Anxiety is emotionally painful. What You Don't Know Could Kill You!

Anxiety is emotionally painful. It disrupts a person's daily functioning.

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Anxiety is a feeling of tension associated with a sense of threat of danger when the source of the danger is not known. In contrast, fear is a feeling of tension that is associated with a known source of danger. It is normal for us to have some mild anxiety present in our daily lives. Anxiety warns us and enables us to get ready for the fight or flight response. However, heightened anxiety is emotionally painful. It disrupts a person's daily functioning.


Anxiety can be seen with several other emotional disorders including the following: Acute Stress Disorder Panic Attack Agoraphobia Phobia Anxiety Disorder Due to Medical Condition Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Generalized Anxiety Disorder Substance-Induced Anxiety Disorder Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder What characteristics are associated with anxiety?


Frequently, people with anxiety experience tightness in their chest, a racing or pounding heart, and a pit in their stomach. Anxiety causes some people to get a headache, to sweat, and/or to have the urge to urinate.


Severe anxiety, which can be described as an episode of terror, is referred to as a panic attack. Panic attacks can be extremely frightening. People who experience panic attacks over a prolonged time period may become victims of agoraphobia and fear leaving home or going into crowded places.


Is there a genetic basis for anxiety disorder?
Research shows strong evidence for a genetic basis for anxiety. If a person has anxiety, more than 10% of his/her relatives will also suffer from some form of anxiety.


Do anxiety disorders affect males, females, or both?


Females are twice as likely to suffer from anxiety than males. However, an equal number of males and females are seen for treatment of their anxiety.
At what age does anxiety disorder appear?


Anxiety problems commonly begin when people are in their 20s. However, people of any age can suffer from and require treatment for anxiety.


How common are anxiety disorders in our society?
Anxiety disorders are very common. At least three percent (3%) of the population has had or will be diagnosed with some form of abnormal anxiety.


How are anxiety disorders diagnosed?


A mental health professional may diagnose an anxiety disorder after taking a careful personal history from the client/patient. It will be important to the therapist to learn the details of that person's life. It is also very important not to overlook a physical illness that might mimic or contribute to this psychological disorder since some medical illnesses can cause anxiety-like symptoms. For instance, a person with an overactive thyroid, known as hyperthyroidism, may have symptoms similar to anxiety
.

If there is any question whether the individual might have a physical problem, the mental health professional should recommend a complete physical examination by a medical doctor. People examined during an anxiety attack usually have rapid pulse, rapid breathing, dry mouth, and sweating palms. They might also complain of dizziness or numbness or tingling in their extremities. Laboratory tests might be necessary as a part of the physical workup.

How are anxiety disorders treated?


Psychotherapy is recommended for someone with moderate to severe anxiety.
Antianxiety medications can be used effectively to reduce severe anxiety. For example, sometimes people experiencing a panic attack think they are having a heart attack, and they worry that they might die. Therefore, they go to a hospital emergency room to be evaluated. Once they are evaluated and diagnosed with anxiety, they are given reassurance that they are not going to die, and they may be treated with medications to lessen their anxious symptoms.

What can people do if they need help?

If you, a friend, or a family member would like more information and you have a therapist or a physician, please discuss your concerns with that person.
Anxiety disorders are serious medical illnesses that affect approximately 19 million American adults.1 These disorders fill people's lives with overwhelming anxiety and fear. Unlike the relatively mild, brief anxiety caused by a stressful event such as a business presentation or a first date, anxiety disorders are chronic, relentless, and can grow progressively worse if not treated.

Effective treatments for anxiety disorders are available, and research is yielding new, improved therapies that can help most people with anxiety disorders lead productive, fulfilling lives. If you think you have an anxiety disorder, you should seek information and treatment.

This brochure will

• help you identify the symptoms of anxiety disorders,

• explain the role of research in understanding the causes of these conditions,

• describe effective treatments,

• help you learn how to obtain treatment and work with a doctor or therapist, and

• suggest ways to make treatment more effective.

The anxiety disorders discussed in this brochure are

• panic disorder,

• obsessive-compulsive disorder,

• post-traumatic stress disorder,

• social phobia (or social anxiety disorder),

• specific phobias, and

• generalized anxiety disorder.

Each anxiety disorder has its own distinct features, but they are all bound together by the common theme of excessive, irrational fear and dread.
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) supports scientific investigation into the causes, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of anxiety disorders and other mental illnesses. The NIMH mission is to reduce the burden of mental illness through research on mind, brain, and behavior. NIMH is a component of the National Institutes of Health, which is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Panic Disorder
"It started 10 years ago, when I had just graduated from college and started a new job. I was sitting in a business seminar in a hotel and this thing came out of the blue. I felt like I was dying.


