Anxiety & Panic Attacks - Two Steps to Begin the Healing Process Written by Joanne King
Anxiety sufferers are usually at a loose end after trying methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Techniques, Hypnosis, Sessions with psychologists, Meditation, Herbal Alternatives and probably most popular of them all is Medications such as anti-depressants and Benzodiazepine's.Now I was no different to any other sufferer, I was pulling my hair out in hopes of one of these alternatives would kick in and free me of this dreadful nightmare that I lived, day in and day out for years. Unable to leave my house in fear something dreadful was going to happen to me. But after plenty of research I did eventually eliminate my anxiety and panic disorder. And it certainly wasn’t from taking medications, or hypnosis or CBT or any of worlds most practiced techniques (which have always given a rather poor response in curing anxiety and panic attacks). Two Steps to Begin Healing Process Step One... Acceptance Accepting that what you have is Anxiety and Panic Disorder. And yes, I know this can be an extremely hard thing to accept. You’re sure that it always must be something else, your heart is racing (you think that you must be having a heart attack). You’re finding it difficult to swallow (so now your thoughts sway to you must have throat cancer). You find it difficult to breathe (and in that moment you’re sure your going to pass out or die, or maybe you think you have lung cancer or emphysema). Yes, I know how these thoughts can take control of your mind.
| | Brain Basics: Understand Stroke. Know the Signs. Act in Time.Written by Larry Denton
Nearly 2,500 years ago father of medicine, Hippocrates, recognized and described a stroke--the sudden onset of paralysis. Until recently, modern medicine had very little control over this particular ailment, but world of stroke medicine is rapidly changing and new and more advanced therapies are being developed every day. Today, some people who suffer a stroke, can literally walk away from attack with no or very few disabilities--if they are treated promptly. Doctors are beginning to offer stroke patients and their families one thing that, until now, has been so difficult to give--HOPE. A stroke occurs when blood supply to part of brain is suddenly interrupted or when a blood vessel in brain bursts, spilling blood into spaces surrounding brain cells. In same way that a person suffering a loss of blood flow to heart is said to having a heart attack, a person with a loss of blood to brain or sudden bleeding in brain can be said to be having a "brain attack." The symptoms of a stroke include: sudden numbness or weakness(especially on one side of body); sudden confusion or difficulty in speaking or understanding speech; sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes; difficulty in walking, dizziness or loss of balance; or severe sudden headache with no known cause. Because stroke injures brain, person suffering an attack is not able to perceive of his/her own problems correctly. To a bystander, stroke patient may seen unaware or confused. A stroke victim's best chance for survival and recovery is if someone around him/her recognizes stroke and acts quickly. Bystanders should know signs and act in time. If you believe someone is having a stroke--if they lose ability to speak, or move an arm or leg on one side, or experience facial paralysis on one side--call 911 immediately. The most common kind of strokes can be treated with a drug called t-PA which dissolves artery-obstructing clots. However, window of opportunity is only three hours and patients need to get to a hospital within 60 minutes of any attack. There are two major kinds of stroke. The first, and most common, is called an ischemic stroke and is caused by a blood clot or something which plugs a blood vessel in brain. Approximately 80 of all strokes are of this type. The second, known as a hemorrhagic stroke, is caused by a blood vessel in brain that breaks and bleeds into brain itself. These strokes account for about 20 percent of all stroke cases.
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