Patient could sufer from Hyperventilation in the dental office mainly due to:
a- Anxiety ***
b- Low level of CO2
c- High level of CO2
We all feel anxiety about the uncertainties of life.
We are afraid of getting sick or losing loved ones. This emotion is normal and can be considered to play a role in our ability to adapt to what happens to us.
But for many of us, anxiety ceases to be reasonable and does not obey logic, dominates us and makes us vulnerable. So, it is hard for us to fall asleep or concentrate. Our mind clings to thoughts that we cannot distance ourselves from. Anxiety appears without warning and suddenly panic looms over us.
Our family and friends do not always understand that suffering that does not respond to an anomaly that can be observed or a specific problem. But anxiety is clearly there and it ruins our lives.
- How anxiety and fear had me locked up at home 3 months
- How I handle my panic attacks
When anxiety becomes sick:
In some people, in certain situations and at specific moments in life, anxiety becomes sick. In order to qualify as such, four conditions must be met:
- When it is disproportionate and arises in relation to aspects that are not dangerous in themselves. In this case, it acquires an irrational, illogical character and does not respond to common sense. We are aware that there is nothing serious, but we cannot be right.
- When it's too intense. Instead of helping us adapt better to the situation, anxiety becomes unproductive and useless. - When the limit of moderate anxiety is exceeded and intensified, it hinders what we are doing and we feel it as true suffering.
- When it goes on. Anxiety can become permanent and dominant. It prevents us from living normally and does not give us a break. We have the impression that it will never end, that we will never see the end of the tunnel.
When it becomes uncontrollable. When we cannot dominate it, when we feel helplessness, sometimes even anger against ourselves. We blame ourselves for not being able to react.
It affects one in five people:
In this way, anxiety disorders differ from normal anxiety by the presence of several intense, long-lasting symptoms that generate real discomfort and hinder daily life, work or leisure time.
These disorders affect about one in five people and there are different types.
Panic disorder: defined by the repetition of panic attacks (acute crisis of anguish), some of which are unpredictable and involve daily discomfort and anticipated anxiety ("fear of being afraid") almost permanent.
Test yourself: what do these phobias and hobbies mean?
The phobias: they are characterized by an intense and perceived fear as excessive before objects or situations that are not really dangerous.
Any confrontation (real or imaginary) with the object or the situation that causes them causes an anxiety that can be serious and lead to a panic attack.
However, the anguish disappears at the moment when the person feels "safe."
Two forms of phobia are distinguished:
- specific phobias related to a single type of object or a simple situation (to animals, blood, airplane, etc.),
- agoraphobia, defined by fear and avoidance of situations in which the person will find it difficult to flee or find help, such as crowds, department stores, concert halls or public transport.
Fear of the opinion of others and to be judged:
Social phobias (also called social anxiety disorders) are characterized by an intense fear of the opinion of others and that they judge us.
The person fears exposure to daily activities such as speaking or acting in public.
Social phobias respond to a true anxiety disorder that should not be confused with simple shyness.
Generalized anxiety disorder is characterized by a practically permanent and lasting concern (at least six months), related to different reasons of daily life (risk of accidents or illnesses of oneself or relatives, anticipation of financial or professional problems, etc.), without it being possible to "come to reason" and control these thoughts.
These generate a state of permanent tension, both physical and psychic.
The psychiatrist who says that the "accelerated thinking syndrome" is the evil of this century:
Anxiety, in the different ways mentioned above, is the most frequent psychological problem.
Several studies conducted on a large number of subjects worldwide show that between 15% and 20% of respondents suffer from an anxiety disorder at some time in life, according to a study published in 2005.
Specific phobias are the most frequent (11.6%), followed by generalized anxiety (6%), social phobias (4.7%), panic disorder (3%) and agoraphobia (1.8% ).
It affects more women than men:
Studies have shown that disorders arise in young adults (people 18 to 35 years old) and sometimes even in children (separation anxiety, social phobia ...). After a period of stability in middle age, a new rebound is observed from 65 years.
All studies indicate that anxiety affects twice as many women as men. This particularity does not have a single explanation and several hypotheses have been raised, such as biological and hormonal characteristics, sociological factors (the social function of women) or psychological (sensitivity).
Anxiety disorders affect all social categories and people of all backgrounds.
Why WhatsApp family groups create anxiety and how to escape from them:
Anxiety seems to be more frequent in cities than in rural settings. This is attributed to the stress of cities related to urbanization. Pollution could also play a role in the neurobiological system of anxiety.
Why do we feel anxiety? For a long time, anxiety was attributed to a weak and emotional nature or a lack of will, before it was recognized that it had both medical and psychological causes that have not yet been specified.
Exaggeration of normal biological functioning?
As for biology, researchers have not found any anomaly and point rather to an exaggeration of normal biological functioning.
No gene was found that encodes a neurotransmitter or an enzyme involved in the biology of anxiety.
The new methods of scanning the body and the brain such as imaging (scanner, magnetic resonance imaging), neurobiology and genetics show alterations when anxiety occurs.
When suffering anxiety, the structures of the brain involved in the fear reaction show sensitization, as indicated in a study published in 2016.
Therefore, for people who have a genetic vulnerability, intervention in stressors and their psychological consequences remains the best way to prevent the onset or evolution of an anxiety disorder.
"It was as if I were out of my body": what it is like to live with the depersonalization disorder that makes you doubt the reality you live
We know that anxiety cannot be explained solely by biology and genetics.
There are also psychological causes, such as the events experienced in childhood, education and the experiences that have shaped our personality.
Anxiety is a fundamental emotion, necessary in the development of the child, in the construction of his personality and his adaptation to the world and its dangers.
Accept anxiety:
Anxiety is not only treated, it is also managed and we can learn to accept it so that it stops being an obstacle in life.
You can act on your own anxiety.
When you have an anxious character, it will not change, but, little by little, we can react completely differently to circumstances that previously promoted the mechanics of anxiety. Over time, we can better understand our reactions.
When anxiety is stronger and more resistant, we can resort to treatments.
Anxiolytic medications temporarily soothe anxiety, but expose dependence.
The secret to reducing anxiety before doing something important
As a background treatment, antidepressants that act as a true emotional filter are recommended. However, it is necessary to limit the consumption of medications and propose other equally effective methods, especially psychotherapies.
Medications are prescribed when it is necessary to mitigate the symptoms and when it is not possible to do so immediately with other means.
They should not be considered as an end in themselves, but should receive another treatment that involves a personal commitment, such as cognitive and behavioral therapies (CBT).
With relaxation and meditation techniques, symptoms can also be relieved.
CBT and mindfulness meditation have an efficacy equivalent to medications, with the advantage that their effects are more stable and also prevent relapse.
We all feel anxiety about the uncertainties of life.
We are afraid of getting sick or losing loved ones. This emotion is normal and can be considered to play a role in our ability to adapt to what happens to us.
But for many of us, anxiety ceases to be reasonable and does not obey logic, dominates us and makes us vulnerable. So, it is hard for us to fall asleep or concentrate. Our mind clings to thoughts that we cannot distance ourselves from. Anxiety appears without warning and suddenly panic looms over us.
Our family and friends do not always understand that suffering that does not respond to an anomaly that can be observed or a specific problem. But anxiety is clearly there and it ruins our lives.
- How anxiety and fear had me locked up at home 3 months
- How I handle my panic attacks
When anxiety becomes sick:
In some people, in certain situations and at specific moments in life, anxiety becomes sick. In order to qualify as such, four conditions must be met:
- When it is disproportionate and arises in relation to aspects that are not dangerous in themselves. In this case, it acquires an irrational, illogical character and does not respond to common sense. We are aware that there is nothing serious, but we cannot be right.
- When it's too intense. Instead of helping us adapt better to the situation, anxiety becomes unproductive and useless. - When the limit of moderate anxiety is exceeded and intensified, it hinders what we are doing and we feel it as true suffering.
- When it goes on. Anxiety can become permanent and dominant. It prevents us from living normally and does not give us a break. We have the impression that it will never end, that we will never see the end of the tunnel.
When it becomes uncontrollable. When we cannot dominate it, when we feel helplessness, sometimes even anger against ourselves. We blame ourselves for not being able to react.
It affects one in five people:
In this way, anxiety disorders differ from normal anxiety by the presence of several intense, long-lasting symptoms that generate real discomfort and hinder daily life, work or leisure time.
These disorders affect about one in five people and there are different types.
Panic disorder: defined by the repetition of panic attacks (acute crisis of anguish), some of which are unpredictable and involve daily discomfort and anticipated anxiety ("fear of being afraid") almost permanent.
Test yourself: what do these phobias and hobbies mean?
The phobias: they are characterized by an intense and perceived fear as excessive before objects or situations that are not really dangerous.