"For me, a panic attack is almost a violent experience. I feel disconnected from reality. I feel like I'm losing control in a very extreme way. My heart pounds really hard, I feel like I can't get my breath, and there's an overwhelming feeling that things are crashing in on me.


"In between attacks there is this dread and anxiety that it's going to happen again. I'm afraid to go back to places where I've had an attack. Unless I get help, there soon won't be anyplace where I can go and feel safe from panic."
People with panic disorder have feelings of terror that strike suddenly and repeatedly with no warning. They can't predict when an attack will occur, and many develop intense anxiety between episodes, worrying when and where the next one will strike.


If you are having a panic attack, most likely your heart will pound and you may feel sweaty, weak, faint, or dizzy. Your hands may tingle or feel numb, and you might feel flushed or chilled. You may have nausea, chest pain or smothering sensations, a sense of unreality, or fear of impending doom or loss of control. You may genuinely believe you're having a heart attack or losing your mind, or on the verge of death.
Panic attacks can occur at any time, even during sleep. An attack generally peaks within 10 minutes, but some symptoms may last much longer.


Panic disorder affects about 2.4 million adult Americans and is twice as common in women as in men. It most often begins during late adolescence or early adulthood. Risk of developing panic disorder appears to be inherited. Not everyone who experiences panic attacks will develop panic disorder-for example, many people have one attack but never have another. For those who do have panic disorder, though, it's important to seek treatment.

Untreated, the disorder can become very disabling.Many people with panic disorder visit the hospital emergency room repeatedly or see a number of doctors before they obtain a correct diagnosis. Some people with panic disorder may go for years without learning that they have a real, treatable illness.Panic disorder is often accompanied by other serious conditions such as depression, drug abuse, or alcoholism and may lead to a pattern of avoidance of places or situations where panic attacks have occurred. For example, if a panic attack strikes while you're riding in an elevator, you may develop a fear of elevators. If you start avoiding them, that could affect your choice of a job or apartment and greatly restrict other parts of your life.


Some people's lives become so restricted that they avoid normal, everyday activities such as grocery shopping or driving. In some cases they become housebound. Or, they may be able to confront a feared situation only if accompanied by a spouse or other trusted person.


Basically, these people avoid any situation in which they would feel helpless if a panic attack were to occur. When people's lives become so restricted, as happens in about one-third of people with panic disorder, the condition is called agoraphobia. Early treatment of panic disorder can often prevent agoraphobia.
Panic disorder is one of the most treatable of the anxiety disorders, responding in most cases to medications or carefully targeted psychotherapy.
You may genuinely believe you're having a heart attack, losing your mind, or are on the verge of death. Attacks can occur at any time, even during sleep.

I look forward to serving you, if you would like a free repost on stress run on over to www.biologicalhappiness.com, talk to you soon!

Arthur Buchanan

Anxiety is emotionally painful. It disrupts a person's daily functioning.

Hey I hope this post helps someone somewhere, if you know anyone who this may help please forward it to them. Stop by www.out-of-darkness.com you can get the book for $10.80, one hell of a deal!

Anxiety is a feeling of tension associated with a sense of threat of danger when the source of the danger is not known. In contrast, fear is a feeling of tension that is associated with a known source of danger. It is normal for us to have some mild anxiety present in our daily lives. Anxiety warns us and enables us to get ready for the fight or flight response. However, heightened anxiety is emotionally painful. It disrupts a person's daily functioning.


Anxiety can be seen with several other emotional disorders including the following: Acute Stress Disorder Panic Attack Agoraphobia Phobia Anxiety Disorder Due to Medical Condition Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Generalized Anxiety Disorder Substance-Induced Anxiety Disorder Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder What characteristics are associated with anxiety?


Frequently, people with anxiety experience tightness in their chest, a racing or pounding heart, and a pit in their stomach. Anxiety causes some people to get a headache, to sweat, and/or to have the urge to urinate.


Severe anxiety, which can be described as an episode of terror, is referred to as a panic attack. Panic attacks can be extremely frightening. People who experience panic attacks over a prolonged time period may become victims of agoraphobia and fear leaving home or going into crowded places.


Is there a genetic basis for anxiety disorder?
Research shows strong evidence for a genetic basis for anxiety. If a person has anxiety, more than 10% of his/her relatives will also suffer from some form of anxiety.


Do anxiety disorders affect males, females, or both?


Females are twice as likely to suffer from anxiety than males. However, an equal number of males and females are seen for treatment of their anxiety.
At what age does anxiety disorder appear?


Anxiety problems commonly begin when people are in their 20s. However, people of any age can suffer from and require treatment for anxiety.


How common are anxiety disorders in our society?
Anxiety disorders are very common. At least three percent (3%) of the population has had or will be diagnosed with some form of abnormal anxiety.


How are anxiety disorders diagnosed?


