause problems in a newborn baby if the mother takes the medication late in pregnancy (during the third trimester). Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant during treatment. Cymbalta can pass into breast milk and may harm a nursing baby. Do not use this medication without telling your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby. Older adults may be more sensitive to the side effects of this medication. Do not give Cymbalta to anyone younger than 18 years old without the advice of a doctor

The opposite of ADD or ADHD is OCD.

The brain is split into hemispheres. Between the two hemispheres, there is a gland that transmits information back and forth between the two sides. The frontal lobe is the part of the brain that controls personality, attention, and the ability to make wise decisions (this is the last part of the brain to develop, which usually takes place around the age of 25 years old). AD(H)D is simply an under-active (or under-stimulated) gland.

The part of the frontal lobe that is saying "hey, this is a really bad idea", is getting outweighed by the side of the brain that says, "this is going to be really fun". Because the gland creates an uneven distribution of thoughts, decision making abilities are seemingly easy, but frequently unwise. This is often referred to as impulsive behavior (also attributes to the "behavior problem"). In addition to the impulsive behavior. If you're able to understand the root cause, then it is easy to see how there are many, many more things that are associated with ADD, than simply the inability to stay focused on a general topic for any length of time.

Without writing a lengthy paper on it, I'll explain how OCD is, in fact, the opposite of AD(H)D. Before I do that, I would like to say that I believe the hyperactive part of AD(H)D is likely something other than ADD. They are frequently associated with each other, but I believe they are not necessarily directly linked. This, I can certainly be wrong about, but from what I've studied and experienced, I'm getting a strong indication that they are not one in the same. One thing is certain; every person is different, and experiences a significant variation in symptoms, with a significant variation of degree.

If an under stimulated gland causes a person to not be able to concentrate on a given subject or task for any length of time, causes the mind to have reduced inhibitions, impulsive behavior, poor hygiene, an unctroloable desire to express his or her thoughts immediately as they come, and so on, the over stimulated gland is quite the opposite.

With the over stimulated gland, you get what is most commonly referred to as obsessive compulsive behavior. Depending on the frontal lobe of the given person (what's important to that person), he or she can experience a strange ability to read lengthy books from start to finish in virtually one sitting. He or she may have an extremely difficult time making a decision because their mind is stuck weighing out all of the pros and cons, without the ability to come to a final conclusion. He or she may have extremely high anxiety because their natural insecurity is exaggerated because a single situation that would make him or her slightly nervous gets stuck in his or her mind, being played out in every single worst case scenario possible, until it is completely thought out... then it's all thought out over again... and then again (hyper paranoia). If this person is left alone, he or she can create a fictional scenario that he or she truly believes is real and there is nothing they can do to get their minds to shift gears or change to something else. It can create a severe anxiety attack or even a nervous breakdown. If a person is naturally a clean person or has a fear of being sick (maybe a natural hypochondriac), that person can be so fixated on what germs can do if they are not under control that they become to the unknowing world to be a germaphobe, who obsessively washes or sanitizes his or her hands and everything around him or her. If a person grew up in an environment where holiness and purity is the focus, and the child grows to really respect and want to pursue holiness and purity, the over stimulated gland will cause that person to spend his or her entire life pursuing nothing but that. He or she will never, and I do mean never, do anything to break any rule at all, ever. That person would virtually martyr himself or herself over not telling his or her wife/husband that he or she looks fat in the outfit that was just put on. Even the simple "white lies" are far more than simple to this person.

It is because the gland is over active that the brain is overwhelmed by "this or that" statements or "if/then" statements, that never get resolved. The OCD type of person could listen to the same song over and over and over again. They are frequently completely oblivious to their surroundings. We can go on and on and on, just like with the ADD.

When we understand that the gland between the two hemispheres is either under stimulated for the ADD, or over stimulated for the OCD, it is very easy to see many, many symptoms that are associated with each.

Before, when I was offering my opinion that the hyperactivity is not necessarily associated with ADD, I believe that the person who naturally has a lot of energy, simply expresses that energy without reservation or discipline, because the impulse to express it is significantly outweighed by the thought of "this is not the appropriate time or place to express this energy". It's an expression or inhibition problem, not an energy problem. To further support this, look at an ADD child or adult who is naturally lethargic. (Unfortunately, the lethargic people with ADD often slip through the cracks, as children, because their behavioral problems do not present themselves in a disruptive form, thereby reducing the attention drawn to and therefore given to the problems) He or she will take every chance he or she can get to take advantage of the opportunity to relax or veg-out. He or she will often create the opportunity, even to their detriment, in the same way as the hyper-active person, only it usually flies under the radar.

