Browsing: Anxiety and Depression

Crissi Estep had been on Cymbalta (duloxetine) for a few years when the medication seemed to stop working. At first,…

What is bipolar disorder? Bipolar disorder, formerly called manic depression, is a mental disorder characterized by drastic and intense shifts…

The anesthetic ketamine is increasingly being used off-label for depression. The drug seems to work rapidly, but its long-term side…

If you’ve recently started experiencing anxiety that’s disrupting your life, it could also be a side effect of a medicine you take.

Shortly after she was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis, Sarah Lawrence was prescribed Otezla (apremilast). In less than two months after…

Living under lockdown and being quarantined has led to an upswing in the alcohol we Americans drink. A  Nielsen survey…

Anxiety is a normal reaction to stress, but for some people, it can become overwhelming and debilitating. People with types…

Antidepressants present a counterintuitive challenge.  The most popular ones have been dogged for decades by claims that they can increase…

If you suffer from anxiety, panic disorder, or insomnia, your doctor may have prescribed you what’s known as benzodiazepines (or…

Different techniques that have been proven to control anxiety. When Lisa Jones was in college, her once-manageable anxiety became overwhelming.“I…