Monthly Archives: March 2014

Most people feel anxious from time to time. However, anxiety can become abnormal if it interferes with your day-to-day activities. Anxiety is a symptom of various anxiety disorders which are discussed below. They can often be treated. Treatments include various … Continue reading →

Panic disorder can be a severe and disabling illness and is common in primary care. It can be difficult to assess when it presents acutely, as many symptoms may also be experienced with physical illness. Sufferers often present repeatedly to … Continue reading →

Nightmares can be defined as vivid and terrifying dreams which awaken the dreamer from sleep. Typically, the dreamer wakes from the rapid eye movement (REM) stage of sleep and can remember a detailed, perhaps bizarre dream plot.[1][2] Although such dreams … Continue reading →

http://www.bipolar4lifesupport.co on line support group Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) is a condition where you have excessive anxiety on most days. You are most likely to be offered ideas about how to help yourself (self-help) and/or psychological treatment in the first … Continue reading →

http://www.bipolar4lifesupport.co on line support group Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) selectively inhibit the reuptake of serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) in central nervous system (CNS) synapses, thus increasing the intra-synaptic concentration of serotonin. Depression and serotonin It has long been postulated that … Continue reading →

http://www.bipolar4lifesupport.co on line support group An acute stress reaction occurs when symptoms, including anxiety, develop quickly as a reaction to exceptionally stressful events. Symptoms often go quickly, and you may not need any treatment. Sometimes other treatments, such as talking … Continue reading →

http://www.bipolar4lifesupport.co on line support group Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a condition where you have recurring distressing memories, flashbacks and other symptoms after suffering or witnessing a traumatic event. Treatment options include antidepressant medication and non-medicinal treatments such as cognitive … Continue reading →

http://www.bipolar4lifesupport.co on line support group The aim of this leaflet is to help you decide about when and how to come off antidepressants. Some people find coming off antidepressants is quite easy. But others may get withdrawal or a return … Continue reading →

http://www.bipolar4lifesupport.co on line support group Bipolar disorder is a serious, chronic (long-term) condition where you have periods of depression (lows) and periods of mania or hypomania (highs). Treatment with mood stabiliser medicines such as lithium, anticonvulsants or antipsychotic medicines aims … Continue reading →

Tourette’s syndrome is a condition that causes you to have involuntary movements or noises called tics. It starts in childhood and is associated with various other problems such as behavioural problems and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It can often … Continue reading →