You’ve Been Diagnosed With an Anxiety Disorder. Now What?

You’ve Been Diagnosed With an Anxiety Disorder. Now What?

A psychiatric diagnosis can feel final, but seeing it as informative rather than conclusive can aid in cultivating adaptive means of coping and healing.

The Medical Minute: Anxiety Attack or Panic Attack? Actually, It Can Be Both

HERSHEY, Pa. — An attack can come crashing in like a storm on a clear spring day. In an instant, your heart pounds, sweat soaks you, and you struggle to breathe. Agonizing minutes tick past, and then, just as quickly as they arrived, the symptoms are gone. What the heck was that? It was so violent, intense, and painful, you might have been convinced you were having a heart attack. Instead, the experience may have come from a different organ alto…