Question:
I just finished reading "The Anxiety Disease" by David V. Sheehand, M.D. and was wondering if anyone has treated their PD based on his findings? For the folks you haven’t read it, he has found that anxiety can be a physical condition, and goes through several stages as it progresses. The later stages are PD’s and phoebias. It was really quite interesting, since I’ve always been frustrated with not knowing what brings on my Panic attacks. Anyway, I would like to here from anyone that is familiar with his work. Rose
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I just finished reading "The Anxiety Disease" by David V. Sheehand, M.D. and was wondering if anyone has treated their PD based on his findings? [snip] Much as I *hate* to post a simple "me too"…umm…"me too". A very dear friend from the rebel colonies sent me a copy of Dr. Sheehan’s book – it remains my favourite guiding star about our condition, despite the fact that it is a little outdated. I honestly cannot recommend this book too highly.
Sounds like a line on one of those ambiguous reference letters: "I sincerely cannot recommend John too highly." :) I think one of the things that makes Sheehan’s book stand out is the fact that it’s written from a solid grounding in both clinical practice and hard core peer-reviewed research. You’re right, it’s outdated. Perhaps he’ll update it someday soon. Doug
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I just finished reading "The Anxiety Disease" by David V. Sheehand, M.D. and was wondering if anyone has treated their PD based on his findings? For the folks you haven’t read it, he has found that anxiety can be a physical condition, and goes through several stages as it progresses. The later stages are PD’s and phoebias. It was really quite interesting, since I’ve always been frustrated with not knowing what brings on my Panic attacks. Anyway, I would like to here from anyone that is familiar with his work.
Much as I *hate* to post a simple "me too"…umm…"me too". A very dear friend from the rebel colonies sent me a copy of Dr. Sheehan’s book – it remains my favourite guiding star about our condition, despite the fact that it is a little outdated. And yes… his principles have worked for me too – and that despite twenty years of the blasted condition before I got to read his good sense. So, I think you’ll find a lot of us here who have read and followed the good doctor’s advice, Rose. I honestly cannot recommend this book too highly. — Gary Cooper
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I just finished reading "The Anxiety Disease" by David V. Sheehand, M.D. and was wondering if anyone has treated their PD based on his findings? For the folks you haven’t read it, he has found that anxiety can be a physical condition, and goes through several stages as it progresses. The later stages are PD’s and phoebias. It was really quite interesting, since I’ve always been frustrated with not knowing what brings on my Panic attacks. Anyway, I would like to here from anyone that is familiar with his work. Rose
** Rose; Oh, I’ve recommended this book on numerous occasions. I had the good fortune, several years back (after 10 years of no help at all from shrinks) to actually find one (shrink) that "made me" read "The Anxiety Disease" before he’d go any further with me. This doctor used it as his bible on panic disorder. I really had no undertanding of PD until I was force fed Sheehan’s work. The understanding that I gained about the disorder and treatments has proven invaluable. It’s also my understanding that he was doing research on the different meds for panic disorder, and that he’d requested "specific" meds from Upjohn. It seems that they insisted that if he was to test their meds, they wouldn’t supply him with what "he" wanted "unless" he included their "new" med in his research; Xanax;-). — Used wisely, your 2
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