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When in the grips of a panic attack it may seem like your life is coming to an end. Although difficult for non panic attack sufferers to understand the pain of a full blown panic attack is all too real to those who suffer from panic disorder. Panic attacks can strike you anywhere and at any time and in seemingly safe environments. In this article I will alleviate some confusion as to the ...
The closer you live to nature, the healthier you’re likely to be. For instance, people who live within 1 kilometer of a park or wooded area experience less anxiety and depression, Dutch researchers report. The findings put concrete numbers on a concept that many health experts had assumed to be true. “It’s nice to see that it shows that, that the closer ...
All antidepressants may not be created equal when it comes to worsening of suicidal ideation during treatment, researchers found. Men taking nortriptyline (Aventyl, Pamelor) were 2.4 times more likely to have an increase in suicidal thoughts than were those taking escitalopram (Lexapro), Nader Perroud, MD, of King’s College London, and colleagues reported online in BMC ...
A nervous breakdown refers to a mainstream and often-used term to generically describe someone who experiences a bout of mental illness that is so severe, it directly impacts their ability to function in everyday life. The specific mental illness can be anything – depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or something else. But the reference to a “nervous ...
