Anxiety and Depression

This probably belongs down near "First Steps" but it was written on June 14, 2011 and I decided to include it on this blog.

           You should always see a doctor if you have at least half the following problems:

·        unexplained, long term or frequent sadness

·        anxiety including feeling jittery, wanting to hide or panic attacks

·        unexplained weight loss OR weight gain – most people say this should have happened in the last six months, but if you can narrow it down to any six month period, I say it counts

·        changes in your personality or reactions, such as from calm and collected to angry and abrasive or the opposite

·        you're often angry or dissappointed with yourself

·        losing jobs because you're “too slow,” because you get nervous or because you can't concentrate