| FEAR |
What is the difference between fear and anxiety?
[MORE]
We could use some help in understanding our 10-year-old
daughter. I don't find her exihibiting most of the symptoms
you show under anxiety, yet she does have a continuing
problem with fears [MORE]
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| HERBAL |
She wants to help herself -
The natural way- self-relaxation, and overcoming her fear.
Do you know of any herbal, or non-medical, natural remedies
which may help in the control of her condition. [MORE] |
| HORMONES |
I am a 46-year-old female
who has been having anxiety/panic attacks for 2 years now. I
have had all of the medical check-ups, and there is nothing
physically wrong with me. I am also seeing a psychiatrist
who has put me on Prozac and I am also on Estrogen, a very
low dose. Is it possible for the attacks to be hormone
related? [MORE] |
HYPER-
VENTILATION |
I suffer from
panic/agoraphobia. I am still having panic attacks and some
agoraphobia so I went to a therapist late last year. She
said I had a hyperventilation problem and insisted I should
fix it before she could start CBT. She sent me away to
practice breathing. [MORE] |
| INSOMNIA |
I have been suffering from
insomnia for the last eight months which has triggered
continuous anxiety and panic - or perhaps it's the other way
around. Quite frankly, I'm so "undone," I can't
tell. [MORE] |
| ITCHING
SENSATIONS |
I experience dissociation,
a "moving brain" feeling that literally never
stops and incredibly intense itching sensations beneath the
skin that make me want to scream! I can't seem to find any
reference to the itching and moving-brain sensations in any
literature: is this common? [MORE] |
| MARIJUANA |
I think I have the symptoms
of panic disorder. I'm pretty sure it started after I tried
some drugs like marijuana. If I stop using the drugs, should
it go away? [MORE] |
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MEDICATION
(SENSITIVITY TO
MEDICATION)
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I was taking medication for awhile and then my doctor
suggested I could taper my dose down until I was finally
able to come off altogether. [MORE]
I experienced my first panic attack. It took months
before I was finally diagnosed with panic disorder and put
on medication (Xanax & Zoloft). I am still taking Xanax
but not Zoloft. I am taking Prozac instead (20 mg/day). I do
not have panic attacks anymore but do experience some points
of high anxiety at times. [MORE]
In your experiences with patients experiencing panic
attacks, have you noticed that SSRIs can, in fact, cause
panic attacks? [MORE]
Apparently she is very sensitive to drugs, and has
abnormality. I wonder what alternative drug can she use and
should she take some drug when the muscle twitching happens.
[MORE]
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| MEDITATION |
I also notice that you recommend meditation to control
panic attacks. How often should I meditate and where can I
go to learn how to do it? [MORE]
I find I can meditate very easily, and I see the colors
very soon after shutting my eyes, and I suppose I take this
for granted since I've always been able to do it, I just
didn't know *what* I was doing. But now I know what's
happening, I've discovered the exact same thing happens when
I sing. [MORE]
I have started practicing meditation after reading your
book (which I found it most useful and interesting, and I
have been reading it repeatedly). After each meditation, I
found difficulty in falling asleep ( I usually meditate at
night ). [MORE]
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| NAUSEA |
I feel I need to get more
help as it keeps resurfacing for no particular reason.. It
is not too bad, but I can't eat due to nausea, for a few
days sometimes. I take maxalon (anti-nausea tabs) but feel
awful. [MORE] |
| NIGHT
PANIC ATTACKS |
I have what you have said are spontaneous panic attacks.
They just happen any time any where and they can also wake
me up at night. [MORE]
Sometimes, at night, usually when I go to bed on the
early side, I can wake up with a full blown panic
attack--short of breath, feeling unreal, and knowing that
this is the big one. [MORE]
My diagnosis started with waking up in the middle of the
night with body tremors and a feeling like I was going to
die. [MORE]
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