A mental health professional may diagnose an anxiety disorder after taking a careful personal history from the client/patient. It will be important to the therapist to learn the details of that person's life. It is also very important not to overlook a physical illness that might mimic or contribute to this psychological disorder since some medical illnesses can cause anxiety-like symptoms. For instance, a person with an overactive thyroid, known as hyperthyroidism, may have symptoms similar to anxiety
.

If there is any question whether the individual might have a physical problem, the mental health professional should recommend a complete physical examination by a medical doctor. People examined during an anxiety attack usually have rapid pulse, rapid breathing, dry mouth, and sweating palms. They might also complain of dizziness or numbness or tingling in their extremities. Laboratory tests might be necessary as a part of the physical workup.

How are anxiety disorders treated?


Psychotherapy is recommended for someone with moderate to severe anxiety.
Antianxiety medications can be used effectively to reduce severe anxiety. For example, sometimes people experiencing a panic attack think they are having a heart attack, and they worry that they might die. Therefore, they go to a hospital emergency room to be evaluated. Once they are evaluated and diagnosed with anxiety, they are given reassurance that they are not going to die, and they may be treated with medications to lessen their anxious symptoms.

What can people do if they need help?

If you, a friend, or a family member would like more information and you have a therapist or a physician, please discuss your concerns with that person.
Anxiety disorders are serious medical illnesses that affect approximately 19 million American adults.1 These disorders fill people's lives with overwhelming anxiety and fear. Unlike the relatively mild, brief anxiety caused by a stressful event such as a business presentation or a first date, anxiety disorders are chronic, relentless, and can grow progressively worse if not treated.

Effective treatments for anxiety disorders are available, and research is yielding new, improved therapies that can help most people with anxiety disorders lead productive, fulfilling lives. If you think you have an anxiety disorder, you should seek information and treatment.

This brochure will

• help you identify the symptoms of anxiety disorders,

• explain the role of research in understanding the causes of these conditions,

• describe effective treatments,

• help you learn how to obtain treatment and work with a doctor or therapist, and

• suggest ways to make treatment more effective.

The anxiety disorders discussed in this brochure are

• panic disorder,

• obsessive-compulsive disorder,

• post-traumatic stress disorder,

• social phobia (or social anxiety disorder),

• specific phobias, and

• generalized anxiety disorder.

Each anxiety disorder has its own distinct features, but they are all bound together by the common theme of excessive, irrational fear and dread.
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) supports scientific investigation into the causes, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of anxiety disorders and other mental illnesses. The NIMH mission is to reduce the burden of mental illness through research on mind, brain, and behavior. NIMH is a component of the National Institutes of Health, which is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Panic Disorder
"It started 10 years ago, when I had just graduated from college and started a new job. I was sitting in a business seminar in a hotel and this thing came out of the blue. I felt like I was dying.


"For me, a panic attack is almost a violent experience. I feel disconnected from reality. I feel like I'm losing control in a very extreme way. My heart pounds really hard, I feel like I can't get my breath, and there's an overwhelming feeling that things are crashing in on me.


"In between attacks there is this dread and anxiety that it's going to happen again. I'm afraid to go back to places where I've had an attack. Unless I get help, there soon won't be anyplace where I can go and feel safe from panic."
People with panic disorder have feelings of terror that strike suddenly and repeatedly with no warning. They can't predict when an attack will occur, and many develop intense anxiety between episodes, worrying when and where the next one will strike.


If you are having a panic attack, most likely your heart will pound and you may feel sweaty, weak, faint, or dizzy. Your hands may tingle or feel numb, and you might feel flushed or chilled. You may have nausea, chest pain or smothering sensations, a sense of unreality, or fear of impending doom or loss of control. You may genuinely believe you're having a heart attack or losing your mind, or on the verge of death.
Panic attacks can occur at any time, even during sleep. An attack generally peaks within 10 minutes, but some symptoms may last much longer.


Panic disorder affects about 2.4 million adult Americans and is twice as common in women as in men. It most often begins during late adolescence or early adulthood. Risk of developing panic disorder appears to be inherited. Not everyone who experiences panic attacks will develop panic disorder-for example, many people have one attack but never have another. For those who do have panic disorder, though, it's important to seek treatment.

Untreated, the disorder can become very disabling.Many people with panic disorder visit the hospital emergency room repeatedly or see a number of doctors before they obtain a correct diagnosis. Some people with panic disorder may go for years without learning that they have a real, treatable illness.Panic disorder is often accompanied by other serious conditions such as depression, drug abuse, or alcoholism and may lead to a pattern of avoidance of places or situations where panic attacks have occurred. For example, if a panic attack strikes while you're riding in an elevator, you may develop a fear of elevators. If you start avoiding them, that could affect your choice of a job or apartment and greatly restrict other parts of your life.


Some people's lives become so restricted that they avoid normal, everyday activities such as grocery shopping or driving. In some cases they become housebound. Or, they may be able to confront a feared situation only if accompanied by a spouse or other trusted person.


