Definition of anxiety
Although nowadays usually we relate the concept of anxiety with something negative, pathological, provoking and anxiety is manifested in human beings with a certain degree of despair in the absence or the absence of some precious asset or a complicated situation that must soon face, it is not bad, on the contrary, but come and lean... Anxiety is an emotion that is recognized by the increase of perceptual faculties to the warning of the organism by a physiological need that is below their proper level; as well as in another article we explained in due course of the concept of the fear, the anxiety is also certainly related to the struggle of human beings for their survival and the rest that surrounds it.
It so happens that before this notice, the Agency put into operation the dopoaminergico system. For example, when we feel hungry, this system is that releases a series of alerts throughout the central nervous system to get it in the way that is necessary. This system is a complex network of connections between neurons, which used as a way of communication to a substance called dopamine (neurotransmitter). This molecule is chemically related to norepinephrine and tyrosine and is linked directly with the bonus to a stimulus or conduct.
Meanwhile, this system also turns its light red when it has that it is about to lose a precious asset and, as in the case of hunger, a good amount of adrenaline is released and noradrenalinaque will provide energy both to satisfy the hunger to defend this precious asset of the threat of disappearance which affects it. These circuits are relatively primitive and, although they are subject to the regulation by most evolutionary brain structures, such as the frontal cortex, often imposed by the predominance of the survival instinct.
As you can see, the anxiety is not all negative, but on the other hand, helps us in situations or problems that will bring life; the negative component will raise up when the response given to these demands on the part of the dopaminergic system are not correct and that, of course, contribute to the inability of the individual. This can occur by excessive and pathological activation of the dopamine circuits, or its perpetuation, or to its operation in not correct circumstances.
Most common anxiety disorders include: phobias (unused and pathological fear in specific and varied situations), panic (acute anxiety, with unjustified feeling of impending doom), obsessive-compulsive disorder (which predominate behaviors called compulsions, which can not be controlled), agoraphobia (fear of open spaces) and post-traumatic stress, that is, the emergence and continuation of symptoms of anxiety when the stimulus that caused it because it is absent.
Although the symptoms of anxiety are not universal, the ordinary that we use to recognize it are tachycardia, sensations of choking, tremors, cold sweating, muscle stiffness, difficulties in verbal or gestural communication, panic, feeling of fainting or lightheadedness and even the feeling of impending doom, called psychiatrists restlessness. These symptoms must be differentiated from organic diseases (myocardial infarction, stroke, stroke) or psychological (bipolar disorder, acute psychosis) that can resemble anxiety and, indeed, have a very different approach to therapy.
The treatment of anxiety disorders, of course depends on the specific diagnosis of the specialist. In almost all cases, 3 variables are associated. The first of them is the practice of recreational activities, such as exercise or intellectual disciplines that are to the liking of the patient. Secondly, psychological therapies are a tool of great importance; Nowadays (especially in patients phobic or PTSD) is therapy cognitive-behaviour of first choice, with progressive displacement of psychoanalysis. Finally, medications are an almost indispensable component of the approach. For acute cases, anxiolytics such as clonazepam or alprazolam are a fundamental resource; into chronic variants, it is usually necessary to a combined approach in which antidepressants are also included. This can lead to confusion between the person with anxiety and his family; in fact, this indication is that antidepressants also act on the dopamine system which we mentioned before, which are useful and appropriate to resolve the pronounced deficiencies in the quality of life that characterize those patients suffering from anxiety.
It so happens that before this notice, the Agency put into operation the dopoaminergico system. For example, when we feel hungry, this system is that releases a series of alerts throughout the central nervous system to get it in the way that is necessary. This system is a complex network of connections between neurons, which used as a way of communication to a substance called dopamine (neurotransmitter). This molecule is chemically related to norepinephrine and tyrosine and is linked directly with the bonus to a stimulus or conduct.
Meanwhile, this system also turns its light red when it has that it is about to lose a precious asset and, as in the case of hunger, a good amount of adrenaline is released and noradrenalinaque will provide energy both to satisfy the hunger to defend this precious asset of the threat of disappearance which affects it. These circuits are relatively primitive and, although they are subject to the regulation by most evolutionary brain structures, such as the frontal cortex, often imposed by the predominance of the survival instinct.
As you can see, the anxiety is not all negative, but on the other hand, helps us in situations or problems that will bring life; the negative component will raise up when the response given to these demands on the part of the dopaminergic system are not correct and that, of course, contribute to the inability of the individual. This can occur by excessive and pathological activation of the dopamine circuits, or its perpetuation, or to its operation in not correct circumstances.
Most common anxiety disorders include: phobias (unused and pathological fear in specific and varied situations), panic (acute anxiety, with unjustified feeling of impending doom), obsessive-compulsive disorder (which predominate behaviors called compulsions, which can not be controlled), agoraphobia (fear of open spaces) and post-traumatic stress, that is, the emergence and continuation of symptoms of anxiety when the stimulus that caused it because it is absent.
Although the symptoms of anxiety are not universal, the ordinary that we use to recognize it are tachycardia, sensations of choking, tremors, cold sweating, muscle stiffness, difficulties in verbal or gestural communication, panic, feeling of fainting or lightheadedness and even the feeling of impending doom, called psychiatrists restlessness. These symptoms must be differentiated from organic diseases (myocardial infarction, stroke, stroke) or psychological (bipolar disorder, acute psychosis) that can resemble anxiety and, indeed, have a very different approach to therapy.
The treatment of anxiety disorders, of course depends on the specific diagnosis of the specialist. In almost all cases, 3 variables are associated. The first of them is the practice of recreational activities, such as exercise or intellectual disciplines that are to the liking of the patient. Secondly, psychological therapies are a tool of great importance; Nowadays (especially in patients phobic or PTSD) is therapy cognitive-behaviour of first choice, with progressive displacement of psychoanalysis. Finally, medications are an almost indispensable component of the approach. For acute cases, anxiolytics such as clonazepam or alprazolam are a fundamental resource; into chronic variants, it is usually necessary to a combined approach in which antidepressants are also included. This can lead to confusion between the person with anxiety and his family; in fact, this indication is that antidepressants also act on the dopamine system which we mentioned before, which are useful and appropriate to resolve the pronounced deficiencies in the quality of life that characterize those patients suffering from anxiety.