During the course of your internet and bookstore searches for anxiety relief one of the most common tips you've seen is "stay positive". And although we all have some notion of what this means sometimes you have to focus your positivity in order for it to make a difference. There are a lot of things that you can do to foster positivity in your life, however I've decided to shine a light on 4 negative habits that should be avoided because of their capacity to feed your stress and anxiety. These four very common negative habits include
Neurontin Linked to Depression and Suicide
As you search for the magic anti-anxiety elixir you should always take careful note of what you are ingesting. In most cases a so called anxiety busting drug may be of interest to you for obvious reasons but you should always consider the side effects. One of the fastest ways to get into trouble with anxiety drugs is by using drugs that were not designed to treat anxiety in the first place. This type of drug use is sometimes called "off label " drug use. In other words you find a drug that was designed to treat kidney infections but you take
Just Say No To Anxiety Drugs
Today I wanted to talk about anti-anxiety drugs and whether or not we should be taking them. Let me just start by saying that although the title of today's post is "just say no" maybe a better way of understanding my viewpoint on this issue is "just say no - most of the time". There is a great debate out in the world about whether or not people should be taking drugs to correct any health issue. There are many proponents of holistic healing and natural remedies who feel that drugs are not the answer to illness. On the
The Anxiety Guru Show: The Looking Glass Ep 6
Show Notes With anxiety disorders comes a loss of confidence. It is difficult for you to make decisions sometimes since you think one decision sounds great one minute and the very next second your on to something else totally different. You may think that because you have lost most or all of your confidence that you are a coward or defective. This of course is not the case at all. This may also lead to you challenging yourself to a test of "strength" and will. You go and do things that you may not be ready for - but when you do
Anxiety and Your Amygdala
I recently posted an entry about a new study taking place at Rutgers University. The post describes how researchers have found the small cluster of cells inside the brains amygdala that directly controls fear and anxiety. As a result of writing about that I wanted to evaluate the amygdala itself. When you have a first response of fear and anxiety it is instantaneous. You go from normal to very afraid in what seems like nanoseconds. What is going on in the brain when this happens? What fires the emotional trigger that sets you on a course
How To Control Your Anxiety
In boxing there is a saying that says all boxers have a plan until they get hit. I love that saying because it illustrates wonderfully my battles with anxiety symptoms. When I start feeling better I always make a plan about what I will do to control my anxiety, but as soon as my anxiety symptoms hit my plan would always fall apart as if Mike Tyson himself punched me square on the nose. That continued until I found a new plan. To control your anxiety you have to have a plan, sort of. What I mean by plan is a way to sort out an actual set of