Basically, these people avoid any situation in which they would feel helpless if a panic attack were to occur. When people's lives become so restricted, as happens in about one-third of people with panic disorder, the condition is called agoraphobia. Early treatment of panic disorder can often prevent agoraphobia.
Panic disorder is one of the most treatable of the anxiety disorders, responding in most cases to medications or carefully targeted psychotherapy.
You may genuinely believe you're having a heart attack, losing your mind, or are on the verge of death. Attacks can occur at any time, even during sleep.

I look forward to serving you, if you would like a free repost on stress run on over to www.biologicalhappiness.com, talk to you soon!

Arthur Buchanan

UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEM-ADHD

Here is one on ADHD, let me know what you think and as always, if you know anyone that this could help please pass it on. If you get a chance to get to www.out-of-darkness.com, it's a great book, onward hope you like this:)


Mark

Mark, age 14, has more energy than most boys his age. But then, he's always been overly active. Starting at age 3, he was a human tornado, dashing around and disrupting everything in his path. At home, he darted from one activity to the next, leaving a trail of toys behind him. At meals, he upset dishes and chattered nonstop. He was reckless and impulsive, running into the street with oncoming cars, no matter how many times his mother explained the danger or scolded him. On the playground, he seemed no wilder than the other kids. But his tendency to overreact--like socking playmates simply for bumping into him--had already gotten him into trouble several times. His parents didn't know what to do. Mark's doting grandparents reassured them, "Boys will be boys. Don't worry; he'll grow out of it." But he didn't.

Lisa

At age 17, Lisa still struggles to pay attention and act appropriately. But this has always been hard for her. She still gets embarrassed thinking about that night her parents took her to a restaurant to celebrate her 10th birthday. She had gotten so distracted by the waitress' bright red hair that her father called her name three times before she remembered to order. Then before she could stop herself, she blurted, "Your hair dye looks awful!"



In elementary and junior high school, Lisa was quiet and cooperative but often seemed to be daydreaming. She was smart, yet couldn't improve her grades no matter how hard she tried. Several times, she failed exams. Even though she knew most of the answers, she couldn't keep her mind on the test. Her parents responded to her low grades by taking away privileges and scolding, "You're just lazy. You could get better grades if you only tried." One day, after Lisa had failed yet another exam, the teacher found her sobbing, "What's wrong with me?"

Henry

Although he loves puttering around in his shop, for years Henry has had dozens of unfinished carpentry projects and ideas for new ones he knew he would never complete. His garage was piled so high with wood, he and his wife joked about holding a fire sale.

Every day Henry faced the real frustration of not being able to concentrate long enough to complete a task. He was fired from his job as stock clerk because he lost inventory and carelessly filled out forms. Over the years, afraid that he might be losing his mind, he had seen psychotherapists and tried several medications, but none ever helped him concentrate. He saw the same lack of focus in his young son and worried.


What Are the Symptoms of ADHD?

The three people you've just met, Mark, Lisa, and Henry, all have a form of ADHD--Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. ADHD is not like a broken arm, or strep throat. Unlike these two disorders, ADHD does not have clear physical signs that can be seen in an x-ray or a lab test. ADHD can only be identified by looking for certain characteristic behaviors, and as with Mark, Lisa, and Henry, these behaviors vary from person to person. Scientists have not yet identified a single cause behind all the different patterns of behavior--and they may never find just one. Rather, someday scientists may find that ADHD is actually an umbrella term for several slightly different disorders.

At present, ADHD is a diagnosis applied to children and adults who consistently display certain characteristic behaviors over a period of time. The most common behaviors fall into three categories: inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity.

Inattention. People who are inattentive have a hard time keeping their mind on any one thing and may get bored with a task after only a few minutes. They may give effortless, automatic attention to activities and things they enjoy. But focusing deliberate, conscious attention to organizing and completing a task or learning something new is difficult.


For example, Lisa found it agonizing to do homework. Often, she forgot to plan ahead by writing down the assignment or bringing home the right books. And when trying to work, every few minutes she found her mind drifting to something else. As a result, she rarely finished and her work was full of errors.

Hyperactivity. People who are hyperactive always seem to be in motion. They can't sit still. Like Mark, they may dash around or talk incessantly. Sitting still through a lesson can be an impossible task. Hyperactive children squirm in their seat or roam around the room. Or they might wiggle their feet, touch everything, or noisily tap their pencil. Hyperactive teens and adults may feel intensely restless. They may be fidgety or, like Henry, they may try to do several things at once, bouncing around from one activity to the next.

Impulsivity. People who are overly impulsive seem unable to curb their immediate reactions or think before they act. As a result, like Lisa, they may blurt out inappropriate comments. Or like Mark, they may run into the street without looking. Their impulsivity may make it hard for them to wait for things they want or to take their turn in games. They may grab a toy from another child or hit when they're upset.

