Tag: Anxiety

Depression and anxiety are among the most common and debilitating mental health conditions in the world. According to the World Health Organization, more than 264 million people suffer from depression globally, and nearly 800,000 people die by suicide every year. Anxiety disorders affect about 284 m...

The Game-Changer: Understanding MM120’s Breakthrough Designation The landscape of GAD treatment is on the brink of a revolutionary shift with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) breakthrough therapy designation for MM120, a medication based on LSD. This novel therapy heralds a...

Following decades of demonisation and criminalisation, psychedelic drugs are being proved to have profound implications for a field that’s seen few pharmacological advancements since the 60s. Namely the treatment of intractable conditions such as depression, PTSD, and addiction, which time ...

My aunt takes gabapentin every night to sleep. She tried several times to quit, failed each time, and resigned herself to taking it for life. I’m failing to believe the “non-addictive” line. Insomnia runs in my family, I’ve had a lifelong struggle with it, myself. I took a...

Many people, including some doctors I know, view ADHD and anxiety as incompatible. They mischaracterize all of those who have ADHD as happy-go-lucky daydreamers who intrude without a second thought into the personal space and conversations of others. How could someone like that be anxious? To be ...

A year ago, I struggled with eco-anxiety so much that I had become a downer in my social circles. I was trying to sensitize people around me about the impact of their diet, their fast fashion habits, or their choice to take a business seat when flying. My fear of an apocalyptic future crippled me to...

The limbic part of our brain which has been there with us since primitive times has an area called the ‘amygdala’ that triggers a fear network whenever it detects something dangerous and life-threatening in our environment. You know when you get anxious you can’t focus on a...