10 Things You Need to Know About Anxiety Medication
One way to reduce anxiety is to take benzodiazepine medication. These anti-anxiety prescription drugs are quick-acting and take effect within 30 to 60 minutes. They can lower symptoms of anxiety in a short period of time and prevent panic attacks. However, there are drawbacks to benzodiapines. Read the following 10 Things before you start anti-anxiety medication.
5 Tips to Cope with Anxiety for an Upcoming Performance Review
HealthCentral expert, Eileen Bailey writes, "It's almost the end of the year and for many people, that means the dreaded annual performance review. Many employees feel nervous thinking about what their managers might. For those with anxiety, this time is even more stressful."
9 Ways to Stop Obsessing or Ruminating
I recently went through a personal crisis and found myself obsessing about it. Every waking minute was consumed with thoughts about the situation. I went over it and over it, all day, everyday until I thought I was losing my mind. While individuals with generalized anxiety disorder are prone to constant worry, everyone can fall prey to ruminating or obsessing when faced with a difficult situation.
8 Tips for Coping with Anxiety Induced Heart Palpitations
Heart palpitations are a common symptom of anxiety. Palpitations are often described as an unusual awareness of the heartbeat or feeling your heart pounding or racing. While palpitations are rarely serious, if you are experiencing these, it is a good idea to get checked by your doctor as sometimes palpitations can signal arrhythmia, tachycardia, bradycardia or atrial fibrillation.
5 Ways to Treat Anxiety with Music Therapy
Listening to music each day can help relieve anxiety and improve overall health. During stressful moments, we can feel our bodies relax, at least a little, when listening to a song we love. Music therapy uses a trained and licensed professional to create individualized programs, which can include listening to music, playing or singing music or writing music, to improve physical, psychological, cognitive and social functioning. After an initial evaluation, a music therapist works to create a program that addresses individual needs.
7 Self-Help Tips for Managing Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a type of anxiety disorder characterized by obsessions, or pervasive and upsetting thoughts, and compulsions, rituals used to help manage the obsessions. Treatment for OCD usually consists of medication, psychotherapy or both. There are also a number of self-help strategies you can use in your daily life to help manage symptoms.
Food Phobias
A phobia is an irrational and excessive fear of an object or situation according to the American Psychiatric Association. We usually associate phobias with things or situations such as the fear of flying or a fear of dogs. These types of fears, while inconvenient, are not normally life-threatening. But food phobia, called cibophobia, can severely limit everyday activities and cause health problems.
How Stress Affects Your Body
You are about to walk on stage to deliver a presentation to a full auditorium of your colleagues and superiors. Sure you are prepared, but the thought of public speaking causes you to feel weak in the knees and your stomach to fill up with butterflies. Stress is never pleasant, but it is a fact of life and has even been known to inspire creativity, problem solving skills, and competitive drive. But what about the effects of chronic stress? Mind and body work together to keep a person healthy, but if either are compromised the interaction of the two can have serious consequences. Here is how chronic stress can affect all areas of your body.
9 Tips for Managing Stress During a Transitional Phase
Life is full of transitions. Some of these are a normal part of your life, such as getting married, buying a home, a child going off to school, a teenager heading off to college or simply growing older. But sometimes life throws in forced transitions: death, divorce, losing a job, health problems, having to care for a sick or elderly relative. While all transitions can be stressful, the unplanned ones tend to cause the most stress, leaving us feeling unprepared for what is to come, frightened or vulnerable.
The following are some ways you can help to manage transitions:
10 Things You Need to Know About Anxiety Medication
One way to reduce anxiety is to take benzodiazepine medication. These anti-anxiety prescription drugs are quick-acting and take effect within 30 to 60 minutes. They can lower symptoms of anxiety in a short period of time and prevent panic attacks. However, there are drawbacks to benzodiapines. Read the following 10 Things before you start anti-anxiety medication.
Most Common Anxiety Disorders Explained
A look at five of the most common anxiety disorders and how they affect people who suffer from them.
9 Unusual Phobias That People Really Have
Nine things that enough people are frightened of that experts have classified them as bonafide phobias.
7 Famous People with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
5 Tips to Cope with Anxiety for an Upcoming Performance Review
HealthCentral expert, Eileen Bailey writes, "It's almost the end of the year and for many people, that means the dreaded annual performance review. Many employees feel nervous thinking about what their managers might. For those with anxiety, this time is even more stressful."
Anxiety Treatment: 5 Myths About Taking Medication
9 Ways to Stop Obsessing or Ruminating
I recently went through a personal crisis and found myself obsessing about it. Every waking minute was consumed with thoughts about the situation. I went over it and over it, all day, everyday until I thought I was losing my mind. While individuals with generalized anxiety disorder are prone to constant worry, everyone can fall prey to ruminating or obsessing when faced with a difficult situation.
8 Tips for Coping with Anxiety Induced Heart Palpitations
Heart palpitations are a common symptom of anxiety. Palpitations are often described as an unusual awareness of the heartbeat or feeling your heart pounding or racing. While palpitations are rarely serious, if you are experiencing these, it is a good idea to get checked by your doctor as sometimes palpitations can signal arrhythmia, tachycardia, bradycardia or atrial fibrillation.
5 Ways to Treat Anxiety with Music Therapy
Listening to music each day can help relieve anxiety and improve overall health. During stressful moments, we can feel our bodies relax, at least a little, when listening to a song we love. Music therapy uses a trained and licensed professional to create individualized programs, which can include listening to music, playing or singing music or writing music, to improve physical, psychological, cognitive and social functioning. After an initial evaluation, a music therapist works to create a program that addresses individual needs.
7 Self-Help Tips for Managing Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a type of anxiety disorder characterized by obsessions, or pervasive and upsetting thoughts, and compulsions, rituals used to help manage the obsessions. Treatment for OCD usually consists of medication, psychotherapy or both. There are also a number of self-help strategies you can use in your daily life to help manage symptoms.
Food Phobias
A phobia is an irrational and excessive fear of an object or situation according to the American Psychiatric Association. We usually associate phobias with things or situations such as the fear of flying or a fear of dogs. These types of fears, while inconvenient, are not normally life-threatening. But food phobia, called cibophobia, can severely limit everyday activities and cause health problems.
How Stress Affects Your Body
You are about to walk on stage to deliver a presentation to a full auditorium of your colleagues and superiors. Sure you are prepared, but the thought of public speaking causes you to feel weak in the knees and your stomach to fill up with butterflies. Stress is never pleasant, but it is a fact of life and has even been known to inspire creativity, problem solving skills, and competitive drive. But what about the effects of chronic stress? Mind and body work together to keep a person healthy, but if either are compromised the interaction of the two can have serious consequences. Here is how chronic stress can affect all areas of your body.
9 Tips for Managing Stress During a Transitional Phase
Life is full of transitions. Some of these are a normal part of your life, such as getting married, buying a home, a child going off to school, a teenager heading off to college or simply growing older. But sometimes life throws in forced transitions: death, divorce, losing a job, health problems, having to care for a sick or elderly relative. While all transitions can be stressful, the unplanned ones tend to cause the most stress, leaving us feeling unprepared for what is to come, frightened or vulnerable.
The following are some ways you can help to manage transitions:
