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When a person is diagnosed with anxiety, the same person is more often than not also diagnosed with depression. This is because in most situations, depression is a natural consequence of anxiety. As anxiety is focused on the fear of situations that have yet to happen, prolonged periods of anxiety will ultimately sap the motivation of the individual, as the individual is constantly hyper attentive regarding threats, whether they are real or not.
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Anxiety and depression are disorders that can hide in a multitude of ways, from disguising as other conditions to staying unnoticed completely by outside perspectives. From this point onward, the former will be referred to as “camouflaging” and the latter as “masking.”
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Medication for anxiety and depression often utilizes a common bioinhibition mechanism. These medications, classified as antidepressants, help tackle the lack of certain biochemicals in the brain, a characteristic often found in patients who have been diagnosed with anxiety and depression. The mechanism which is utilized often involves the blocking of certain
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Similarly to the mechanism of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) also work with inhibition, inhibiting the reuptake of serotonin and norepinephrine to different degrees. Depending on the medication, effects may lean to either side or have a more balanced effect overall.
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In the past century, the field of neurodivergence focused on regulating the emotions of a person, and it was in the latter half of the 20th century, where biochemical (monoamine) focused medication was prescribed to address the chemical imbalances that occurred in the human brain. This coincided with the reestablishment of neurodivergent symptoms and the
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The characteristics of an attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) include short or disjointed attention spans, impulsive reactions, and interestingly enough, sometimes poor motor skills. As mentioned in the previous blog post, the prefrontal cortex (PFC) is in charge of behavioral regulation and emotional feedback, and it is this portion of the brain that is
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Autism, more officially known as, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is a neurodivergent symptom that is characterised by poor communication skills. The cause behind autism was thought to have been a result of environmental factors such as the growth environment of a developing child, but as younger children were also diagnosed with ASD, additional
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In the past two entries, the neurodivergent conditions mentioned focused largely on a single portion of the brain. However, for anxiety and depression, multiple portions of the brain are affected. In retrospect, it makes sense because anxiety and depression do not occur together, but rather they occur subsequently! In summary, anxiety will ultimately cause a feedback loop
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