News of Anxiety Disorders

Hi everyone,

I think I am suffering from OCD. I have a compulsion to wash my hands and when I think I'm done washing, I'm afraid I am touching something, and I have to rewash them. It's gotten to the point that I have to wash my hands for maybe 20 minutes at a time or more, and I have to have someone watch me to make sure I'm not touching anything after I'm done. ...

hello I am 15 years old and i am going on 16 pretty soon. right now my social anxiety disorder is getting to the point where it is driving me goofy. i am afraid to school because i fear that something embarrasing is going to happen to me and that people are going to laugh at me, but i also fear going to the hospital (I have been there before for depression) and i fear ...

I was reading through symptoms of GAD and I have every single one. I also have 80% or so of the symptoms of seperation anxiety disorder. What is the next step after diagnosis?

Do you find you develope a lispy voice when you don't speak to people very often?

I was surfing the web a few nights ago when I came across a new phenomenon known as binaural beats. Apparently you can use these different frequencies, which you can buy on CD's or download in MP3 format from http://www.beyondmeditation.com and they can help you to get into a state of relaxation. if you go to the site i provided a link for above it can tell you the ...

In the last 2 months Ive been having these weird thoughts which go totally against any of my beliefs and any kind of reason. I get thoughts like I have an urge to to be racist or homophobic (and im strongly opposed to both of these positions). When I walk past a canal/lake I get scared that im going to throw myself and kill myself (this is different to previous suicidal thoughts Ive had as ...

What treatment for Social Anxiety Disorder has helped you the most so far. I would like you to share because I am developing a bad mild case of social anxiety disorder and i would like to know what some of my options are.

what medication are you currently taking for social anxiety disorder. right now i am taking prozac for depression but i am not sure if that is supposed to work for social anxiety disorder. i am also on risperdal and ativan, but i cannot take the risperdal in the day because it makes me too tired and the ativan doesnt work well when i take it during the day. my psychiatrist told me that i have ...

hi there,

i've been suffering from OCD fron quite a long time now. I really want to get out of it at any cost. Its ruining my life terribly..Please someone talk to me!!

I've been on resperidal now for about a week, 1mg, and so far it seems to have made my OCD worse,thought intrusions, ruminations, ect

has anyone had this experience with this drug? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.