Anti-anxiety drug as medical treatment for stuttering
Originally developed as an anti-anxiety drug, Pagoclone is becoming a more common treatment for stuttering. It blocks a chemical called dopamine in the brain. Research has suggested that people who stutter have an excess of dopamine in the area of the brain that controls speech timing.
It is estimated that over 3 million Americans stutter. Stuttering affects individuals of all ages but occurs most frequently in young children between the ages of 2 and 6 who are developing language.
Drug Ice and alcohol anxiety
If you are one of those party goers who likes bingeing on party drug ice and alcohol, be ready to experience much greater levels of general anxiety.
At Macquarie University, Brain researchers found that young rats fed a combination of alcohol and methamphetamine displayed much greater levels of general anxiety in the long term than rats that consumed either drug alone.
Judgemental May Increase Risk of Anxiety
I have always thought that being judgemental or picky will result in being more high stress and suffer greater emotional fluctations. Looks like I am right. Recent study at the University of Vermont’s Department of Psychology shows that among 154 young adults at their early 20s, there is a significant association between certain mindfulness skills and high levels of both negative affectivity (also known as neuroticism) and anxiety sensitivity.
Brain activity reflects differences in types of anxiety
According to a recent national survey on 42 subjects from a pool of 1,099 undergraduate college students using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), brain activity reflects differences in types of anxiety.
By using psychological tests to categorize them as “high anxious apprehension,” “high anxious arousal,” or neither, the anxious apprehension (verbal rumination, worry) group exhibited enhanced left-brain activity and the anxious arousal (intense fear, panic, or both) group had heightened activity in the right brain.
Depression, Fatigue and Anxiety
If you suffers from depression, take more rest in order to have higher work productivity. Studies shows that depression coupled with fatigue, sleep problems or anxiety causes greater significant drop in productivity than just depression along. In addition, the study also showed that co-occurring fatigue or sleep problems significantly increased depression-related healthcare cost.
Depression, anxiety may be helped by yoga
Yoga may help those that suffer from depression and anxiety. Boston researchers suggested that this is possible by elevating brain gamma-aminobutyric, or GABA, levels.
Low GABA levels are some indications of depression and anxiety disorders. Thus, pharmaceutical agents are designed to increase GABA levels. By using magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging, to compare the GABA levels of eight subjects have found to increase 27 percent GABA levels after one hour of yoga.
How to cure anxiety ? Looks like ancient relaxation does help.