Not everyone who is overly hyperactive, inattentive, or impulsive has an attention disorder. Since most people sometimes blurt out things they didn't mean to say, bounce from one task to another, or become disorganized and forgetful, how can specialists tell if the problem is ADHD?

To assess whether a person has ADHD, specialists consider several critical questions: Are these behaviors excessive, long-term, and pervasive? That is, do they occur more often than in other people the same age? Are they a continuous problem, not just a response to a temporary situation? Do the behaviors occur in several settings or only in one specific place like the playground or the office? The person's pattern of behavior is compared against a set of criteria and characteristics of the disorder. These criteria appear in a diagnostic reference book called the DSM (short for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders).

According to the diagnostic manual, there are three patterns of behavior that indicate ADHD. People with ADHD may show several signs of being consistently inattentive. They may have a pattern of being hyperactive and impulsive. Or they may show all three types of behavior.


According to the DSM, signs of inattention include:

• becoming easily distracted by irrelevant sights and sounds

• failing to pay attention to details and making careless


• mistakes
• rarely following instructions carefully and completely

• losing or forgetting things like toys, or pencils, books, and tools needed for a task


Some signs of hyperactivity and impulsivity are:


• feeling restless, often fidgeting with hands or feet, or squirming

• running, climbing, or leaving a seat, in situations where sitting or quiet behavior is expected


• blurting out answers before hearing the whole question
• having difficulty waiting in line or for a turn


Because everyone shows some of these behaviors at times, the DSM contains very specific guidelines for determining when they indicate ADHD. The behaviors must appear early in life, before age 7, and continue for at least 6 months. In children, they must be more frequent or severe than in others the same age. Above all, the behaviors must create a real handicap in at least two areas of a person's life, such as school, home, work, or social settings. So someone whose work or friendships are not impaired by these behaviors would not be diagnosed with ADHD. Nor would a child who seems overly active at school but functions well elsewhere.

Can Any Other Conditions Produce These Symptoms?

The fact is, many things can produce these behaviors. Anything from chronic fear to mild seizures can make a child seem overactive, quarrelsome, impulsive, or inattentive. For example, a formerly cooperative child who becomes overactive and easily distracted after a parent's death is dealing with an emotional problem, not ADHD. A chronic middle ear infection can also make a child seem distracted and uncooperative. So can living with family members who are physically abusive or addicted to drugs or alcohol. Can you imagine a child trying to focus on a math lesson when his or her safety and well-being are in danger each day? Such children are showing the effects of other problems, not ADHD.


In other children, ADHD-like behaviors may be their response to a defeating classroom situation. Perhaps the child has a learning disability and is not developmentally ready to learn to read and write at the time these are taught. Or maybe the work is too hard or too easy, leaving the child frustrated or bored.

Tyrone and Mimi are two examples of how classroom conditions can elicit behaviors that look like ADHD. For months, Tyrone shouted answers out in class, then became disruptive when the teacher ignored him. He certainly seemed hyperactive and impulsive. Finally, after observing Tyrone in other situations, his teacher realized he just wanted approval for knowing the right answer. She began to seek opportunities to call on him and praise him. Gradually, Tyrone became calmer and more cooperative.

Mimi, a fourth grader, made loud noises during reading group that constantly disrupted the class. One day the teacher realized that the book was too hard for Mimi. Mimi's disruptions stopped when she was placed in a reading group where the books were easier and she could successfully participate in the lesson.

Like Tyrone and Mimi, some children's attention and class participation improve when the class structure and lessons are adjusted a bit to meet their emotional needs, instructional level, or learning style. Although such children need a little help to get on track at school, they probably don't have ADHD.


It's also important to realize that during certain stages of development, the majority of children that age tend to be inattentive, hyperactive, or impulsive--but do not have ADHD. Preschoolers have lots of energy and run everywhere they go, but this doesn't mean they are hyperactive. And many teenagers go through a phase when they are messy, disorganized, and reject authority. It doesn't mean they will have a lifelong problem controlling their impulses.

ADHD is a serious diagnosis that may require long-term treatment with counseling and medication. So it's important that a doctor first look for and treat any other causes for these behaviors.

What Can Look Like ADHD?

• Underachievement at school due to a learning disability
• Attention lapses caused by petit mal seizures
• A middle ear infection that causes an intermittent hearing problem
• Disruptive or unresponsive behavior due to anxiety or depression


Can Other Disorders Accompany ADHD?

One of the difficulties in diagnosing ADHD is that it is often accompanied by other problems. For example, many children with ADHD also have a specific learning disability (LD), which means they have trouble mastering language or certain academic skills, typically reading and math. ADHD is not in itself a specific learning disability. But because it can interfere with concentration and attention, ADHD can make it doubly hard for a child with LD to do well in school.

