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Q: General Treatment Protocol for Anxiety/Panic Disorder
asked by: DoctorQuestion on September 20th, 2006
Basically im suffering from some kind of nervous disorder that is effecting in a few ways my whole body suffers from pins and needle pains and im always anxious and jumpy and can not stay still with out hurting inside I always feel light headed and dillusional and at times speak freely of bizare things when in panic mode I also feel the need to be very defensive when im in a scared and nervous situation I feel I need to swing my way out or go in a fighting stance.My body feels like its just ready to jump my whole body feels my nerves are jumpy and if I stay still ill woble like a dead fish and in the middle of the night while falling asleep my head jumps with a nerve shock of some sought I alway sfeel the need to just jump as if I were shocked by a 1000khz volts, I also get stomach pains and my eyes hurt very often I get shortness of breath in the middle of my chest I get what seems to be pain which runs threw my arms with some kind of nerve pain and some times my chest hurts when I lay down it hurts so much I cant fall asleep i been getting terrible muscle spasms in my left shoulder and under my legs and the side of my neck they are uncontrolable spasms where it feels like something is trying to jump at me My sleeping habbits are out of control some times I cant sleep for 24 hours and I feel light headed and dont know where I am and some times I sleep at random times. I also get red rash around my face area and nose as well as terrible dry scalp.


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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD
replied on October 5th, 2006
Anxiety & Stress Answer A1551
According to the symptoms you relate in your message (needle pains, “always anxious and jumpy”, “can not stay still”, “feel light headed and delusional”, “speak freely of bizarre things”, “need to be very defensive”, “need to swing my way out”, “my head jumps”, “stomach pains”, “eyes hurt”, “shortness of breath”, “pains run threw arms”, “chest hurts”, “can’t fall asleep”, “terrible muscle spasms”, “bad sleeping habits”…), it seems that you are experiencing generalized anxiety or maybe panic disorder. Treatment for these conditions are traditionally via psychotherapy and medications, if necessary. Psychotherapy uses relaxation methods and cognitional-behavioral techniques to help people develop positive, alternative perception. Anxiety can be subjectively experienced and as we shift the consciousness and perceive the world differently, anxiety can leave us. You can ask expert help from a psychology, psychiatrist or other mental health professional. Medicines that are used to treat generalized anxiety and/or panic disorder are either anxiolitics and antidepressants. Anxiolitics (diazepam) are used for temporally relief of the symptoms while antidepressants are used for longer-term treatment. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (paroxetine) are used most often with fewer side effects.
You can consult a dermatologist to inquire about the rash on the face and the dry scalp .



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