So now, if we were to say "ADHD", it would be like saying Attention Deficit (Hyperactive or Lethargic) Disorder, which simply isn't logical, based on what we know to be the root cause of ADD/OCD. It's simply ADD (perhaps ADD with hyperactive expressions, or ADD with lethargic expressions).

I hope this makes since.

If you're ADD and you made it all the way through this, congratulations... I know it was hard, and probably took a long time. Medication will change your world.

For both the ADD and the OCD, don't let anyone tell you that "you can do it without medication". They have absolutely no idea what they're talking about. No one who legitimately has ADD would say something so ignorant, and unless he or she has ADD, there is no way they can possibly understand your struggle. They'll probably say something like "if you just work a little harder or if you just ____, I know you can ___". If only it were that simple. Someone who tells you that you can "manage" your condition without medication would be like someone telling the person with bi-polar disorder that he or she can simply manage the condition without medication. We all know how foolish that statement would be, and the two conditions are very similar, in that they are neurological, not psychological or behavioral. There is no trained behavior that can correct the stimulation between the hemispheres of the brain. Although you can somewhat mask the condition, and somewhat manage it, you will never, ever, EVER perform at your true potential without the medication. (This comes from 13 years of experience working with these conditions.) Along with the medication, however, I cannot more strongly recommend cognitive behavioral therapy. The two will work hand-in-hand.

Yes, it absolutely can. Anxiety causes your breathing cycle to become rapid and short (hyperventilation) therefore causing you carbon dioxide levels in your blood stream to become imbalanced. This has all sorts of effects on your nervous system including tunnel vision, tingling of your extremities, and could potentially cause you to pass out. Nothing to fear though, as you can't possible damage yourself by experiencing this.

The easy remedy is to bring a paper-bag with you if you experience frequent panic attacks. Breath in and out of the paper bag for about a minute or so and you'll watch the symptoms disappear. The paper bag will force you to get you carbon dioxide levels back in balance. Best of all, this will reduce your anxiety about having a panic attack in the future. This is true, I suffer from anxiety and when I get an attack my extremities become numb, totally normal

Be very careful if considering using the paper bag method, as it may well be related to an increased incidence of heart attacks, possibly from improper use. At the first sign of a panic attack, employ an ANTI PANIC ATTACK breathing technique. Advice from a published psychiatrist on controlled breathing: (1.) Get a clock, or watch with a second timer. (2.) Practise for 5 minutes, 4 times daily, until proficient. (3.) Take a small breath in, and hold it, for 6 seconds. (4.) Think to yourself: "RELAX", just before breathing out. (5.) Try to feel a sense of releasing tension, as you breathe out. (6.) Breathe in for 3 seconds, then out, for 3 seconds. Try to make your breathing very smooth, and light, as you breathe in through your nose, and out through your mouth, or nose. (7.) For the next minute, continue to breathe in, and out, every 3 seconds. (8.) Go back to step 3, at the end of the minute, and proceed through to step 7, doing this for 5 minutes. Use this at the very first sign of a panic attack starting, or any time you feel anxious, or tense. Similar, but simpler advice, from a clinical psychologist is to breathe in to the count of 3: (one thousand one; one thousand two; one thousand three) each takes around a second to say to yourself, in your mind, and out to the count of 3.

Note: The controlled breathing only helps with the symptoms, as do medications/herbal remedies. Address the underlying cause, which requires some form of therapy. Imagine that the cause of your panic; your anxieties, fears, your self doubts, self recriminations, all the agonizing "I'm-so-Stupids"; every painful "I-can't-do-it" are huge raging, hurtful bulls snorting and charging at you. You see them coming at you and you hold out your red matador's cape at arms length and simply let them charge right by. Every time they come at you, hold out your arm with the red cape and let them rage and snort and go right on past. Some people recommend nettle tea, with a little honey. Others use Lavender tea, Lemon Balm, Chamomile, but use no milk or cream with herbal teas, or Valerian (caution: use for 3 weeks; maximum!). Know how these affect you before driving, or doing anything dangerous, and it is far better to use the treatments, rather than relying on herbal remedies.

No. Anxiety and schizophrenia are two different disorders. Anxiety is neurotic, and schizophrenia is psychotic. Although at times anxiety in severe cases can lead to losing touch with reality ( severe anxiety ) it can never lead to a psychotic disorder like schizophrenia.

If you have had a physical to discount any physical problems, go to the library and pick up "Peace From Nervous Suffering" by Dr. Claire Weeks. Best self-help book on the subject. Hope you feel better.