A very small proportion of people with ADHD have a rare disorder called Tourette's syndrome. People with Tourette's have tics and other movements like eye blinks or facial twitches that they cannot control. Others may grimace, shrug, sniff, or bark out words. Fortunately, these behaviors can be controlled with medication. Researchers at NIMH and elsewhere are involved in evaluating the safety and effectiveness of treatment for people who have both Tourette's syndrome and ADHD.

More serious, nearly half of all children with ADHD--mostly boys--tend to have another condition, called oppositional defiant disorder. Like Mark, who punched playmates for jostling him, these children may overreact or lash out when they feel bad about themselves. They may be stubborn, have outbursts of temper, or act belligerent or defiant. Sometimes this progresses to more serious conduct disorders.



Children with this combination of problems are at risk of getting in trouble at school, and even with the police. They may take unsafe risks and break laws--they may steal, set fires, destroy property, and drive recklessly. It's important that children with these conditions receive help before the behaviors lead to more serious problems.

At some point, many children with ADHD--mostly younger children and boys--experience other emotional disorders. About one-fourth feel anxious. They feel tremendous worry, tension, or uneasiness, even when there's nothing to fear. Because the feelings are scarier, stronger, and more frequent than normal fears, they can affect the child's thinking and behavior. Others experience depression. Depression goes beyond ordinary sadness--people may feel so "down" that they feel hopeless and unable to deal with everyday tasks. Depression can disrupt sleep, appetite, and the ability to think.

Because emotional disorders and attention disorders so often go hand in hand, every child who has ADHD should be checked for accompanying anxiety and depression. Anxiety and depression can be treated, and helping children handle such strong, painful feelings will help them cope with and overcome the effects of ADHD.

(Graphic Omitted: Diagram showing the overlapping of other disorders with ADHD.)


Of course, not all children with ADHD have an additional disorder. Nor do all people with learning disabilities, Tourette's syndrome, oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, anxiety, or depression have ADHD. But when they do occur together, the combination of problems can seriously complicate a person's life. For this reason, it's important to watch for other disorders in children who have ADHD.

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What The Hell Are You Looking At?

by: Arthur Buchanan

Have you ever wondered to your self that someone is talking to or about you? More times than not they are not, yet we all know the negative stigma that comes with are disorders and how hard they are to shake once you are branded. I mean what the hell am I a God Dam cattle?
Have you ever felt like there was a brand on your forehead, that said hey look at me I am crazy and if you did how did it make you feel? I can tell you what I think and that is this, this is the reason that I wrote this dam book, so to all those who love to brand, enter my world and take a look around you and see what it is that I am going through.


Yet I bet you really won’t seem to see the truth of the matter that is at hand, guess what? You got another world, SO BITE ME! Now do I put all people in this group not really just the ones who still have this preconceived notion that the facts aren’t quite true, that it may in deed be a character flaw, so sort of weakness, BITE ME! How can it be something other then the predispostioning element that is already in our genes? I mean they have found out the alcoholism runs in families and these children or at a great risk to drink like there dad or mom.


The question is this how they can except the fact that alcohol runs in the family and the jeans. Well is it so hard to believe that a mental illness can run in families and that the genes seem to skip some children and then they hit other ones in the same family, but why would the mentally ill person be looked at with some sort of character flaws, I mean BITE ME!


We have scientifically proven that a biological problem is related with certain chemicals in the brain to be missing causing chemical imbalance in the brain. Is alcoholism or heat disease real? Sometimes we figure that since your mom or dad had it that you are destine to get it also, this is not necessary true, but we should point out that if you feel that you are going to get it because your parents had it or not get it, you are right.


You can have predisposition yourself just by thinking of the illness and the steps you take for or against it and guess what whether you think you can or can’t, many times you will be right about that thought.


Even if you would try to avoid the dreaded death sentence of the predispostioning, try to remember that you have a chance with therapy, the chance to put an end to the vicious cycle. Who knows in the end you may just breed it out of your family and if this is to be that’s great those families who seem to be labeled crazy or lost all I can say in defense of them is this they are really in another world and if you don’t like it, that’s ok just BITE THEM!


They are in a different world than you and yours in no better or worse it just is and weather you make it good or bad that is your choice. So walk the tight rope and if you fall it’s ok and if you hang on that’s ok too. What isn’t cool is the fact that they would still judge. You with all the greatest information just at there finger tips, the internet so before you judge me or anyone for that matter, if they are in another world that’s ok, that is were they need to be at that moment in time, how you may be asking yourself?


Simple because it is happening in this time and space and the fact that it is happing is the only reason we need, why because God doesn’t make a mistake. Except what is happing right now in your life and give thanks for it, know that it is necessary to make the person that you need to know. It’s that simple, it really is!

With Much Love,

Arthur Buchanan

Without My Wings!

