You, as a patient must also be aware and careful especially in taking over-the-counter drugs like aspirin, acetaminophen or ibuprofen. Taking these drugs along with certain common prescription products like blood thinners or anti-inflammatory drugs can cause internal bleeding. Some dangerous drug combinations can also cause dizziness, fatigue, stomach upset and even organ failure, in rare cases. There are also drugs that cancel each other out when taken simultaneously.

Concerned about these occurrences? Then be sure always to concern yourself on what kind of medications you’re taking. Make sure that your doctors know all about drugs you’re taking bring all your prescription containers during medical visits for your doctor to see, is advisable.

A print –out of your medical records from your community or mail service pharmacy and having it be kept up-to-date is a good thing to do, too.

As a patient, being aware of dangers while taking certain medication is a great start to prevent negative outcomes. Meanwhile, having adequate knowledge on sound medication management is a very much needed to ward off further health disasters. -30-

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Physical reactions such as changes in breathing, muscle tension, flushing, and sweating can be relieved through use of relaxation techniques. Distortions in our thinking, that cause us to perceive social situations as more dangerous or threatening than they really are, can be managed through a procedure called cognitive restructuring. Last, and most important, behavior changes can be dealt with through exposure. Exposure works by teaching our nervous system not to overreact.

In my experience, most effective way to provide combined treatments of relaxation, cognitive restructuring and exposure is in a weekly group of 6 to 8 people, over a 12 week period. Over past 8 years, my cognitive behavioral groups have been 80 to 90 percent successful with socially anxious people as young as 13 and as old as 85. Of course, most people with social anxiety have to be encouraged to join a therapy group. I simply tell them, “Invest your anxiety in a calmer future!”. Call me or my assistant Nancy at 881-1206 or check out our Web page at http://PsycServ.com for further information.

Sidebar:

Do you suffer from an Anxiety Disorder?

It’s normal to get anxious once in a while. It’s a problem if you answer “yes” to all of following.

- I often feel more tense or upset than can be explained by level of threat or danger at time. - I sometimes take extreme measures to reduce my anxiety such as drugs/alcohol, being angry or withdrawing. - I experience significant distress and/or loss of ability to function in important areas of my life as a consequence of my anxiety.

If your anxiety is about social or performance situations where you fear embarrassment or humiliation, you could have social phobia.