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Post by Dean Robinson on Nov 25, 2006 13:46:35 GMT -5
Heres a little up date . I finishied the program almost a month ago, so far I have not had another panic attack in almost 2 months. im not saying im cured cause there are days I feel very edgy. so I open the program and drop yhe relaxation cd in and that seems to do the trick. the program sells here at www.stresscenter.com/cts/21347954If anyone is interested in useing this program let me know id be happy to lend it to you trust me I know how bad the panic attacts are and would'nt wish it on anyone.
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Post by Mary on Dec 3, 2006 14:08:28 GMT -5
Analysis: Anxiety tied to physical illness By ANNE DECECCO WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- A new study confirms that anxiety disorders are significantly linked to physical conditions such as thyroid disease and arthritis, among others. This co-occurrence of disorders may increase the likelihood of disability and negatively affect quality of life.
The study, which appears in the Oct. 23 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, claims to be the first to use a large epidemiologic sample and standardized physician-based diagnosis in order to evaluate the association between anxiety disorders and physical conditions.
In the past, the co-occurrence of physical conditions related to depression has been well-documented, but the discovery of a link between physical conditions and anxiety disorders is more recent.
Study author and lead researcher Dr. Jitender Sareen of the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada and colleagues found people who had both anxiety and physical conditions also had greater levels of disability people with just the physical conditions. Other ailments included respiratory disease, gastrointestinal disease, migraine headaches and allergic conditions.
Between 1997 and 1999 the authors surveyed 1,913 men and 2,268 women ages 18 to 79.
For the purposes of the study, anxiety disorders included panic disorder, agoraphobia or a fear of being in public places, social phobia, simple phobia, generalized anxiety disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Participants' disability due to these disorders was evaluated by the number of days within the past 30 days that an individual was unable to carry on with his or her daily activities. The authors found that the combination of anxiety disorders and physical conditions was associated with at least one day of disability due to physical illness.
According to the authors, previous studies have found a link between anxiety and physical disorders, but they were limited in several ways. For example, the association between anxiety disorders and physical disorders in clinical samples may be limited by sampling biases, studies using self-reporting of physical health conditions may be misleading, and most studies have used lay interviewers to diagnose mental disorders rather than health professionals.
In addition, results have varied as to the degree of comorbidity of anxiety disorders and physical conditions with disability and quality of life.
In order to avoid the limitations of previous studies, Sareen and colleagues used the German Health Survey to further examine the link between anxiety disorders and physical illness. The GHS uses the DSM-IV, the Composite International Diagnostic Interview and physician-based diagnoses of participants' physical conditions.
Across all physical conditions, most of the individuals had onset of anxiety before the physical conditions.
While it is an improvement on previously existing work, the authors acknowledged that the study does have several limitations and more analysis needs to be done. One limitation was that the study did not look at individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder, which is said to be linked to many medical problems. Another limitation is that the study is cross-sectional rather than longitudinal. In addition, certain physical illnesses depend more on self-reported data, which may be inaccurate.
However, Dr. Ronald Kessler, professor of healthcare policy at Harvard Medical School, claims that the study has another major flaw.
"The flaw is that physical disorders vary greatly in severity, and it might be that the most severe versions of these disorders are more likely to cause anxiety," he said.
Kessler also said that the study should include some measure of the severity of physical conditions, and noted that it is important to know the age of onset for the anxiety and physical conditions in order to gauge if one results from the other.
"Severe arthritis, for example, might be more likely to cause anxiety than mild arthritis, in which case it could be the unmeasured severity of the arthritis rather than the anxiety that leads to the impairment."
Sareen said he intends to continue his investigation of the topic, and within the data set from this study he will look at particular anxiety disorders to see if any are more strongly correlated to physical conditions than others. "We're also going to try to address the limitations in a longitudinal study," he said.
The findings may prove crucial for the way in which doctors treat patients, Sareen said.
"There's been an increased effort to screen for depression in the medically ill. Our findings show that it's important to screen for anxiety disorders in the medically ill, too. Once identified, the appropriate treatment ... would treat not only the emotional symptoms, but the physical, as well."
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Post by NDP on Dec 19, 2006 0:13:00 GMT -5
GOOD JOB Mary, thanks for your info, I had anxiety, and later found it was my thyroid,, treat the thyroid, and the anxiety was gone.
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Post by Dean Robinson on Dec 19, 2006 0:43:38 GMT -5
Im glad you took care of this. its a nitemare for me sometimes but I know its my thinking that does it to me.
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