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What is Anxiety?
Anxiety is something everyone experiences and helps us know when something is wrong by making us feel a certain way. Even though being anxious can be good or helpful in some situations, you might feel like you’re experiencing it too often or too strongly. If you feel like you’re too anxious, we can help. Our professional team has helped hundreds of patients experiencing anxiety feel better and like they’re back in control. Let us help you slow down your racing thoughts and get you back to living life.
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Signs & Symptoms of Anxiety
Anxiety looks and feels different for everyone. How you experience anxiety may not be the same as your friend describes it or from what you hear and see on social media. We know that sometimes it can be difficult to explain how you’re feeling, so below are some common symptoms to help you identify whether or not Anxiety is something you should bring up during your appointment.
Excessive Worry:: You find yourself filled with apprehensive expectations more days than not about one or more activities (like work or school).
Racing Thoughts: Your mind feels like it’s going too fast to catch up, and you can’t seem to slow it down.
You Feel Restless or on Edge: Even when you’re doing something relaxing, you feel like you have to be moving or doing something more.
Easily Fatigued: You feel really tired easily, even after you do an activity that you don’t think should be tiring (like dishes or laundry).
Difficulty Concentrating: You have a hard time focusing on what you’re doing because of your racing thoughts.
Irritability: You feel easily annoyed or made angry, usually by smaller things that wouldn’t typically bother you as much.
Muscle Tension: You’ve noticed that your muscles are usually really tense. This can look like clenching your jaw or clenching your fists.
Sleep Disturbance: You have difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep. This is usually because your thoughts are racing.
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Treatment Options
We understand that your anxiety can feel impossible to overcome. You’ve probably already tried to help yourself too. Below are a few things that can help reduce or even eliminate some of your symptoms.
Medication: A prescription from your P.S. Psychiatry provider can help get your body’s chemicals back in balance.
Therapy: Talking with a licensed therapist is a great place to learn different strategies to cope with your anxiety.
Nutrition: Nutritionists and dieticians are a wonderful resource to ensure your body gets all the nutrients it needs.
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Can I treat my anxiety without medication?
Many therapies can treat anxiety, such as CBT, DBT, EFT, and EMDR. You can try to treat your anxiety with those therapies without medication and see if it helps. There are also nutritional supplements that a health care provider can recommend that may help with anxiety.
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I have anxiety, but I don’t have depression. Are anxiety and depression medications the same?
Your Psychiatrist can explain the differences between the medications for anxiety and depression. Some medications treat both, and some only treat one or the other.
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I’m taking anxiety medications. What type of therapy is most helpful for anxiety?
The recommended treatment for anxiety is a combination of medication and therapy. While everyone has their own preferences and will respond differently, research shows that behavioral therapies like CBT, DBT, EMDR, or EFT can be very effective. Each of these therapies will teach you coping skills that you can use in your daily life to deal with your anxiety.
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Will my anxiety ever go away, or will I have to take medication forever?
That depends. For some, anxiety is related directly to a specific event; once that concern resolves, so does the anxiety. For others, anxiety can be more chronic (long-lasting). The good news is that over the course of treatment, many people feel a significant reduction in symptoms and feel more able to manage their anxiety without daily medication.
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Can you take anxiety medications when you are pregnant?
Your psychiatrist will tell you which medications are safe during pregnancy. Without consulting your psychiatrist or medical doctor, you should not take new medications during pregnancy.
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I have anxiety because of some obsessive thoughts and rituals. Is there a medication for that?
It’s important to let your provider know about your obsessive thoughts and rituals, as they may be a sign of a different condition called OCD. Though OCD and Anxiety are related, there are key distinctions between the two. Anxiety includes feeling nervous, irritable, or on edge. OCD is a condition where a person experiences unwanted thoughts or impulses that are obsessive and lead them to compulsive actions in an attempt to reduce the distress that comes with these thoughts. Your psychiatrist will diagnose and prescribe the proper medication for your symptoms.
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