Talk:Anxiety disorder
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Anxiety and Panic Disorder may also be understood in terms of excess seceretion of adrenaline. This hormone is produced when the brain is threatened by a energy stavation - for instance in rapidly descending low blood sugar levels. Adrenaline functions to covert glycogen (stored glucose) in the liver and muscle tissues back into glucose. This condition is likely to occur when a person suffers from prediabetic insulin resistance, also known as hyperinsulinism, glucose intolerance and the hypoglycemic syndrome. This condition causes unstable blood sugar levels feeding the brain, which is completelty dependent on glucose as its only source of energy. Hence this metabolic disorder may manifest intself in various forms of mental illnesses, such as depression, drug addiction and anxiety attacks. The treatmemt aims at stabilizing blood sugar levels by going on a high protein, low carbohydrate diet having frequent small snacks plus some vitamines and minerals, especially vitamin C, zinc and chromium picolinate.
Jurriaan Plesman Free Web Site www.hypoglycemia.asn.au
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[edit] Plaigarism
Parts of this article are directly quoted without acknowledgment, although there is a link to the source. There needs to be citation quotes. I quoted some of these areas but did not write the article and have no idea how much of this was taken from other pages. It's helpful information so a quote would be fine. Jeni Mc 18:34, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
- Unrealization is one symptoms of panic attack. I will condense this material and move it into the panic attack article. (todo) MegaHasher 06:54, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Merge
No, anxiety is a symptom and anxiety disorder is a condition of which the main symptom is anxiety. It would be incorrect to merge these. Anxiety is a "normal" physiological response to uncertainty, apprehension etc etc. The disorder is where this phenomenon occurs inappropriately. JFW | T@lk 09:12, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
- In that case, the content on anxiety disorders on the anxiety page should be moved to this page. This would, however, leave the anxiety page almost completely devoid of content, although perhaps some could be written. Certainly the two pages should at least acknowledge eachother. Scott Ritchie 16:51, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
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- Agree with Scott. Don't really see what could be put on the new Anxiety page. Would an encyclopidia have an article on just a fealing? --Banana04131 02:56, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
Tarret (talk · contribs) has been trying to merge the pages in the face of disagreement and various merges. I think a merge is a very bad idea, and have therefore reverted. JFW | T@lk 22:41, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Stage fright
Stage fright is usually classified under Social phobia with DSM-IV. --MegaHasher 06:28, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] DSM-IV fragmentation
The DSM-IV classifications have fragmented from DSM-III styled classifications for anxiety disorders. The DSM-III styled classifications are usable as is, so I just fixed the version reference. -MegaHasher 07:41, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Exposure Anxiety
This term is likely to be a newly coined term, and probably does not belong in an encyclopedia entry. MegaHasher 21:52, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
- Further google search revealed a book titled with 'Exposure Anxiety' by author of Donna Williams. Top hits were promotional materials written by Donna Williams, and this heading is probably associated with Donna Williams as well. MegaHasher 22:09, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
- (Archived) Exposure Anxiety was first described in the book, Exposure Anxiety; The Invisible Cage by autistic author Donna Williams and referred to the anxiety associated with feeling one's own existence too extremely to withstand. Exposure Anxiety was described as triggering a pervasive self protective state of involuntary avoidance, diversion and retaliation responses resulting in a struggle to do things 'as oneself', 'by oneself' or 'for oneself'. By learning to do things as a 'non-self' those with it could sometimes still do things by taking on other characters, roles and voices. Exposure Anxiety was further distinguished from Avoidant Personality Disorder, Oppositional Defiance Disorder and Demand Avoidance Syndrome in the book The Jumbled Jigsaw. However, unlike the preceding categories of anxiety disorders, Exposure Anxiety does not appear in the DSM IV and is not yet recognized as a distinct category by the APA. It also does not appear in the ICD by the WHO.
- Donna Williams also wrote the Jumbled jigsaw. MegaHasher 09:24, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
- (Archived) Exposure Anxiety was first described in the book, Exposure Anxiety; The Invisible Cage by autistic author Donna Williams and referred to the anxiety associated with feeling one's own existence too extremely to withstand. Exposure Anxiety was described as triggering a pervasive self protective state of involuntary avoidance, diversion and retaliation responses resulting in a struggle to do things 'as oneself', 'by oneself' or 'for oneself'. By learning to do things as a 'non-self' those with it could sometimes still do things by taking on other characters, roles and voices. Exposure Anxiety was further distinguished from Avoidant Personality Disorder, Oppositional Defiance Disorder and Demand Avoidance Syndrome in the book The Jumbled Jigsaw. However, unlike the preceding categories of anxiety disorders, Exposure Anxiety does not appear in the DSM IV and is not yet recognized as a distinct category by the APA. It also does not appear in the ICD by the WHO.
[edit] Controversy
Can this material be edited and saved, or is it revert time? MegaHasher 06:54, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
- My main problem is that conspiracy theories are a dime a dozen, since the controversy is about doubting the diagnosis of doctors, it has to be supported by credible claims. MegaHasher 20:35, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Seperation Anxiety
Seperation Anxiety does not only effect school aged children. Someone change it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.211.130.123 (talk) 23:58, 2 November 2007 (UTC) Fixed. I hope this is more appropriate. I also distinguished between the anxiety and the disorder.
[edit] PTSD
Can someone please go through and reword this section? I have no problems with it, but I wouldn't mind more detail. For example, one may go on to list the possible "stressors" that may cause this disorder; family, friends, etc. It's really not that important, but like I said, it just feels like there could be more detail considering what we are talking about, and I don't think the way it is now does it justice. Just my 2 cents. 76.180.55.81 (talk) 06:11, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
