Stress and Anxiety Can Take Over Your Life, But You Can Fight Back!
We all frequently feel stressed. Stress is healthy when it alerts us to problems in our lives that we need to deal with. But, without our even being aware of it, stress can build on itself until it leaves no room for a healthy response.
Chemicals in our brains can make us eat too much, sleep too much, or not eat or sleep at all, while we worry over even the smallest things.
Most prescription antidepressants have a long list of potential side effects�everything from nausea to reduced sexual functioning. Even when they help, they may at the same time increase some forms of stress because their side effects make you uncomfortable or discouraged. There is evidence now that certain prescription drugs at times actually have led to dangerous results: for example, Xanax has produced effects of addiction in some patients, including increasing tolerance by the body (meaning that more and more is needed to produce an effect) and withdrawal symptoms. There are recent studies showing that Prozac has increased the risk of suicide in younger people.
