Archive for the ‘Anti Depressants-Sleeping Aid’ Category
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HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY TREAT BDD WITH MEDICATION: WHAT GETS BETTER WITH AN SRI? CONCERN WITH MORE NOTICEABLE APPEARANCE PROBLEMS
Sometimes the SRIs decrease an obsessional preoccupation with a noticeable aspect of appearance, such as obesity. Some people whose appearance problem wouldn’t qualify for BDD (because the defect is obvious) may become less preoccupied with and less upset by these problems when treated with an SRI. For example, some people who are quite overweight become [...]
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HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY TREAT BDD WITH MEDICATION: WHAT GETS BETTER WITH AN SRI? DAILY FUNCTIONING
Functioning also often improves. It becomes easier to go to work or school and to concentrate. It’s not as hard to be around other people or leave the house. BDD sufferers may repair wounded relationships, start socializing more, or begin dating. “Our social life improved dramatically every time my wife took Prozac,” an engineer told [...]
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SLEEP HYGIENE: BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS
There are two biological clocks that govern our sleep-wake rhythm, the circadian rhythm and the ultradian rhythm. Ultradian rhythm. This is the 90 minute cycle that goes on round the 24 hour clock. There is some practical significance of this rhythm to those who have sleeping problems. There is a brief period of low arousal [...]
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SUNDRY CONDITIONS FOR SELF-MANAGEMENT OF ANXIETY: WRITER’S CRAMP
Writer’s cramp is a condition which is widely known to be particularly resistant to treatment. A thirty-two-year-old single woman had a very good and highly paid job managing a large office. Over a period of two years she had developed writer’s cramp. The condition had progressed to such an extent that writing was virtually impossible. [...]