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  • Shyness Often Confused With SAD  By : Karen Larsen
    Have you ever found yourself walking through a public mall where you feel you're the center of attention and everyone is watching you? If that feeling is abnormally intense, you may have social anxiety disorder.
  • Insidious Depression  By : Mary Ann Copson
    Why depression is so hard to get out of and where to start.
  • Panic Attack FAQ's  By : Craig Summer
    Simple answers to simple questions about Panic Attacks, Anxiety Attacks, Anxiety Disorder. Provides a link to a free ebook - Getting to Know Anxiety.
  • Thanks to Ambien  By : John Scott
    The article introduces a fortysomething housewife who is keeping a diary about her first experiences with Ambien. She is to be paid in kind to write about her life. She is not being paid to endorse Ambien, but for an honest report of her reaction to the medication.
  • Friday  By : John Scott
    The article identifies the problems that any family can experience when one member is planning to start taking a potentially addictive medication that also has recreational use and a street value.
  • A new study shows insomnia is more persistent  By : John Scott
    The article considers a twenty year study into insomnia which found that sleep loss continued and worsened over time, and that it was often followed by depression.
  • Learning from the past  By : John Scott
    The article looks back to 1994 when the cost of anxiety disorders to the US economy was $65 billion. Because public health care is underfunded, treatments have focused on oral medications as the cheap solution rather than expensive behavioural therapy which has a better chance of a cure.
  • Facts and speculations about weight gain  By : John Scott
    The aricle looks at the relaionship between zoloft and weight gain. It initially prefers the explanation that any weight gain is due to overeating, but then accepts the possibility that some people will experience weight gain as a side effect to themedication.
  • What are Panic Attacks  By : Craig Summer
    Doctors agree that understanding what is going on when you have a panic attack or anxiety attack is the first step in preventing panic attacks. This article describes why panic attacks happen.
  • 5 Ways to Prevent Panic Attacks that Really Work  By : Craig Summer
    If you are suffering from Anxiety attacks or panic attacks then you should know that Doctors agree that for most people simple self help can be the best treatment. Find out 5 things you can do to prevent panic attacks.
  • Fight Depression In Men With Vitamins, Exercise, And Family Support  By : Darrell Miller-1603
    Men tend to store up what bothers them until they explode one way or another. Don’t let depression from work and life get you down, changes in life style, diet and exercise can help fight depression in men.
  • Cure Anxiety By Learning To Cope With It.  By : Trevor Sinclair
    Discover how to cure anxiety and start living your life in normality. Feel free of the fear that comes with having anxiety.
  • “Diet and Depression: Crucial ‘Secrets’ That Pharma Doesn’t Want You to Know”  By : Merri Ellen
    If we all understood the direct relationship of our diet and depression, quite possibly the pharmaceuticals could be out of the anti-depressant business.
  • Curing Depression And Stress  By : jitesh
    Does anxiety is making your life miserable? There are many ways to cure anxiety and panic attacks? You can not treat anxiety yourself. Anxiety and depression can be treated with the help of support and therapy.
  • Is It Possible Treat Depression?  By : jitesh
    Do you want to have some information about anxiety disorders? Keep on reading this article if you want to know more about anxiety and it`s causes. Many people suffering from anxiety are unaware of their disease.
  • Natural Herbs And Stress Management  By : jitesh
    Do you know enough about anxiety and panic attacks? If not then keep reading this article. The cause of depression is imbalance of neurotransmitters in the brain. Many people think that anxiety is a natural phenomenon.
  • Monday  By : John Scott
    The article captures the sense of nervous anticipation a person would feel the very first time she is to take a powerful medication. She is not sure how it will affect her, how she will feel afterwards.
  • Tuesday  By : John Scott
    The article makes the point that even though a medication like Ambien can give you one or two nights of good sleep, you have to relearn how to sleep at the same time every night. This means that you cannot sleep during the day.
  • Wednesday  By : John Scott
    The article considers one of the problems with clinical trials for new medications. The fact that there is a scientifically documented phenomenon called the “placebo effect” means people can distort the research findings. Unfortunately, getting a naive participant to give unbiased finding is unethical.
  • Medications for depression treatment were proven not significantly harmful during pregnancy.  By : John Scott
    The article reports the latest reassuring research finding that there is no evidence that Zoloft or the other SSRIs cause any significant risk of birth defects among unborn children. But asks why no-one does the same research for nursing mothers to ensure that their babies will not be damaged while breast-feeding.
  • Balancing of the benefits of anxiety relief against the risk of the prescription drug abuse  By : John Scott
    The article looks at the problem of reconciling patient safety against public safety. People need access to safe medications like Xanax. The fact that several million people around the word may be abusing prescription medications, cannot be allowed to distract from the benefits to millions more individual patients who use the medications properly.
  • Why does anxiety increase the risk of a heart attack?  By : John Scott
    The article reports on the research findings that the blood coagulation process of those who suffer from anxiety or panic disorders is unbalanced. This may expose such people to a higher risk of a stroke or heart attack.
  • What can help you to battle the jet lag?  By : John Scott
    The article registers mild surprise that Ambien has now become the drug of choice for the Red Sox as they battle the jet lag to play their opening baseball games in Japan. It seems that Ambien is the fastest way to reset the circadian rhythms to local time.
  • The tendency to develop diabetes in depressed patients isn't connected with the particular medicine  By : John Scott
    The article focuses on the research findings that there is a link between depression and the incidence of type 2 diabetes. The risk is increased if patients take either a Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI) like Zoloft or a tricyclic antidepressant (TCA).
  • Is it a social conscience or self-interest that should motivate us to dispose of medications safely?  By : John Scott
    The article wonders how people in the United States dispose of their unwanted medications given the DEA regulations, and whether it is a social conscience or self-interest that should motivate us to dispose of medications safely.
  • What will the world be like when the sleeper awakes in 2018?  By : John Scott
    The article looks at a new marketing report for the sleep disorder market which predicts continuing strong growth for both existing and new medications.
  • By 2020 depression can be second top cause of death in US.  By : John Scott
    The article questions whether the use of medications such as Zoloft is justified since no-one dies of being depressed. After examining the evidence for the incidence of psychiatric illnesses and its effects, it concludes that morally and economically, states should treat depression as a high priority in the provision of health cover.
  • Thin-film way to better sleep  By : John Scott
    The article looks at the development of a new delivery system for Ambien. A US-based company is applying thin-film technology to deliver the medication in a convenient new form as a lozenge. Placed on the tongue, it dissolves rapidly.
  • Daniel Smith’s death was accidentally fatal  By : John Scott
    The article reflects on the news of the inquest verdict on the death of Daniel Smith. Although the way he died could be an accident, it may also be as a result of the suicide risks in the use of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors. Yet perhaps it is always better not to characterise a death as suicide unless it is unavoidable.
  • Depressed? Do you ever worry about controlling yourself?  By : John Scott
    The article uses the example of US rapper Beanie Siegel to underline the addictive quality of Xanax. He has just been sent back to jail for multiple probation violations in abusing Xanax. Here is a man who has the money and position to fight addiction. That he keeps failing to beat Xanax should warn all.

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