The approval is based on the studies of 2,700 non-depressed adults. The pool data shows improved core anxiety symptoms by 45% and significantly less replased of 13.7% in a 26 week study. Cool results as compared to those who took placebo.

What are the common side effects for these subjects? Nausea, dizziness, dry mouth, fatigue, constipation, somnolence, and increased sweating.

This medicine is produced by Eli Lilly Canada Inc. and Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd.

About Generalized Anxiety Disorder
The one-year prevalence of GAD in the general population is about 1 per cent to 3 per cent, and the lifetime prevalence is about 6 per cent.   While anxiety is a symptom of many mental health disorders, including depression, GAD is more than simple anxiety. The essential feature of the disorder is excessive anxiety and worry about a number of events and activities (such as work or school performance), occurring for a majority of days for at least six months. 

About Duloxetine
Cymbalta (duloxteine HCl) is a potent and balanced serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI), which targets two chemical messengers in the brain believed to play a role in mood and sensitivity to pain – serotonin and norepinephrine. While the mechanism of action of duloxetine in humans is not fully known, scientists believe its effect on pain perception and mood is due to increasing the activity of serotonin and norepinephrine in the central nervous system.

Via http://www.medadnews.com/News/index.cfm?articleid=613269

From a case study of 21 people from chronic, Michael Mithoefer took 21 people with chronic PTSD, all of whom had been subjected to documented abuse. All had also been through six months of treatment with traditional therapy, in addition to a three-month treatment with drugs. None, however, had shown any improvement from the treatment.

Two months after the treatment, 92 percent of MDMA patients had clinically significant improvement in their conditions: They were more open to therapy and were able to process the trauma. They managed to escape from their shells and shame, and to see lifelong patterns of behaviour. They were less dispirited, evasive and afraid. In contrast, only 25 percent of the patients in the placebo group showed progress. Everyone in this group was subsequently offered treatment with MDMA, and the results have been good, with no serious or lasting side effects.

In summary, we suggest that MDMA is an emotional enhancer that helps the patient feel safer and in control, better able to connect with memories, and more capable of the emotional processing that is needed for improvement.”

Teri Krebs’ and Pål-Ørjan Johansen’s explanatory model is being published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology.

*Mithoefer, M, Mithoefer, A, Wagner, M (2008) Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)-assisted psychotherapy in subjects with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder: A Phase II clinical trial completed 19 September, 2008. Poster presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies, Chicago.

Via ScienceDaily

We know what negative emotions triggers items such as anxiety disorders, headache, fatigue, stress etc. Well, this shouldnt come as a surprise to us. According to a recent study, emotional as well as psychological problems resulting in effect a man’s potential to have lasting erections and triggers erectile dysfunction (ED, which is defined as inability to have lasting erections).

ED are bound to occur even if the causes are medical but influences man emotionally and psychologically, leading to more severe erectile problems.

And avoiding having sex won’t help and may worsen by reinforcing anxiety or depression, overshadowing actual underlying causes, said online reports quoting the Glickman Urological Institute.

The body just doesn’t respond and makes the penis puffy with fluid in the tissues, the report says.

Erection begins with sexual arousal, which the brain then transmits to the body, increasing blood flow to the penis, allowing it to become erect. Anything wrong at any stage triggers ED.

Via TimesofIndia.com

Table of contents for Joe Barry - Panic Away Ebook

1. Panic Away Ebook Review
2. Joe Barry Ebook at 50% discount
3. Joe Barry – Causes of Panic Attacks
4. Joe Barry – Agoraphobia and Panic Attacks
5. Causes of Panic Attacks
6. Depersonalization, Unreality / Depersonalization‚ Derealization

Another Article from Joe Barry, Author of the Panic Away Ebook.

There is a symptom not often mentioned in panic attack literature that I would like to discuss. It is the sensation of unreality‚ this sensation is called depersonalization by psychologists. Many people who experience panic attacks and anxiety attacks become distressed by this sensation and feel they may be losing their mind.