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Two meanings, one physical and one emotional. A physical trauma is an injury, i.e., a "blunt force trauma to the head" might be caused by a bat to the head. There are mental traumas, such as being in war, the stress of which can cause Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, the trauma being that one had to kill and watch friends be killed or terribly injured.

Acrophobia

There are no subtypes of OCD, but OCD can manifest in dif. ways...

Ppl with OCD fall into categories such as: checkers (obsessively checking to ensure everything is in order), counters, savers (saving unneeded things that are no longer useful), etc.

No one fears it, it is super healthy!

yes its called catphobia

Steady them by placing your hands on their shoulders and coach them through some breathing. Deep breath in through the nose, hold it, then (through o shaped lips, as if they were going to whistle) out slowly through the mouth. Have them keep doing this until they have calmed down. If you can get them to sit down while this is happening that'd be good too, but keep your hands on their shoulders and maintain eye contact.

Talk calmly, remind them what they are feeling is emotional, not physical.. Many people believe the panic attack is a heart attack and need to be reminded they are not in any danger.

If you notice that you are doing this a lot, then it probably reflects some tension in your life that you need to resolve. So, just like anything else you would want to stop--change your activity when you notice you are doing it--like get up and go for a walk, get a drink of water, etc. Keep your nails nicely trimmed and filed so there are no ragged edges and moisturize your cuticles for the same reason. Willpower isn't always the answer: action is.

It looks bad. It damages your nails and your cuticles. It transfers disease-causing germs from your hands to your mouth. It can result in infections on your fingers.

Aquaphobia is fear of the water.

When someone hyperventilates (over breathing), although it may feel to that person as if they are not getting enough oxygen, this is not true. They are getting enough oxygen, but breathing out too much Carbon Dioxide, upsetting the normal body chemistry and causing some unpleasant side effects.

The theory behind breathing into a paper bag is to breathe back in some of the excessive amounts of carbon dioxide being breathed out, but this should only be used if certain that the over breathing is only caused by anxiety/stress. Hyperventilation can occur as a result of underlying medical problems, and if this is the case, breathing into a paper bag can make the condition worse. A person should also only use the bag for short periods, alternating between breathing with the bag for about 10 seconds and then without for 15 seconds.

However, there is conflicting views over the use of a paper bag and many sources say that it is no longer recommended.

The best way to help a person who is hyperventilating is to calm them down. This can be done by getting them to count from 100 backwards or talking about something trivial that will take their mind off their panic, but not make them more stressed. This also works as it is very difficult to hyperventilate and talk at the same time!

Concentrating on breathing patterns will also help, a person who is hyperventilating will usually breathe in quickly and sharply and not spend enough time breathing out, so forcing themselves to slow their breathing down and concentrate on long exhalation will help.

If you are with a person who is hyperventilating be kind but firm - make them talk to you and control their breathing, counting with them while they breathe can also help (breathe in for 3 counts and out for 4 etc)

I don't think there is one. It's possible to form a latinate term for the fear of just about anything, but just because you can form some form of tortured labyrinthine term for it doesn't make it a real word.

(Most of the lists of "fear of..." that you see on the internet or wherever are not words that real psychiatrists actually use... there are maybe a couple of dozen common fears with words that really get used, and the rest are just things someone made up to fill out the list.)

There are several different classes of psychiatric medicines used to treat OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder). One of the classes of medicines that is known to have the least incidences of side effect or discontiuation are the SSRIs. Two of them are more prominently known for OCD. THese two are Zoloft and Luvox. Both of these have FDA approved generics that are equivalent to the brand names.

There are many types of psychotic reactions. Some of the best known are hallucinations. Hallucinations are when you see or hear things that are not really there. Paranoia is another psychotic reaction where you feel that people are out to get you. Another Psychotic Reaction was a 2-1/2 ton armored Gun Truck in Vietnam circa 1968. At this time there is a full size functioning replica of this truck taking part in parades and historical displays to honor the memory and service of Vietnam Veterans who drove the convoys in Vietnam. More information and photos are available at: www.vietnamguntruck.com

You can not know about anxiety and not know it.=But you will know if you have anxiety if you know about it.==If you do you will have stomach pains, nausea, chest pain, shortness of breath and heart palpitations.=

Trypanophobia is the extreme fear of medical procedures involving injections or hypodermic needles. It is occasionally referred to as aichmophobia, belonephobia, or enetophobia but they are incorrect.

Thermophobia is a fear of high temperatures. This particular phobia includes a fear of hot weather, hot objects, and other types of heat sources.