Laeeq Tahir

Social anxiety disorder usually comes as comorbidity with generalized anxiety disorder and in this regard would not be good for this kind of job. If someone has just pure social anxiety disorder, that may be okay, but again, working in that setting can still expose one to some social interactions. Nonetheless, all these illnesses are very treatable.

This illness has to be treated with appropriate medications in the hands of an expert like a psychiatrist, and once medication starts working, then cognitive behavioral therapy, meditation, and environmental strategies can help hasten the recovery.

In order for you to be diagnosed, you will have to have an interview/assessment by a qualified doctor exploring your past and current history of illness with signs and symptoms.

1. Cognitive behavioral therapy
2. Regular physical exercises at least 45 minutes a day 5 days a week
3. Meditation
4. Brain exercises like puzzles and crosswords
5. Going out enjoying nature
6. Healthy, mutually supportive relationships

Inhalers can only relieve the breathing difficulties related to reactive airway disease like asthma. It has no role in the treatment of anxiety-related breathing difficulties. Four condition deep breathing exercises, meditation, and cognitive behavioral therapy are the good non-pharmacological treatment options.

Cognitive behavioral therapy.

Yes stress may do it. There is another condition usually associated with stress and anxiety called irritable bowel syndrome in which bloating is one of the symptom. Gluten sensitivity can also do it.
Hope it is helpful to you.

Anxiety brings with it the excessive amount of stress hormone called cortisol that in turn cause he fight or flight response. Hence the physical symptoms such as heart racing, chest tightness or pain, stomach butterflies, head and neck pain, stiff muscles, etc.
Hope this will help.

The psychological testing is in the jurisdiction of psychologists, not psychiatrists. I can tell you some, but may I recommend that you contact a psychologist for better and up-to-date correct information, please.

Panic disorder itself as a disorder tends to be chronic depending upon how long you have it before the treatment, and need to be treated long term with antidepressants either SSRI’s or SNRI’s class as well as cognitive behavioral therapy. However, the panic attacks could get better within 4-6 weeks of treatment.
Hope this information is helpful to you.

As far as I know, there is no direct causal relationship of being overweight in causing anxiety. However, if one gets engaged in obsessively overthinking about his or her weight could become anxious. This kind of anxiety can usually be treated by cognitive behavioral therapy.

Alcohol is a known depression causing and depression perpetuating substance backed by the scientific literature. Therefore, it’s not surprising that you feel this way.

Thank you for the question and I commend you for taking charge of your life by recognizing the early symptoms of and an illness that could become chronic if not recognized and treated earlier. Also, I am sorry that you are feeling this way at this tender young age. Now to your question: From the description of your condition, it doesn’t seem like Major Clinical Depression.
One should have at least 5 or more of the following symptoms for the same two weeks period and represent a change from the previous functioning:

1. Depressed mood most of the day early every day like feeling sad, empty, hopeless.

2. Markedly diminished interest or pleasure in all or almost all activities most of the day, nearly every day.

3. Decrease or increase in appetite nearly every day or significant weight loss

4. Insomnia or hypersomnia nearly everyday

5. Being restless or being slowed down compared to previously

6. Fatigue or loss of energy nearly everyday

7. Feeling of worthlessness or excessive or inappropriate guilt nearly everyday

8. Diminished ability to think or concentrate , or indecisiveness nearly everyday.

9. Thoughts of death or suicidal ideation.

Even though you probably would not meet this criteria, my advice would be to seek out some counseling/therapy to mitigate the risk of developing full major depressive illness.
Hope it will help.

Not knowing the detailed background history, I am not able to comment on why your doctor gave you both keppra and tegretol. However, if you have the diagnosis of OCD, Faverin is a good choice to treat OCD. The dose range of Faverin for OCD is from 150 mg to 300 mg daily.
Hope this may help you to make a decision and talk to your doctor openly about exploring the options.

Most mental health conditions are comorbid with obesity, particularly Depression and schizophrenia.

You will have to try psychotherapy to learn cognitive behavioural skills and use them to turn your negative anxiety provoking thoughts to more positive thoughts. Some medications would also help in conjunction with psychotherapy. Please see your doctor to get appropriate referral.

There is no such recommendation per se to avoid any food. However, in general, too much sugar should be avoided by everybody regardless.

It could be either or both parents. ADHD is now considered the illness with most heritability surpassing schizophrenia.

Any legitimate anti-anxiety medication would not change your personality.

Laeeq Tahir, MBBS., MD., FRCPC

Consumption of alcohol is not safe for any mental health related illness or issues period, whether someone is taking antidepressants or not.