Children with strict mothers are much more likely to get fat, American researchers said yesterday.
A new study found that disciplinarian women ended up with six-year-olds who were nearly five times more likely to be overweight than the children of those who treated their offspring with flexibility and respect but also set clear rules.
The scientists, from Boston University School of Medicine, said it could be because...
Hi, I don't know if I qualify as a success story..but here goes.
I was officialy diagnosed with panic disorder over 20 years ago although I had symptoms for years. Looking back, my mother used to poke fun at me saying "jump and dive", "jump and dive." That was because I acted impulsively.
I tried hard to "mask" my symptoms all through nursing school. Quite successfully I might add..but to this day am trying to "unlearn" all the unhealthy coping tools I used to "mask" my disorder. Ironically, I worked in Psychiatric Nursing...and thought I would end up there as a patient instead of a supervisor.
Eventually, I could no longer handle my panic disorder symptoms. I went to a Dr. and got medical causes ruled out. I was referred to a psychiatrist. My initial shrink was an older man...very uneducated (I found out later) to anxiety disorders. Under his care, he prescribed me everything under the sun..including a narcotic cocktail I was to drink (I had severe panic being stuck in traffic). While the cocktail did make me tired, it did nothing to help my panic attacks. I thought I was losing my mind and that I was the only one who ever had this happen to them. He hopped from one diagnosis to another, and one medication to another.
Thank God (in a weird way), my shrink died suddenly of a heart attack and I was referred to his associate. I was diagnosed CORRECTLY within minutes of taking a questionare and giving a health history. I was prescribed Xanx and referred to a psychotherapist.
The very FIRST day I took Xanax, I just felt "normal." No bad adverse reactions...no panic. Just "normal." I followed up with they psychotherapist who evaluated me for over 6 months to literally say "your more normal than me..there is nothing I can do."
So, I maintained my theraputic Xanax regime and have continued ever since. I decided about 8 years ago, that I was tired of being passive about my disorder. I began studying, researching, and learning all I could about the different disorders and their possible causes.
I furthered my career, married, and lived a normal life. My shrink used me as a successful case study in a presditious medical journal. I have taught him alot and he still refers alot of my material to other panic disorder patients.
I have had a few exacerbations here and there. But to make a long story short, I can say I have learned more than most PHD's in the areas of anxiety disorders. I am a more compassionate and understanding Nurse because of it. I also live a relatively normal life..not continually consumed or in "emotional" check fearing panic.
I utilize many therapies to keep healthy emotionally and physcially. For me, cognitive behavior, relaxation techniques, BREATHING effectively, and recognizing my "triggers" to panic have all played essential keys to becoming asymptomatic.
If I had stayed passive, I am convinced that I would be a Junkie from the narcotics ill prescribed for me by the original shrink. I have also learned that nobody is going to fix your life but YOU.
Sure, we all need alittle help now and then..but information is the key to treating these disorders. Dr.'s are not God's (and neither are Nurses)...and the one who relies soley on medication is not taking charge of their life.
Most disorders are treatable by up to 90%. You just have to dig deep inside yourself and find the courage to put up the good fight.
If I had not, I would never have advanced my Nursing Career. I think I would be either dead or homeless. Now, I consider myself not a "victim" but an advocate and voice for those with panic disorder.
A trial carried out by Dr. Eric Finzi and Dr. Erika Wasserman found that treating clinically depressed patients with botox on the frown lines of their faces actually got rid of their depression.
In their abstract report, found in the journal Dermatologic Surgery, the researchers indicate that major depression is a common and serious disease. Major depression is sometime resistant to drug therapy and psychotherapeutic treatment approaches.
In this trial, the researchers...
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