Any confrontation (real or imaginary) with the object or the situation that causes them causes an anxiety that can be serious and lead to a panic attack.
However, the anguish disappears at the moment when the person feels "safe."
Two forms of phobia are distinguished:
- specific phobias related to a single type of object or a simple situation (to animals, blood, airplane, etc.),
- agoraphobia, defined by fear and avoidance of situations in which the person will find it difficult to flee or find help, such as crowds, department stores, concert halls or public transport.
Fear of the opinion of others and to be judged:
Social phobias (also called social anxiety disorders) are characterized by an intense fear of the opinion of others and that they judge us.
The person fears exposure to daily activities such as speaking or acting in public.
Social phobias respond to a true anxiety disorder that should not be confused with simple shyness.
Generalized anxiety disorder is characterized by a practically permanent and lasting concern (at least six months), related to different reasons of daily life (risk of accidents or illnesses of oneself or relatives, anticipation of financial or professional problems, etc.), without it being possible to "come to reason" and control these thoughts.
These generate a state of permanent tension, both physical and psychic.
The psychiatrist who says that the "accelerated thinking syndrome" is the evil of this century:
Anxiety, in the different ways mentioned above, is the most frequent psychological problem.
Several studies conducted on a large number of subjects worldwide show that between 15% and 20% of respondents suffer from an anxiety disorder at some time in life, according to a study published in 2005.
Specific phobias are the most frequent (11.6%), followed by generalized anxiety (6%), social phobias (4.7%), panic disorder (3%) and agoraphobia (1.8% ).
It affects more women than men:
Studies have shown that disorders arise in young adults (people 18 to 35 years old) and sometimes even in children (separation anxiety, social phobia ...). After a period of stability in middle age, a new rebound is observed from 65 years.
All studies indicate that anxiety affects twice as many women as men. This particularity does not have a single explanation and several hypotheses have been raised, such as biological and hormonal characteristics, sociological factors (the social function of women) or psychological (sensitivity).
Anxiety disorders affect all social categories and people of all backgrounds.
Why WhatsApp family groups create anxiety and how to escape from them:
Anxiety seems to be more frequent in cities than in rural settings. This is attributed to the stress of cities related to urbanization. Pollution could also play a role in the neurobiological system of anxiety.
Why do we feel anxiety? For a long time, anxiety was attributed to a weak and emotional nature or a lack of will, before it was recognized that it had both medical and psychological causes that have not yet been specified.
Exaggeration of normal biological functioning?
As for biology, researchers have not found any anomaly and point rather to an exaggeration of normal biological functioning.
No gene was found that encodes a neurotransmitter or an enzyme involved in the biology of anxiety.
The new methods of scanning the body and the brain such as imaging (scanner, magnetic resonance imaging), neurobiology and genetics show alterations when anxiety occurs.
When suffering anxiety, the structures of the brain involved in the fear reaction show sensitization, as indicated in a study published in 2016.
Therefore, for people who have a genetic vulnerability, intervention in stressors and their psychological consequences remains the best way to prevent the onset or evolution of an anxiety disorder.
"It was as if I were out of my body": what it is like to live with the depersonalization disorder that makes you doubt the reality you live
We know that anxiety cannot be explained solely by biology and genetics.
There are also psychological causes, such as the events experienced in childhood, education and the experiences that have shaped our personality.
Anxiety is a fundamental emotion, necessary in the development of the child, in the construction of his personality and his adaptation to the world and its dangers.
Accept anxiety:
Anxiety is not only treated, it is also managed and we can learn to accept it so that it stops being an obstacle in life.
You can act on your own anxiety.
When you have an anxious character, it will not change, but, little by little, we can react completely differently to circumstances that previously promoted the mechanics of anxiety. Over time, we can better understand our reactions.
When anxiety is stronger and more resistant, we can resort to treatments.
Anxiolytic medications temporarily soothe anxiety, but expose dependence.
The secret to reducing anxiety before doing something important
As a background treatment, antidepressants that act as a true emotional filter are recommended. However, it is necessary to limit the consumption of medications and propose other equally effective methods, especially psychotherapies.
Medications are prescribed when it is necessary to mitigate the symptoms and when it is not possible to do so immediately with other means.
They should not be considered as an end in themselves, but should receive another treatment that involves a personal commitment, such as cognitive and behavioral therapies (CBT).
With relaxation and meditation techniques, symptoms can also be relieved.
CBT and mindfulness meditation have an efficacy equivalent to medications, with the advantage that their effects are more stable and also prevent relapse.
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