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Expert_badge Eileen Bailey

Anxiety and Medications During Pregnancy

  You have anxiety and you just found out you are pregnant, or maybe you are thinking of becoming pregnant. What do you do? Do you continue taking anxiety medications? What are the risks of possible birth defects? Is there a risk to you or your baby if you stop taking medication? What do you need to know?     Pregnancy is a... Read moreChevron
posted 04/19/2011, comments (0)|
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Merely Me

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Freelance Writer who suffers from Anxiety and Depression

How to Manage Job Stress

When I was in therapy, I devoted a lot of time to talk about my job and work issues which were causing me stress and anxiety. In therapist’s offices all across the country I can envision people asking for help on how to cope with job stress. It is no wonder that so many of us do experience work related stress because we spend so much of our... Read moreChevron
posted 04/16/2011, comments (0)|
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Jerry Kennard

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Chartered Psychologist

Symptoms of an Anxiety Attack

The so-called anxiety attack is really the culminating moment of excessive worry over an issue. The symptoms, whilst somewhat similar to a panic event (panic attack), do differ enough to distinguish the two.   Let's imagine a scenario of the final examination. This is possibly something that could make or break a career, or hold the person... Read moreChevron
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Jerry Kennard

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Chartered Psychologist

Physical Manifestations of Anxiety

Our bodies like to exist in a state of balance. Even so, they are adapted to respond to situations as the demand requires and then return to normal. For this state of self-regulation to occur we have mechanisms that speed us up and others that slow us down. Our nervous system is organized in such a fashion. When the so-called sympathetic nervous... Read moreChevron
Expert_badge Eileen Bailey

Benzodiazepines

  Medications can frequently help to manage or minimize symptoms of anxiety, although they do not cure anxiety. One type of medication prescribed for short-term anxiety relief is benzodiazepines. These medications slow down the central nervous system and make you feel more relaxed. Some commonly prescribed benzodiazepines... Read moreChevron

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