NetWellness Anxiety and Stress Disorders

I think I need help

NetWellness Staff . — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:03:00 EST

Question: I am a Cutter and I cant seem to stop from cutting myself I do it daily and I do it when I feel sad mad and angery and well just about everything what should I do about this I cant tell anyone about this I just added some new cuts to myself just like ten minuets ago is there anything that you can te . . .

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Head Trama

NetWellness Staff . — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:03:00 EST

Question: I was in an accident two month ago and hit my head. And since then I have been having crying spells and personality is not the same. Could this be result of head trama or ptsd

Answer: Thank you for visiting NetWellness. On this site, NetWellness experts try to answer general questions about health. Only a health professional performing a thorough clinical exam is able to evaluate your symptoms. However, NetWellness may have some general information available about Post Traumatic . . .

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Lexapro withdraw symptoms

Nicholas Votolato RPh BCPP — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:01:00 EST

Question: Hi, I`ve been taking lexapro for 2 years now and do not like where I`m headed with it. So I stopped taking it slowly at first and than I ran out of my perscription and my doctors away on holiday so I can`t get it refilled. So I stopped cold turkey. I understand and am dealing with the withdraw sympt . . .

Answer: These withdrawal symptoms tend to exist at some level for up to 12 weeks although it is usually a shorter duration approximately
4-6 weeks depending on the dose of Lexapro and other concurrent medications. If symptoms of depression return you should make sure that your physician is made a . . .

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Fear/Anxiety about Cancer

Nancy Elder MD — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:12:00 EST

Question: About 6 months after the birth of my child, I became obsessed with the idea that I had developed cancer and was going to die. It wasn`t just one type of cancer - I was worried I had breast cancer (it all started with a lump which turned out to be a lymph node), then ovarian cancer, then throat cance . . .

Answer: This is a relatively common type of anxiety disorder -- fear of developing illnesses. Sometimes, these fears and anxieties can cross over into more serious illnesses, including obsessive compulsive disorder. The good news is that these anxieties can be treated, but you need to get help t . . .

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Quitting Lexapro

Nicholas Votolato RPh BCPP — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 EST

Question: I need to know what I can take to help eliminate the dizziness I have from quitting Lexapro. I weaned off like I should have, but this is bad. I do not want to take it again. Is there something I can do to help?

Answer: Assuming that this dizziness is a part of a discontinuation syndrome associated with SSRI's (like Lexapro), it is possible that your symptoms may require a much longer tapering. This may take months. There needs to be some consideration that this may be related to other things and this should b . . .

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Anxiety with light headedness

Nicholas Votolato RPh BCPP — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:11:00 EST

Question: Hi, I am 25 years of age and I am currently undergoing an exceptionally stressful time in my life. My fiance left me and on the same day I found out that a close friend of mine had passed away. I am now in the middle of my university exams. I have started suffering head aches, nauseas and anxiety al . . .

Answer: Individuals underestimate how significant stress can be. It can be directly related to your symptoms or can be exacerbating things. Either way it should be assessed at some point in time. You are in the middle of exams so the timing of this needs to be based on many factors that include t . . .

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Hives

Nicholas Votolato RPh BCPP — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:10:00 EST

Question: Can a long perod of time a month of high stress cause hives?

Answer: Periods of anxiety certainly can manifest itself in the form of a dermatological reaction. If this is severe or chronic in nature consider a medical evaluation.

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Anxiety which I can`t control

Nicholas Votolato RPh BCPP — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:10:00 EST

Question: I face a problem which friends and family regard it as insignificant and says that its a limitation in mind. I dont believe so. I am not strong. Whenever i pick something heavy, my hands shiver. People who I know ask why do I shiver so much. When they ask me to hold out my hand, its never still...th . . .

Answer: Some of the things that you are describing are not inconsistent with an anxiety disorder. Other individuals (family and friends) at times do not realize the significance of anxiety symptoms and how they are so troubling for many patients because the seem to be functioning is . . .

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Paroxatine and alcohol

Nicholas Votolato RPh BCPP — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:09:00 EST

Question: i am about to start taking paroxatine for depression and panic attacks, before i was taking prozac and drank socially at weekends with friends.will i still be able to do this with paroxatine

Answer: Of course it is never possible to recommend the use of alcohol in individuals experiencing difficulties with mood or anxiety symptoms. Despite this patients have used modest amounts of alcohol with paroxetine and fluoxetine. I think you must be made aware that even modest amounts of alcoho . . .

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Feeling of urination and anxiety

Nicholas Votolato RPh BCPP — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:09:00 EST

Question: My husband was in a recent car accident and suffered severe whiplash and a concussion. He has been out of work for almost 2 months and has been going to PT twice a week. Recently he has told me that it feels like he is "wetting" himself. He feels like he is actually urinating and that his pants are . . .

Answer: Without knowing more details I would recommend getting an evaluation for this as a potential neurological symptom before I would consider this to be of a psychiatric origin.

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