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January 30th - Lavandula angustifolia, an exclusive lavender essential oil indicated for occasional anxiety is being introduced to the U.S. Marketed as Lavela WS 1265 or Silexan®, it is available to practitioners from Integrative Therapeutics™. Published research demonstrates that if promotes relaxation and calms nervousness in controlled trials. Comparative analysis shows that its effects are favourably comparable to other options. Taken once a day, it is non-habit-forming and well-tolerated for occasional anxiety. January 26th - Regular exercise can reduce anxiety symptoms in Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) as effectively as current treatments without the expense and the negative side effects. A University of Alabama, Birmingham study randomly separated thirty sedentary women diagnosed with GAD 18 to 37 to 6 weeks of strength or aerobic exercise training - biweekly sessions of either weight lifting or leg cycling exercises, or to a control group. Psychologists blindly assessed them and found that remission was higher in the exercise group thatn in the control group and highest in those who took the weight lifting exercises. Symptoms of worry were significantly reduced and there were medium to large inprovements to irritability, tension, low energy and pain. Jersey Shore cast member Vinny Guadagnino has launched a website providing information on anxiety and stress which encourages people to discuss their experiences with mental health conditions and offers ways to get help. Guadagnino left the show when his anxiety and depression became unmanageable to go home and get treatment. He is also planning a self-help book. January 13th - Blogging could be psychologically helpful for young adults with social anxiety disorder symptoms according to esearch published through the American Psychological Association. Research demonstrates that writing, for instance a personal diary, releases emotional distress and helps the writer to feel better. The study followed 161 students, 37 male and 124 female, with an average age of fifteen and who all showed symptoms of social anxiety when surveyed to assess the quality of their social relationships for ten weeks and folloed up after two-months. Divided into four groups, two groups blogged, focusing on thier social issues, with one being open to comments and two groups blogging on any topic, also with one of them being open to comments. Two additional groups acted as controls, one writing social anxieties in a journal and the other doing nothing. The participants who were blogging reduced their symptoms more than those journaling or doing nothing with those expressing their social distress and the those who were open to reader comment showing increased success. The study authors said that all responses to the participants' blog messages were supportive and positive in nature in contrast to perceptions of cyber bullying and online abuse of teen bloggers. January 7th - After being offered medication and therapy everytime she went to the doctor, simply because she had a history of panic attacks, author, Liz Speirs felt that she would never get a proper diagnosis for anything physical or mental. She decided to look to her diet for answers and, after having had panic attacks for 29 years, solved the problem. Her symptoms have all gone. She found scientific evidence that processed foods and drinks can cause panic attacks in healthy humans and has published her findings. Her ebook, The Panic Free Steps - New Resolutions for Panic and Anxiety Attacks including Agoraphobia and Claustrophobia January 1st - The U.K.'s NHS Information Centre is showing that the number of outpatient appointments for patients diagnosed with anxiety disorders and panic attacks rose from 3,754 to 17,470 between 2006/2007 and 2010/11. Cases admitted to hospital rose by one third to 8,756 in-patients diagnosed. However, this doesn't include all the people given medication by their family doctor. Prescriptions for Valium have risen by 13 per cent in the last four years despite concerns about addiction and prescriptions for antidepressants rose by 38 per cent. This has led to debate GPs treating patients for standardised disorders when their anxieties are actually quite normal simply because they do not have the time to find out more about their condition. Some experts say that people are suffering from stress and anxiety due to money or job worries, treating the problem as a medical disorder is not the answer. However otheres feel tha the economic pressures increase the numbers with bona fide disorders. Read previous months' entries: December November October September August July June May April March February January |
includes letters from pilots, flying with major airlines, who found that their drinks were setting off panic attacks whilst they were flying. This problem has becoms so widely know that there was an unwritten rule in a pilot training school to only drink water on a flight, due to a dangerous mixture of air pressure and chemicals in drinks. Speirs primary concern in writing the book is the many teenagers and adults who are diagnosed with stress related conditions and given prescription medicine and therapy without even looking at their diet for answers.