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Health Encyclopedia: Stress Conditions With Similar Symptoms

Conditions with Similar Symptoms

The physical symptoms of anxiety disorders mirror many symptoms of stress, including:

A fast heart rate
Rapid, shallow breathing
Increased muscle tension

Anxiety is an emotional disorder, however, and is characterized by feelings of apprehension, uncertainty, fear, or panic. Unlike stress, the triggers for anxiety are not necessarily or even usually associated with specific stressful or threatening conditions. Some individuals with anxiety disorders have numerous phys...

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"Special K" Eases Depression

By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert

The club drug known as ketamine has been shown to have a rapid positive effect on an area of the... Read more »

Clearing Up Some Confusing Terms

By David Roeltgen, MD , Health Expert

...ability. Amnesia may be applied to any type of memory loss, including loss of language related... Read more »

Ask the Expert – 3/3/08 - #4. Help for spinal arachnoiditis?

By John Claude Krusz, PhD, MD , Health Expert

...treatment strategies including magnesium sulfate, ketamine, lidocaine, and other agents. This... Read more »

Normal Brain Activity Explains Behavior During Psychotic Episodes

By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert

...with brain activity following the administration of Ketamine. Paul Fletcher, MD, who led the... Read more »

Ask the Expert – 3/3/08 - #5. Therapies for piriformis syndrome?

By John Claude Krusz, PhD, MD , Health Expert

...painful syndrome. In addition, intravenous lidocaine, ketamine, propofol, and magnesium sulfate... Read more »

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Insomnia: Medications

...the first week after taking them. Shorter-acting benzodiazepines do not appear to pose as high a risk.Memory loss (so-called traveler's amnesia), sleepwalking, and odd mood states have been... Read more »

Restless Legs Syndrome and Related Disorders: Medications

Depression Medications, Antidepressants, Suicide Risk

...response within 19 days on the combination compared to 29 days with Prozac alone.Investigational DrugsKetamine. Ketamine, an anesthetic drug, may be helpful for patients with severe... Read more »

Depression: Highlights

...become symptom-free have a better chance of staying well than patients whose symptoms only improve.Ketamine, an anesthetic drug, may quickly improve symptoms in severely depressed patients,... Read more »

Hepatitis: Hepatitis C

...cases of suicidal thoughts have been reported. Other mental and emotional symptoms include anxiety, amnesia, confusion, irritability, impaired concentration, decreased alertness, memory problems,... Read more »

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