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Miss Plante said... Hi Andrew, I've been reading your blog for years but have never commented. I live with depression and anxiety--especially in social situations--and it is a comfort to know I'm not alone. I'm a New Englander who has yet to visit the South, and I am envious of the green grass and flowers you have already. We still have patches of snow lingering in shady spots, and the early flowers have only just begun to poke up out of the soil. Andrew Replies… Miss Plante, it is extremely nice to meet you and thank you for introducing yourself. I know depression and social anxiety all too well so you have a...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - April 8, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs
Best of Our Blogs: February 26, 2013
The Temptation to Stay Where You Are
The desire to stay where you are (even if where you are is stuck, unhappy, or upset) can be great. The temptation to hold on may be so powerful in fact, that you might find the biggest obstacle to your own happiness is yourself.
Why would anyone choose to stay stuck when the alternative, to be happy, free, or safe, is so much better?
Some of us stay where we are because we’re afraid of what we don’t know. It’s much easier to deal with the demons we know than to venture out into the world full of scary unknowns.
Some of us stay stuck because we don’t know any bett...
Source: World of Psychology - February 26, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Brandi-Ann Uyemura, M.A. Tags: Best of Our Blogs Amp anxiety Bad News Belief That Chato Creative Mind Creativity Demons Desire Detachment Dissociation Eating Disorders Awareness Week Fear Feelings Hamster Hamster Wheel Happiness Health Humor Mathes Source Type: blogs
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
What is seasonal affective disorder?
Seasonal affective disorder is a combination of biologic and mood disturbances with a seasonal pattern. It typically occurs in the autumn (fall) and winter, with remission in the spring or summer.
How common is seasonal affective disorder?
5% of the U.S. population experiences seasonal affective disorder. Because the symptoms are seasonal, they are present for 40% of the year. Although the condition is seasonally limited, patients may have associated depression which would last longer.
What is the treatment for seasonal affective disorder?
Light therapy is well tolerated. Most pat...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - January 21, 2013 Category: Professors and Educators Tags: AFP Psychiatry Psychology Source Type: blogs
5 years gone, and Alzheimer's Aunt strikes again
This week was the 5 year anniversary of my dad's death. He's been gone longer than he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. I'm not really any sadder than usual, except when I re-watched the episode of Walking Dead where Maggie tells her dad (who has been bitten by a zombie, and his leg cut off to try to save him) that it's okay for him to die. The specifics of the speech, of course, weren't equal to the one I gave my dad, but it was 5 years ago to the day that I gave "it's okay to go" talk to my dad, and there I was watching it on TV. I did cry, I admit. I posted about it on Facebook and one of my ...
Source: Had a Dad Alzheimers Blog - December 1, 2012 Category: Dementia Authors: GBP })i({ Source Type: blogs
Sleeping Aids and Diabetes
People with diabetes certainly aren't immune to issues with insomnia or other sleeping problems that occur with age, jet lag or seasonal affective disorder. When that happens, sometimes counting sheep just doesn't cut it. But there has been concer... (Source: Diabetes Mine)
Source: Diabetes Mine - January 25, 2011 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Allison Blass Source Type: blogs
The circadian prison
I had no idea my sleep-wake cycle was pathological until I saw a presentation a few years ago by the geneticist Thomas Bourgeron. One of his interests is clock genes in autism. In fact only by speaking with him did it dawn on me that I lack a circadian rhythm.As it turns out, autistics are considered to havecircadian clocks " gone bad. " Two reviews (Bourgeron, 2007; Glickman, 2010) cover the evidence with respect to autism and circadian rhythms, most of it in the direction of comprehensive atypicalities. Glickman (2010) summarizes the problem:Disturbed sleep-wake patterns and abnormal hormone profiles in children with aut...
Source: The Autism Crisis - May 17, 2010 Category: Child Development Source Type: blogs
Seasonal affective disorder and seasonally affected skin
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a recognized mental health condition, seasonally affected dermis or skin is another thing altogether. And even though I know it’s always going to happen, the onset always makes me feel a little down.
Temperatures have dropped dramatically here in the U.K .,and we have had chilly, cold and occasionally damp weather of late. It’s been a case of off with the sandals and into boots and socks, as the prospect of winter moves ever closer, with no regard to the fact that summer was a total washout this year.
I guess I am more affected by the sun – or at least by light –...
Source: Life with Psoriasis - October 23, 2007 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Christa Joyce Tags: aloe vera autoimmune betnovate coal tar flaking skin Itchy skin PA Psoriasis Psoriasis lotions psoriasis medicine Psoriasis treatment psoriasis1 psoriatic arthritis psoriatic lesions Psoriatic RA red spots on skin rheumatoi Source Type: blogs
