Comments on: Anxiety: A real diagnosis? Pills for everything? (FGCU) The Students Voice http://livingtextblog.andosciasociology.net/2009/11/18/anxiety-a-real-diagnosis-pills-for-everything-fgcu-the-students-voice/ Tue, 22 May 2012 06:49:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: student http://livingtextblog.andosciasociology.net/2009/11/18/anxiety-a-real-diagnosis-pills-for-everything-fgcu-the-students-voice/#comment-20069 student Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:16:32 +0000 http://livingtextblog.andosciasociology.net/2009/11/18/anxiety-a-real-diagnosis-pills-for-everything-fgcu-the-students-voice/#comment-20069 I do see your point, and agree, that people are over medicated in today's world, and that the world of the future is going to be worse than what today is. I am concerned that you don't necessarily understand these mental illnesses completely. Anxiety is a real disorder where people going through the attack have symptoms that mimick a heart attack. They have chest pains and trouble breathing all the same things that happen when someone is having a heart attack. I do believe that people back in the time of the civil war did suffer from panick attacks just like people do today, but it was something that wasn't discussed. Some of these people can't leave their homes because their anxiety is that bad. It is really not something that should be down played. I do agree with you. People today have many resources to see disorders and then think that what they feel mimicks whatever the disorder is. Also going beyond just what is seen on TV, people are able to take what they are feeling and look it up on the internet. Doctors and nurses must be bombarded with people trying to self diagnose. Imagine someone trying to self diagnose themselves for an illness and then trying to treat with herbal rememdies. Going beyond that imagine a reaction to an herbal remedy because of self diagnoses. Not everyone is as smart as you or myself to take what they see and read on the internet or TV with a grain of salt. posted by moka0618 I do see your point, and agree, that people are over medicated in today’s world, and that the world of the future is going to be worse than what today is. I am concerned that you don’t necessarily understand these mental illnesses completely. Anxiety is a real disorder where people going through the attack have symptoms that mimick a heart attack. They have chest pains and trouble breathing all the same things that happen when someone is having a heart attack. I do believe that people back in the time of the civil war did suffer from panick attacks just like people do today, but it was something that wasn’t discussed. Some of these people can’t leave their homes because their anxiety is that bad. It is really not something that should be down played.

I do agree with you. People today have many resources to see disorders and then think that what they feel mimicks whatever the disorder is. Also going beyond just what is seen on TV, people are able to take what they are feeling and look it up on the internet. Doctors and nurses must be bombarded with people trying to self diagnose. Imagine someone trying to self diagnose themselves for an illness and then trying to treat with herbal rememdies. Going beyond that imagine a reaction to an herbal remedy because of self diagnoses. Not everyone is as smart as you or myself to take what they see and read on the internet or TV with a grain of salt.

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