Anxiety is part and parcel of human life; we have experienced it at a variety of occassions such as waiting for the results of an examination, attending a job interview, speaking in public, and so on. To a certain extent, anxiety is normal. However, if you experience an anxiety that you can do nothing about or if you feel unnecessarily afraid of harmless life situations, you might be suffering from some anxiety disorder or the other.

Knowing the symptoms of anxiety disorder and its various cures are absolutely essential if you wish to be of any assistance to yourself or to a friend or family member. You can prepare yourself well to deal with anxiety disorders by learning about their various symptoms and the ways to treat them.

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Hypochondriasis is usually episodic, with hypochondriacal periods lasting from months to years and with equally long quiescent periods. Hypochondriasis appears to occur equally in men and women. Hypochondriasis manifests in various ways. Some people have numerous intrusive thoughts and physical sensations that push them to check with family, friends and physicians. Other people are so afraid of any reminder of illness that they will avoid medical professionals for a seemingly minor problem, sometimes to the point of becoming neglectful of their health when a serious condition may exist and go undiagnosed. The symptoms they describe can range from general complaints-such as pain or tiredness-to concerns about normal body functions such as breathing or stomach noises. People with hypochondriasis are not faking or lying about their symptoms; they truly believe they are sick. The symptoms associated with hypochondriasis are not under the person’s voluntary control, and can cause great distress and/or can interfere with a person’s normal functioning. Developmental and other predisposing factors consistently indicate the importance of parental attitudes toward disease, previous experience with physical disease, and culturally acquired attitudes relevant to the etiology of the disorder. Neurochemical deficits with hypochondriasis and some other somatoform disorders (eg, BDD) appear similar to those of depressive and anxiety disorders. The social learning theory frames hypochondriasis as a request for admission to the sick role made by a person facing seemingly insurmountable and insolvable problems. Treatment with serotonin reuptake inhibitors, a class of antidepressants, may be effective. Cognitive-behavior therapy may also relieve symptoms.

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Like adults, teenagers suffer from everyday stress and anxiety. But like some adults, the anxiety can reach such levels that anxiety attacks can be triggered. Teenager anxiety attacks occur for the same reason that adult attacks occur, and the symptoms are the same. Here, you’ll learn why anxiety attacks in teens happen, the symptoms to look out for and treatment.

What Are Anxiety Attacks Symptoms?

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Fibromyalgia makes you feel tired and causes muscle pain and “tender points.” Tender points are places on the neck, shoulders, back, hips, arms or legs that hurt when touched. People with fibromyalgia may have other symptoms, such as trouble sleeping, morning stiffness, headaches, and problems with thinking and memory, sometimes called “fibro fog.”

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Severe anxiety is a condition where the sufferer continually experiences severe, uncontrollable worrying over things that most people would take in their stride. All of us experience anxiety off and on, it’s normal, but in someone with severe anxiety their anxieties are way excessive to the situation, and very often irrational.

Sufferers of severe anxiety worry about the usual things like their job, money, finances, relationships, health, school, etc., but their levels of anxiety are far higher than the situation would otherwise merit. Over time, it starts to affect their job, relationships, health, and, they find it difficult to function normally. 

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Fatigue is a condition wherein a person experiences exhaustion and lack of energy possibly due to sleep deficiency, infection or overexertion. Since this is a fairly normal and common condition, most adults have experienced fatigue at least once in their lifetime. However, a person who continues to suffer from severe fatigue for an extended period of time of at least six months maybe affected by a more serious condition known as chronic fatigue.

Most people who are afflicted with chronic fatigue usually suffer from a more serious condition, which includes fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue immunodeficiency syndrome, lupus or rheumatoid arthritis.

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Everyone at 1 time experiences tension when faced with a difficult or troubling situation. The symptoms of a panic attack are the sensation of fear, apprehension and worry, accompanied by revulsion, palpitations, chest discomfort, and shortness of breath.

Occasionally this may meddle with your ordinary life. This tension can be linked with other psychiatric conditions,eg depression. Stress can be in several forms. The symptoms of a panic attack can take many shapes.

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Besides cancer and heart diseases, stroke is the third leading cause of death. Approximate 1/4 of all stroke victims die as a direct result of the stroke or it’s complications. Stroke is caused by uncontrolled diet that is high in saturated and trans fats resulting in cholesterol build up in the arteries and high blood pressure. In other words, if cholesterol building up in the arteries is blocking the circulation of blood in any part of the body causing oxygen not to be delivered to the brain, resulting in some cells in the brain to die off and are unable reproduce, then we have stroke. Other strokes happen when a blood vessel in the brain ruptures causing the cells in your brain to be deprived of oxygen in your blood, they die and never come back.

I. Causes of Stroke
There are similar causes of stroke and heart diseases, but in stroke the result is more severe. Any delay of rescuing will result in death of the victim. Here are some causes of stroke:

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I am currently undergoing Acupuncture for Depression & Anxiety. I am currently on session number 6. I am finding that the treatment is good overall but I keep getting dissapointed. After session number 5 I felt brilliant, the best I had been in 18 Months, no Anxiety, No Depression, nothing. I then had my next session (6) and have been put back again, the symptons have materialised? Can anybody adivse why I seem to be brilliant after 1 session but bad after another, even though the sessions are progressing and should be getting better

Does acupuncture cure depression and psychotic symptoms?