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Stress and anxiety are largely a result of mental or emotional distress, causing feelings such as apprehension, fear, frustration, and anger....
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Although there is no magic wand to wave and dispel chronic anxiety, we can do our best to avoid habits that make anxiety worse.
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The terms anxiety and stress are often used interchangeably, and it is true that they are related conditions with many of the same symptoms....
Stressful life events are difficult for everyone, but they can be especially hard on those who already have an anxiety disorder. A recent study...
Calming your anxiety and nerves is easier said than done. “Just relax” doesn’t work, and “it’s okay” doesn’t help! So what do you do?
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Everyone who lives with bothersome anxiety symptoms should have a pouch or pocket in their bag or backpack that is an emergency calm-kit.
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Norpramin is a brand name for the pharmaceutical desipramine, a tricyclic antidepressant which operates by inhibiting the reuptake of...
Sleep anxiety is a generalized worry about getting enough sleep or quality sleep. Like other types of anxiety, it feeds on itself so that the...
Relationship anxiety is excessive worry about either forming or keeping a relationship. And it is considered one aspect of social anxiety disorder...
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The term antipsychotic refers to a large group of medications that are most often used to treat the psychotic symptoms found in people with...
The monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) tranylcypromine (brand name: Parnate) is an antidepressant sometimes used for the treatment of anxiety...
For sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), prolonged exposure (PE) therapy is a proven, effective treatment. Sometimes referred to as...
The antidepressant Nardil, in the class of antidepressants known as monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), is also frequently prescribed as a...
Medications are an important tool for people dealing with anxiety, but most experts agree that they are best used as a short-term solution for...
Why is Celexa prescribed?
Celxa or Citalopram, is used to treat depression. Citalopram is in a class of antidepressants (mood elevators)...
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This article was written exclusively for LivingWithAnxiety.com by Camille Rynd. She explains why she resorted to self-medicating and how much...
Benzodiazepines are a generally well-tolerated class of psychoactive drugs commonly used to treat anxiety disorders. While they are considered to...
Is it true that you can ease anxiety by relaxing with a soothing cup of tea? In general, tea is known for it's calming benefits. Sitting down with...
Alzheimer's Disease is a degenerative disease of the brain that eventually leads to dementia and death. At the current time, there is no cure for...
The term chronic stress disorder is often used to describe the psychological condition known as complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD). C...
When you consider common symptoms of anxiety, such as a pounding heart, sweating, and dizziness or lightheadedness, it seems obvious that anxiety...
Email, convenient though it may be, can lead to chronically high levels of stress and anxiety if checked too often. Fortunately, new research...
Self-help books for anxiety are very popular--so popular that the sheer number of books available can be overwhelming. All those choices mean that...
While many anxiety disorders are very responsive to treatment, compulsive hoarding is a unique disorder which defies classification and tends to...
