Today in Anxiety
First, let us start with an almost uplifting bit on news. Brain boosters the drug of choice for the anxious intellectual. It’s back to those brain boosting, smart drugs. They are using Beta Blockers of course, for what strikes me as vanity reasons. However, I understand that before you give THE big speech, a little to calm you down might not be amiss.
Since the late 1990s golfers have been rumoured to use beta-blockers to steady nerves when they’re putting under pressure. Campaigning for drug testing in his sport, champion Australian golfer Craig Parry said he knew of three players who had won majors who had been on beta-blockers.
In a way I want to say, so what? But another part of me feels a little insulted by the occasional use people, such as those who wish to steady their nerves. I mean, I take what I take just to survive. For these people though, they do not need it to survive, but they do have to do something about stage fright, fear of public speaking, etc., I’m sure the list is nearly endless.
They should build their own drugs and not try to push in on the ones that keep us functioning, thereby raising problems for us because of their usage.
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It seems the Brain Blogger is someone I should visit more often. Check this out. It does my heart good when doctors ask,
While it has long been known that GAD can affect someone physically, new research is pointing to potential causes for GAD. Reported in Archives of Internal Medicine, researchers are studying the effects of some conditions such as thyroid disease, arthritis, migraine and respiratory disease and their connection to the onset of GAD. They approached this study knowing that physical illness often leads to depression. They wanted to find out if physical illness may cause GAD or other anxiety disorders.
That is a challenging stance, at least it seems so to me, because when GAD started with me, I was nine years old.
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As always the Archives of General Psychiatry produce a beautifully designed sit and layout. Bear in mind as you read it that escitalopram is really Lexapro. Our old friend. That is all that I have for you today. Check tomorrow for more from the world of anxiety.
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