Guest Speaker

Last night we had a guest speaker from the pharmacy school, she was in her last year and hopes to graduate in May. Her topic was Anxiety and she did a fantastic job in explaining Anxiety, the causes and also did a lot of explaining about the different medications that helps to try to get some relief.

Anxiety disorders affect 12% of the population casing mild to severe impairment.
Depression/Anxiety continues to be Canada's fastest rising diagnosis from 1994-2004, Dr's visits have almost doubled. (In 2003 11.6 million visits to doctors across Canada about depression/anxiety)

Types of Anxiety disorders:

• generalized anxiety disorder
• specific phobia
• post traumatic stress
• social phobia OCD disorder panic disorder

Treatment for anxiety includes medication, behaviour modification therapy, psychotherapy, education, support groups.

Natural Health products  should not be used for depression/anxiety unless you talk to your Doctor first.