This Brittney Spears song inspires this chapter every time you see my thoughts on this great song, I believe you are going to love it. When an angel loses his or her wings, do they really fall to earth? Can they make the transition to life like the one they have never seen before? Will the world allow them to enter it or will they be swallowed completely whole?



Some believe that their mate is an angel, I think they really feel that they are from heaven and are waiting in that special moment were they needed to be at that moment in time, or the time would have just moved on past and they would have never knew what love was like.



Like the movie city of Angels, you cut yourself just to see if you are alive. When angels cross over do they remember the glory of God or is all that is on their mind is the one they have fallen in love with. I mean every time they fall they feel so lonely, that’s when I feel a presence at my side that it is almost perfect, I guess I need you baby.


Without my wings I fall, I am so lost, I guess I need you baby, notice me, take my hand, flap my wings, strangers past my way. I love the strong, every time I see you in my dreams, is it make believe, or do I need love you baby, ever time I fly, I fall so far, I try to spread my broken wings, I fall so far baby, at night I pry, that you are with me!



That look on your face, you are in my dreams, you are near to me, I guess I need you baby. Notice me take my hand, a strangers plans, I love you stronger. Every time I see you in my dreams, it feels as though you hold me, I have faith. If I need to spread my broken wings, then I will know that you are going to be there to catch me.


At night I pry that you will be there in my dreams, notice me I can feel you baby. Here is the music, take my hand, what to believe, our love is strong I cannot go on without you.
Every time I fly, I see you in my dreams you look at me, I guess I needed you baby, wipe my tears with your broken wings.



I say to God you are the one for me, please Lord let them come to me, the life I live was meant to be with that angel you sent to me! How can I deviate from the plan? You let me fall for that angel that you brought down to me.



Here I cry and is it make me believe, now baby. I see clearly, what you needed happened now you seemed to move so difficulty. My love to thee, I give my heart to thee, my wings caused you pain I guess I need you baby, at night pry someday your face will fade away, I mean is it possible for angel to love a man, she could be my girl.





This is not a dream you are next to me, I flap my wings, a strangers plans, I guess I need you baby, in my dreams, I need you baby, Am I awake? Can you see, I see clearly, what have I have done?



Every time I try to fly my wings bleed for you, Lord please have mercy for I am falling for an angel, but look at me , can you hear me baby, at night I pry your face will fade away, I fill so small. In my dreams, you are haunting mean, baby guess I need you now, because we live in a city of angels,



In addition, when the time is right baby, God will give us our angel. That is when you ask, why me? I need you baby and if time could ever stand still, I would never take my eyes off of you, I guess I Need you baby, take my broken wings father, as I fall to my fate, heaven knows I cannot wait, I need you baby, we live in a city of angels can’t you see? That my blessed angel lives for me, I guess I love you baby!

You Have Got To Dream Big.

You can’t get anywhere in life if you only see yourself with the small prize, you need to see yourself with the new house or the new car, If your dreams are too small you can never make it to the bigger goal as you won’t have any vision on how to get there. Your goals need to be out of reach but not out of sight. What I mean here is that if you make them too big that they are not good either as you will surely never reach them.



Yet if you can find a happy medium where to put all your goals this shall be very beneficial to you. Dreams are the stuff that life is made of, If you see yourself working in a factory all your life, then chances are that you shall work in a factory all your life, but if you see yourself working for yourself there is a ten times greater chance that you shall end up working for yourself as your mind will start to think of ways to make the dream a reality and you will start to work on ways to call it fourth in your life and this is truly how it works.





You can no longer see yourself working from 9 to 5 and letting someone else pay your way, you will start to investigate on how to produce an income on your own and new ideas shall come from the place that you never knew that you thought ever existed and the ideas turn into action and this is what I mean when I say “FOR THE DREAM TO BECOME REALITY YOU, MST FIRST Imagine IT TO BE”. Do you now see how this all works to your benefit that you got to have big dreams?




Just put them out of reach, but not out of sight and things will start to happen in your life that may never have seemed possible before and this is really truly amazing to me in its simplicity and how that it starts to show results after just a short period of time.




Your life shall start to change and then in turn your dreams shall become a little bigger and then your mind shall start to work on new ways to make this new dream a reality and you shall start to call things forth that line up with the new vision, do you see how this is a never ending process and that is why we call it Building The Perfect You. As you will continually strive to get better and to change the picture to a higher vision to a new height that you have never before reached and you will know you can get there because of past successes and you will start to see the whole picture and this is what we are talking about. Dreaming the big dream so you can rise up to the next level and this is what your soul purpose is all about. Now do you see how it is all coming into focus and what we have been talking about all starts to make sense?


