The People's Perspective on MedicineArticles categorized as Anxiety
Should You Stop Taking Your Sleeping Pills?
As you grow older, your sleeping pills may put you at risk for falls and confusion. They should be used for only a short time. Can you stop?
Show 1368: Why Overcoming Loneliness Is Crucial for Your Health
Social isolation is a serious risk factor for chronic diseases. As a result, overcoming loneliness is an essential step toward better health.
Do Doctors Know How to Help Patients Stop Medications?
Why don't drug companies, doctors or the FDA tell patients how to stop medications? This is a problem with benzos, antidepressants and PPIs.
Show 1367: How to Evaluate Prescription Drugs
In this interview, Dr. Aaron Carroll describes tools used to evaluate prescription drugs and the importance of personal experience.
Do Conflicts of Interest Distort Antidepressant & Alprazolam Effectiveness?
Doctors believe they are practicing evidence-based medicine. What if data on alprazolam effectiveness for panic disorder is biased?
The Love-Hate Relationship with Anti-Anxiety Benzos
Millions of people rely upon anti-anxiety benzos to calm their nerves and put them to sleep. What are the pros and cons of benzodiazepines?
Benzodiazepine Dependence | A Hard Habit to Kick
Getting off benzos can be tough. Benzodiazepine dependence is common. Beware "BIND": Benzodiazepine-Induced Neurological Dysfunction.
Is There a Downside to Ashwagandha?
You could use herbal medicine to reduce anxiety and treat insomnia. Digestive upset is a downside to ashwagandha. So is withdrawal.
Prednisone Can Cause Anxiety, Depression and Insomnia
Corticosteroids are valuable medications. But drugs like prednisone can cause anxiety, depression and other serious psychiatric side effects.
Vitamin D Supplements for Babies May Boost Kids’ Mental Health
A follow-up study after several years found that high-dose vitamin D supplements during infancy improved kids' mental health.
Coping with Anxiety During Really Stressful Times
How are you coping with anxiety? Are you taking anti-anxiety drugs? A randomized trial shows that practicing mindfulness works just as well.
Show 1262: How to Manage Your Anxiety (Archive)
Faced with uncertainty, most people feel anxious. But you can manage your anxiety by changing your habit loops with kindness and curiosity.
Show 1303: The Mental Health Crisis Affecting American Teenagers
In this interview, many American teens are experiencing a mental health crisis. The pandemic didn't cause it but has made it worse.
Stopping Duloxetine (Cymbalta) Suddenly Flipped Her Out
It's easy to start taking a new med. You just pop a pill in your mouth and hope for the best. But stopping duloxetine (cymbalta) can be tricky.
Show 1271: New Approaches to Managing Depression (Archive)
Two of the country's leading experts in managing depression and bipolar disease discuss conventional and unorthodox treatments.
Can You Fight Depression by Eating the Mediterranean Way?
When depressed college kids tried eating the Mediterranean way, they began feeling better. Less junk food meant lower scores on a depression scale.
Show 1287: Managing Stress and Anxiety During COVID
The pandemic has put enormous strain on young people, health care workers, and a range of other people. We have tips for managing stress.
Can You Deal with Depression and Manage Anxiety?
Are you anxious, confused and worried? Headlines have been scary. How can you manage anxiety and deal with depression?
How To Stop Duloxetine (Cymbalta) Without Withdrawal Symptoms
Millions of people take antidepressants for anxiety, arthritis, depression, nerve pain or fibromyalgia. Are they told how to stop duloxetine?
Do Lonely Older People Take More and Riskier Drugs?
Research shows that lonely older people are more likely to be prescribed potentially risky drugs for depression, anxiety, insomnia or pain.
Show 1260: The Pros and Cons of Online Therapy During the Pandemic
During an extremely stressful year, most people were not able to have therapy face to face. How does online therapy fill the void?
Show 1248: How to Keep Moving and Feel Better During COVID-19
Have pandemic restrictions interfered with your exercise routine? Dr. McGonigal describes how to feel better with new approaches to movement.
Show 1238: How Is COVID-19 Affecting Mental Health?
