I don’t mean taking it as a treatment everyday for hypertension, heart conditions, etc. I mean, for performance anxiety, only ocasionally, 10 milligrams maximum 3-4 times in one week, and then again nothing for months? I know it is not tested very well, and in animal studies was shown to cause harm to unborn fetuses, if taken everyday as a part of treatment, but what i am interested in is the very ocasional minimal use.
Thank you.
I want to clarify-i don’t have an anxiety disorder, i am a professional musician and i take inderal for stage fright-before an audition. I didn’t take any auditions so far (i am 6 months along), but i have 4 coming up in the next 4 weeks. Do you have a some reason to believe that the total amount that i will end up taking by the end of the month (about 80 milligrams ) will be harmful?

Suffering A Stroke And Feeling Hopeless

Getting severely depressed after having a stroke is not unusual. When my mother had her first massive stroke and I went to the hospital, tears were flowing down her face and she kept telling me, ‘I don’t want to live’. My mother was always a very proud, independent woman.  She did not want to depend on anyone. She was depressed and very angry.  Nurses did not want to come into her room because she would not play the game and act grateful because she was unhappy. No one discussed depression with me, not her doctor, not her neurologist.  But I knew how bad it was. The depression had to be treated if my mother would ever get rehabilitated.

People who have a stroke need very much attention and love. They feel helpless and hopeless.  Recently a neighbor of mine had a stroke and when I went to the hospital, she too was crying and so sad. She is a widow who prides herself on being independent at age 86. The problem with her situation is that she was depressed for at least a year prior to the stroke since her husband had died. When the stroke hit her it was double trouble.

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You may have recently heard the words from your doctor, “Congratulations, you are pregnant!”. Or perhaps you have seen positive results from your pregnancy test this morning. You are now ready to embark on your first trimester of pregnancy no matter how the results came to light. Since you will be seeing a host of changes in your body over the next few months you will probably have many questions and even more concerns.

What Can You Expect During First Trimester Pregnancy?

The advantage is the fact that there are many resources available to help educate yourself about what is coming. Because of the risk of complications and the uncomfortable symptoms you may experience the first trimester of a pregnancy can be the most difficult. However, you can take heart since the first trimester pregnancy only lasts about twelve weeks and the second trimester often has less symptoms. During these first weeks of adjusting to being pregnant it can be a good idea if possible to take it a little easier on yourself and your body.

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ok i suffer from anxiety.. maybe someone out there can help ease this a bit… Would you know if you had one during pregnancy? are they common? is it more of a hereditary thing? and can you get one from a vaginal birth?

Im just freaked after I read a story of a lady dying from one after a c-section, any help is appreciated!

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I feel so depressed. I am so lonely. I worry a lot about if my baby will be ok because I’ve had a previous miscarriage and have been in the hospital for heavy bleeding twice already for this pregnancy. I feel very unattractive and I always tell my boyfriend he is prbly cheating bc he stays gone so long and I feel so lonely. Then we fight and I am afraid he will leave me. Is there anything I can do? Can the doctor do anything about this?

Every pregnancy brings a lot of anxiety for the expectant mother. The anxiety is the direct result of her curiosity when it comes to learning more about this blessed state. Therefore, she should relax and provide herself with the necessary information by browsing the pregnancy com sites. The pregnancy related issues can be better understood because the available and reliable sites can provide every mother with everything she needs to know in order to relax and think about the health of her baby without having to be afraid of the possible risks. Pregnancy stands for the nourishing of a human embryo that can be found in the woman’s womb.

The pregnancy will take 9 months in order for the baby to fully develop. The mother should learn more about the states of pregnancy in order to know how to behave in each of them. For instance, she should find out more about each trimester in order to be fully prepared for its requirements. The pregnancy period will be divided in 3 trimesters. The first trimester will come along with its own risks because this is the moment when the baby is more likely to die. The woman can experience a miscarriage during this trimester but as soon as this period is over and the baby enters the next trimester, he/she will be safe.

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I am doing a report for my parent ed class about an adolescent issue and I picked teen pregnancy and teen depression, but I really don’t know a good site to find information about them. Anyone have any ideas?

I only asked it once and nothing in there was offensive.

Ive been having a lot of panic attacks lately. and I was wondering if this was a normal symptom of them. When im having a panic attack my legs or my shoulders get so heavy I feel like I cant move them.And even after the panic attack has subsided I still feel heaviness in them. It feels like there paralyzed. also im 22 weeks pregnant, could this be something i should be concerned about? it goes away after awhile but comes back when im feeling anxious or having a panic attack. i really need some reassurance!