http://www.howtodothings.com/health-and-fitness/c1101-mental-health.html/popular-articles A list of popular articles by category as a list. en http://www.howtodothings.com/health-and-fitness/a4391-how-to-understand-brain-shivers.html <p>Let's hope that Tom Cruise is not reading this article because we're going to discuss antidepressants. An unusual symptom of withdrawal from certain antidepressants is the phenomenon known as brain shivers. The antidepressants venlafaxine (Effexor), duloxetine (Cymbalta) and escitalopram (Lexapro) have all been associated with brain shivers, with Effexor leading the pack. Effexor and Cymbalta are serotonin and noradrenalin reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) and Lexapro is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI), all of which affect the levels of serotonin (a neurotransmitter) in the brain. Many who suffer from depression report experiencing brain shivers as a result of tapering off of these antidepressants and some people report experiencing brain shivers as a result of missing only one dose. Here are a few facts to help you better understand brain shivers. <strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.howtodothings.com/health-and-fitness/a4391-how-to-understand-brain-shivers.html">read more</a></p> http://www.howtodothings.com/health-and-fitness/a4391-how-to-understand-brain-shivers.html#comments Mental Health Pharmaceuticals &amp; Drugs Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:02:00 -0600 Staff468 3192 at http://www.howtodothings.com http://www.howtodothings.com/health-and-fitness/a4679-how-to-understand-people-who-cut-themselves.html <p>Cutting oneself is pretty much what it sounds like--taking a blade or other sharp object and cutting one&#39;s own skin on any part of one&#39;s body until it bleeds. Although cutting is the most common form of self-injurious behavior, self-injury can include burning oneself with a lighted cigarette or match, biting, banging one&#39;s head, punching oneself or pulling out one&#39;s own hair (trichotillomania). People who injure themselves in these ways are typically between 13-15 years of age and female, although cutting can go on for years unnoticed by others. Some boys exhibit self-injurious behaviors as well. Here is some information that can help you to better understand self-injury:</p> <ol> <li><strong>Cutting is a coping mechanism</strong>, granted an unhealthy one, that helps people to handle intense feelings of upset or pressure.</p> <p><a href="http://www.howtodothings.com/health-and-fitness/a4679-how-to-understand-people-who-cut-themselves.html">read more</a></p> http://www.howtodothings.com/health-and-fitness/a4679-how-to-understand-people-who-cut-themselves.html#comments Mental Health Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:43:00 -0500 Staff468 3446 at http://www.howtodothings.com http://www.howtodothings.com/health-and-fitness/a4719-how-to-overcome-fear-of-flying.html <p>Many of us are afraid of driving because we consider it too unsafe. That fear is considered legitimate because the high frequency of car accidents tells us there <em>is</em> a substantial risk to driving. But the ultra-low frequency of airplane accidents would indicate to us the risk involved in air travel is extremely minimal. And yet the fear persists, which is why fear of flying is considered a phobia - aviophobia, an irrational fear. But given that humans only developed this ability to fly within the last hundred years or so, should it come as a surprise that not all of us are comfortable traveling miles above solid ground in a metal tube? </p> <p><a href="http://www.howtodothings.com/health-and-fitness/a4719-how-to-overcome-fear-of-flying.html">read more</a></p> http://www.howtodothings.com/health-and-fitness/a4719-how-to-overcome-fear-of-flying.html#comments Air Conditions Disabilities Mental Health Tips Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:13:00 -0500 Staff468 3485 at http://www.howtodothings.com