People who experience panic attacks report feeling disconnected from their world‚ or having a sensation of unreality. The sensation is described as if the world has become nothing more than a projection of a film. This sensation is quite distressing as it often leads to the individual believing that some permanent damage has been done to their brain‚ causing these sensations.

A typical manifestation of this depersonalization is when the individual may be having a conversation with someone and suddenly feels alarmingly isolated and removed from the situation. Once the sensation arises it can make such an impact that it takes days to leave the eerie feeling behind and stop thinking about it.

The sensation is caused by delayed perception. While under constant stress or anxiety there is a build up of stress chemicals in your system that causes a delayed response in the transmission of information between neurotransmitter sites in your body. This slight delay between experience and thought can create a momentary sensation of unreality. The same effects are experienced under the influence of marijuana but people do not react with fear in this situation because they are aware it is the drug causing the sensation; it is when the sensation arrives while you are doing your tax returns that things feel a little scary!

I mention depersonalization because the condition is not often spoken about‚ and to reassure those of you who may have experienced this sensation‚ that it is only a side–effect of excessive anxiety and will pass as soon as the body learns to relax. Once the body returns to a normal level of relaxation it then has the opportunity to dispel some excess chemicals.

It is very easy to start imagining all the terrible mental illnesses that this could be but don’t worry you haven’t caused any damage to yourself you will return to the person you were before depersonalization crept in. You will have to trust me on that.

The quickest way out of this disconnected feeling is to really accept it for the time being and have faith that it will pass shortly. Shrug your shoulders and relax into it. You can take this relaxed attitude to it because you know that you will return to normal when you move out of this period of anxiety. It is a phase you are moving through so be patient with yourself while you are in it.

What really moves people out of this sensation quickest is adopting an attitude that all is well. And it is. These unusual sensations of depersonalization are just a nuisance‚ but it will pass. Not feeling connected to yourself in this manner is solely due to the anxiety in your system and it is then reinforced by your constant checking to see how you are feeling. It is like you are over analyzing yourself all the time and that can make you feel even more strange. I appreciate how uncomfortable it can feel but don’t worry about it‚ it will leave.

Don’t let the thoughts sucker you into thinking you are alone and stuck with this feeling of depersonalization all your life. Those thoughts are not valid. The more you can flow along with it and not react the more quickly you will return to feeling more yourself. It takes a little practice but that change in attitude will make a big difference for you.

You will look back in the very near future and wonder what all the fuss was about and that anxious person will seem like the stranger.

The study is being done through the Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Science’s Clinical Research Group and will be led by Dr. Peter Holland. The study will last up to 12 weeks and involve a series of medical and psychiatric evaluations.

The group is seeking volunteers ages 18 to 65 to take part in the study, and participants must meet diagnosis criteria for generalized anxiety disorder.

There are no fees associated with the study, and participants will be reimbursed $45 per visit for transportation expenses. For more information, e-mail tracey.thomas@fau.edu or call Tracey Thomas at 561-297-0164.

Via Sun-Sentinel 

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Among the important breakfast, cereal and milk in particular supply calcium, iron and B vitamins that assist neurotransmitters, chemicals needed to transfer information in the nervous systems that are directly responsible for behaviour and mood.

Breakfast has long been thought vital but research has proven it is most important pre-adulthood as young people are not able to store nutrients as effectively.

“The liver stores nutrients, but kids have a much smaller liver, so until they become fully grown they can’t store nutrients as effectively,” the dietician said.

“For that reason breakfast is the most important way for them to get vitamins and minerals for brain function needed after the overnight fast.”

“It didn’t matter what they added, just that they added something different like a banana to their cereal to make that meal more complete with vitamins and minerals,” said lead researcher Therese O’Sullivan, from the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Perth.

“From what we found, that makes a huge difference.”

The research will be presented at the national dieticians conference on the Gold Coast this week.

Syndy Morning Herald

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