DREAMS ARE THE VEHICLE AND TIlE SOUL
LEADS THE WAY, I MUST SEE THE VISION
FIRST AS THOUGHT IS PURE CREATION, AS
LIGHT IS TO DAY, YET WITHOUT ACTION
MY DREAMS SHALL NOT BE AND GO
NOWHERE ENDLESSLY INTO THE FUTURE
AND THE FUTURE SHALL BE OF BROKEN
PROMISES AND ENDLESS DREAMS, AS I
CALL FORTH THE ACTION TO ALL MY
DREAMS, THINGS START TO HAPPEN SO
FAST AS FAST CAN BE AS, ALL I BELIEVE
SHALL NOW BECOME A REALITY ANT) NOT
JUST A DREAM, REALITY BREEDS
HAPPINESS AS I NOW CAN BE FREE, FREE
TO CHOOSE OF WHAT I TRULY WANT TO BE.
AS CHOICE IS THE REASON THAT WE ARE
ALL HERE, FREE TO CHOOSE ANOTHER
THOUGHT THAT NOW BECOMES CLEAR.



FOCUS ON THE THINGS YOU KNOW THAT
CAN NOT BE AS THEY ARE THE STUFF
THAT SHALL SET ME FREE, FREE TO DO
WHATEVER I MAY CHOSE AND TO STOP
WALKING, SLEEPWALKING ENDLESSLY
THROUGH YET ANOTHER DAY, AS MY LIFE
HAS NEW MEANING AS IT SHALL NOW BE
AS THOUGH I CAN NOW SEE, FREE TO SEE
THE NEW LIFE THAT IS GOING ON INSIDE
OF ME, I HAVE MADE THE CHANGES THAT
HAVE SET ME FREE, AS DREAMS AND
VISION BURN INSIDE OF ME. AS THEY
SLOWLY GROW INTO ACTION RIGHT
BEFORE MY EYES 1 HAVE SEEN THE PURE
CREATION AS PURE AS CAN BE MY LIFE
SHALL NEVER BE THE SAME AS CREATION
NOW IS ME.






WHEN DREAMS BECOME REALITY IS THE
DAY FOR ME AS THE DREAMS ARE THINGS
OF THE PAST THAT HAVE NOW BECOME
TRUE AS THE TRUTH SHALL EVER RING IN
THE EYES OF THE FREE, AS HAPPINESS
AND JOY ARE BUBBLING UP ON THE
INSIDE OF ME, INSIDE APPEARANCE OR
OUTER THEY SAY SHALL BE A THING OF
THE PAST AS THE PAST MAY BE THE
AWARENESS OF MAN AS HE TRIES TO
BREAK FREE FROM THE Evils,THAT ARE SET IN THE MIND, AS THE MIND SHALL NOW BREAK UNLESS IT SEES THE PLACE THAT ALL SHALL FORSAKE, FORSAKEN AT THE PLACE OF PURE
THOUGHT CAN NOW SEE CLEAR OF THE
TANGLES AND ENEMY THAT NOW WE CAN
SEE WHICH IS THE FEAR OF LIFE THAT
NOW I CAN SEE.






FORGOTTEN WORDS ARE A Thing THAT
CAN NOT BE, AS A WORD IS THE FIRST
STEP UNTO CREATION AS IT MUST BE.
THOUGHT IS THE NEXT STEP UNTO THE
PROCESS YOU WILL SEE THAT ONCE THE
BALL IS ROLLING UNTO THE UNIVERSE SO
IT MAY BE THAT THOUGHT AND WORDS
MAKES PURE ENERGY THOUGHT IT SEEMS AS
THOUGH THEY NEVER QUIT FORMING THE
THINGS THAT CAN BE THE ESSENCE OF
LIFE, WE HAVE ALL GOT TO BE FREE. FREE
AT LAST AND LAST WE CAN SEE THAT
WORDS ARE MORE DANGEROUS THAN
JUST A DREAM.

With Much Love,
Arthur

If You don’t Have a Boat and Can’t Walk on Water, Looks Like You Are going To Have To Swim!

Have you ever read the great book by John Harrician? When You Can Walk On Water, Take The Boat. It is my intention to show you that if you don’t have a boat and you can’t walk on water, which it is best to swim.


Why would we swim if we could get someone to give us a ride? Have ever heard the saying, wouldn’t be great to win the lottery and become a millionaire, most people would say YES! I say no I want to earn a million dollars because of what it will make me, not because I’d be rich. Now don’t get me wrong there is nothing wrong with being rich. But what you become while earning the million dollars is just as important.


Ok, so why swim? It kind of goes like this, you need to build your muscles up to the point that the swimming is not important, but what the swimming does for you and who it makes you is important. So don’t walk on water, don’t take the boat, swim you fool, as it will build your muscles.


In the end, you will be glad you decided to swim instead of walking on water, or taking the boat. Why because of what it makes, you become. I know it sounds too simple to make sense, but yet it is one of the soundest principals that you can learn, so swim you fool!