The stresses of this pandemic year pose mental health challenges for many people. How can you manage and help your children cope?
Show 1237: Improving Your Mood With Food
It's easy to feel depressed or anxious in times like these, but you can improve your mood with food. Listen and learn how!
Zolpidem for Insomnia | COVID-Related Anxiety
Has the coronavirus been causing you anxiety, depression or insomnia? You would not be alone. Prescriptions for drugs like zolpidem for insomnia are way up!
COVID-19 Is Making People Anxious and Depressed
New prescriptions for anti-anxiety medications, antidepressants and sleepings pills have increased recently. Americans are anxious and depressed.
Show 1208: Keeping Kids Healthy in the Age of Coronavirus
How are parents and grandparents keeping kids healthy when they can't go to school or the playground? Dr. Alan Greene has suggestions for families, 4/18/20.
Show 1204: How Brain Function Affects Mental Illness
Dr. Daniel Amen argues that a healthy mind needs a healthy brain. How can you help your brain function more effectively for good mental health?
How Can You Overcome a Fear of Public Speaking?
Medications may help you overcome fear of public speaking, but cognitive behavioral therapy and practicing the skill could help even more.
Do Psychological Benefits from Psilocybin Last?
Nearly five years after a psychedelic experience designed to be therapeutic, most participants report they still are getting benefits from psilocybin.
Clonazepam Withdrawal | Safe Sedative or Poison?
Benzodiazepines like alprazolam, clonazepam, diazepam and lorazepam remain popular to ease anxiety. If stopped too quickly, benzos can cause withdrawal!
Show 1180: How to Eat to Nourish Your Brain
Do you know what foods you should eat to nourish your brain? You can improve your outlook and cognitive function by getting the 21 essential nutrients.
Can Resveratrol Help Ease Stress, Anxiety and Depression?
Research in mice shows how resveratrol could help reverse the effects of stress and the consequent anxiety and depression that result.
Will Lavender Oil Ease Your Anxiety and Insomnia?
The scent of lavender oil can help reduce anxiety and overcome sleeplessness in people undergoing surgery. Might it help you too?
Can Clonazepam Increase the Risk for Dementia?
People taking benzodiazepines like clonazepam for insomnia are caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. Could benzos increase the risk for dementia?
Will a Whiff of Lavender Ease Your Anxiety?
Mice given a whiff of lavender rich in the compound linalool act less anxious without becoming uncoordinated.
Will Fish Oil Supplements Ease Your Anxiety?
A systematic review of research shows that high-dose omega-3 fatty acid supplements may help ease your anxiety.
How to Lift Worry Along with Weights
In randomized controlled trials, people who lifted weights or did other resistance training were also able to lift worry and anxiety.
How Can You Help Kids with Anxiety?
Analysis of several studies shows that cognitive behavioral therapy is a good way to help kids with anxiety manage their symptoms.
Curcumin Eases Both Depression and Anxiety
Research demonstrates that either low-dose or high-dose curcumin extract can improve scores measuring depression and anxiety.
Why Is Old Tranquilizer (Meprobamate) So Damn Expensive?
Tranquilizers and anti-anxiety agents have been big best sellers for the pharmaceutical industry. Why are they so popular and why are they so pricey?
Sugar Eases Stress Response–No Wonder We Seem Addicted!
In a controlled trial, sugar-sweetened beverages calmed the stress response to a difficult cognitive task.
Antidepressant Withdrawal Feels Like Circles of Hell
Stopping anti-anxiety agents or antidepressants suddenly is a mistake. Sertraline withdrawal can cause "brain zaps." Is there a better way?
Sleeping Pills, Anti-Anxiety Drugs & Dementia
Sedatives and sleeping pills are taken by millions to calm nerves or sleep but do such drugs pose a risk for dementia? New research is worrisome.
Exercise Beats Anxiety
Regular exercise can help people with chronic conditions overcome their anxiety.
Natural Approaches to Ease Anxiety
Benzodiazepine drugs like alprazolam can ease anxiety but may lead to dependence.
Anxiety
Learning relaxation skills can help overcome anxiety.
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