mary anne asked:


Nana, my former nanny, is suffering from general anxiety disorder. She worries about every little thing – dirty laundry, picnics, allowances, family gatherings… whatever. It’s not bad to get worried sometimes but she’s overdoing it. She worries too much. She always seems scared even if there’s nothing to be scared about. She’s also having problems with her health. She always feel dizzy and nauseous. Her head aches often and her heart always pound twice as fast. Please tell me the treatments for GAD. I really want to help Nana. I know it’s hard to live a life filled with tension and worries.

xmaggotx asked:


i’m16 and i’ve had anxiety for a few years. I can’t eat or sleep, my chest hurts my heart won’t stop beating, my limbs get numb, I have trouble breathing.
yes I take medicine but it doesn’t seem to be enough. Lately I’ve just got broken up with by my bf weeks passed and I finally got rid off him as a friend because he was making things difficult for me.

What are some things to do to get rid of it and calm down and sleep more peacefully?

chinesechickenbauk asked:


I think my anxiety/depression is the problem with my chest pain and getting startled easy. I worry about a lot of such, such as having to work and how stuff can get paid. What will be done. Sometimes I just want to take a drive to see my best friend an hour away. I think that could help me.

a.lane asked:


I’ve been having anxiety attacks for a month or two, almost once or twice a week. I didn’t really recognize them as that until I read up on them after my boyfriend mentioning that they could be anxiety attacks. I’ve had two or three that were pretty awful and I felt like I was being suffocated and it would never stop.

I’m always worried about people I love dying, and this goes back to when I was a small child. I’ve always thought this was normal, until now I feel I or someone I love is going to die at any moment.

I’ve also had migraines and headaches for the past year and a half. Incredibly often, like atleast 2 or 3 headaches a week, and 2 or 3 migraines a month. During a really stressful time last semester I had an ongoing migraine for two weeks.

I feel like I’m just now having problems with anxiety, but now that I look back I see I’ve been having problems like this for a year and a half or so. It’s just gotten worse lately with added stresses.
I don’t want to go through a big hassel with telling my parents, and going to the doctor if these are just normal feelings. I have reasons to be legitimately stressed and upset (boyfriend leaving for Iraq, family moving, Katrina problems that STILL aren’t resolved). I know these will all be resolved in a few years, so I kind of feel like I can just be depressed for a little while (I’m not depressed 24/7, mostly just at night) and that’s normal.

So I guess my question is basically, when do the stresses and anxiety go from normal, to needing medical or theraputic attention?

Jayne asked:


I need to go in for my yearly visit but lately i’ve been having some anxiety and depression issues that seem to be becoming worse. Becuase of insurance I realize I need to be reffered by a doctor and just can’t make an appoint with a psychiatrist. Can I go to the gynecologist and while I’m there get a refferal to a psychiatrist for counseling and medication?