As an online expert in Anxiety Disorders, I get asked this question frequently. Today, I got asked by a pharmacy student about his doctor prescribing him Valium (diazepam) for Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). First off, let me be clear about benzodiazepines: BENZODIAZEPINES ARE CONTRAINDICATED FOR LONG TERM USE. I get it that benzodiazepines work for […]
Generalized Anxiety Disorder- What It Is And How To Treat It
Hello, I’m Dr. Carlo Carandang, and I’m a psychiatrist with AnxietyBoss.com. Today, I will talk about generalized anxiety disorder. Generalized anxiety disorder, also known as GAD, is an anxiety disorder where you have excessive worry about events and situations and it disrupts your life. So you as the audience will benefit from this presentation by […]
How Generalized Anxiety Disorder Evolves- The Negative Cycle of GAD
We had previously discussed how anxiety develops from the negative cycle of anxiety- the feared object or situation leads to thoughts about the event, and the thoughts lead to anxiety, and the anxiety leads to avoidant behaviors which serve to maintain the vicious, negative cycle of anxiety. Anxiety disorders have several different subtypes, and today […]