Menopause Anxiety???

This interview with Dr. Hyla Cass is so informative. ?

Interviewer: Gail Edgell
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Gail Edgell: First of all, what is anxiety?
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Dr. Cass: Anxiety is a physical feeling. When you think of anxiety, you might think of it as mental. But you have sweaty palms and a rapid heart rate, and your thoughts are going really fast. That?s the sympathetic nervous system response, called the ?fight-or-flight? response. A protective mechanism, it?s built into all animals, us included, allowing us to escape from predators in the jungle or, in our present life, jump away if a car is coming at us. However, when that stress response ends up being constant, we feel anxious and irritable. It can affect our body?s in many negative ways, from our immune system, to our hormones, and even our bones, causing osteoporosis.

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The important thing to learn is how to move from the sympathetic or stress-response of our nervous system to the parasympathetic, or the relaxation response. The good news is, we can do that by simply breathing deeply.aking some deep breaths into your belly releases the diaphragm and releases the tension. Believe it or not, it?s impossible to have that sympathetic nervous response, or that anxiety or stress response, when you?re doing deep breathing.?Try it some time when stopping at a red light, or waiting in line.

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Second, watch what you are eating. Very often, we go into this ?fight-or-flight? response when our blood sugar has dipped. You think, ?I?ll just eat some more sugar? which will help, but it?s temporary. Usually, when the blood sugar dips, it?s because you have been eating sugar?pastry or even, coffee which has a similar effect. They stimulate you for a while, since the go right to?your brain ? and the brain runs on sugar, or glucose. You get a sugar hit. You?re happy, you?re energetic, and then you crash. Does that sound familiar?

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