Posts Tagged ‘Anxiety’

Pros and Cons of Taking Medication for Manic Depression

Medication is not usually used as a first line of defense against manic depression. often, the patient has to undergo psychotherapy before the doctor will finally decide if he or she needs to take antidepressants. The reason for this is that the effects of these medications can differ from patient to patient. And these effects [...]

Introduction to Soaring & Crashing – My Bipolar Adventures

I'm not a famous actress like Patty Duke (Anna Marie in they call me Anna) or Carrie Fisher (in The Best Awful); or a gifted psychiatrist like Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison (in An Unquiet Mind); or a flamboyant, young journalist like Lizzie Simon (in Detour: my Bipolar Road Trip in 4-D); or a notorious newswoman [...]

Quizzes As Diagnostic Tools – Am I Stressed Out?

We have seen that stress is at the root of all troubles, particularly in triggering anxiety and depression. The following quiz would help you find out whether stress has become part of your life style yet. Answer the quiz with 'YES' or 'NO'. 1. Do you see the negative side first or exclusively in everything [...]

Depression Anxiety – Symptoms and Treatments

Anxiety and depression are often confused as the same thing but they are not; these are two different conditions that might exhibit similar symptoms. Anxiety is often characterized with heightened or amplified emotions such as fear, panic and worries where the reasons to behave in such a manner is not warranted. Depression is more of [...]

List of Depression Treatments

A lot of people would claim they are depressed, but not all of them realize that there are people who fare much worse. Teenagers, for instance, would say they're depressed over a breakup or a low grade at school or a denied scholarship opportunity. Others would be depressed but they don't really know the reason [...]

Top Four Anxiety Symptoms In Teenage Girls

Puberty can be devastating among teenage girls. Not only does a young girl have to worry about fitting in at school, shaping their identity, and dealing with hormones, they may often have issues at home as well. Anxiety symptoms in teenage girls are traits that are commonly expressed between the ages of 12 and 14 [...]

Coping With Depression Anxiety – Taking Responsibility

If you are depressed or perennially anxious, what are you supposed to do aside from seeking psychiatric help? How will you be able to cope with depression? Diagnosing depression and anxiety disorders is not an easy thing to do. The sufferer's doctor must make a thorough, careful evaluation of the conditions attendant to the depression [...]

Depression and Anxiety

After anxiety, depression is the most common mental health disorder. An estimated 10% of people who visit their doctors for what they think is physical problem are actually experiencing depression. but what if you have both depression and anxiety? could this be possible to have both the number one and number two mental health disorders [...]

What Are the Symptoms of Depression Anxiety?

Anxiety and depression is not the same thing. They can however be related to each other and even require the same type of treatment. Anxiety happens without warning and in situations where an individual should not necessarily have any reason to be anxious. Depression can be a direct effect of anxiety and can cause the [...]

How to Cope With Mixed Anxiety Depressive Disorder – General Symptoms and Treatments

Anxiety and depression can be horrible debilitating conditions for those who suffer from it. These are two disorders which can at times can even exist together. People who suffer from the symptoms of both anxiety and depression can sometimes be diagnosed with a condition called mixed anxiety depressive disorder (MADD). If you feel you could [...]