Living Well with Anxiety: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You... That You Need to Know

by Carolyn Chambers Clark

A complete guide to the side-effects and treatments for anxiety disorders High anxiety is an unfortunate byproduct of this world, and for approximately 20 million American adults a year, anxiety becomes a debilitating part of their lives. The psychological can become physical, causing dizziness, stammering, heart palpitations, trembling, shaking, and other symptoms. Unlike other books on anxiety disorders, Living Well with Anxiety offers a holistic approach to minimizing anxiety, presenting both conventional psychiatric and psychological approaches to anxiety conditions, as well as patient anecdotes, and nutrition, herbal, environmental, exercise and other healing measures to combat this disorder. Living Well with Anxiety contains helpful advice for a wide range of anxiety disorders, including social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder and various phobias that cause anxiety. With a comprehensive resource section that contains websites, doctors, and helpful articles, this book, like all of the titles in the successful Living Well series, offers positive and far-reaching solutions to building a healthier life, both emotionally and physically.

Genres: Nonfiction, Health, Self Help, Psychology, Medical

352 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2006

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Reviews

[Alexandria · Rating 1 out of 5]

When someone doesn't cite their sources, lists "more women entering the workforce" as a "physical or psychological threat" and lays the increase of anxiety at the feet of, among other things, "loss of traditionally prescribed values", I'm done. I don't trust a word this woman says, given her apparent biases and use of sources from as unreliable a period as the 1930's (huge reference section with no source citation). I've got too much invested in coping with anxiety to read a book this obviously biased.

[Paula · Rating 3 out of 5]

The title of the book caught my eye, not only because I struggle with anxiety, but because the author chose to include the word "Well." It suggests the book includes more than just regurgitated-from-the-experts information presented in a way that you need your doctor to explain it to you.

Although you aren't going to find this book in the Reference section, the chapters are set up so that you can use them out of order. I found it helpful because there was much of the information included here that I already knew. So I'd jump ahead to a section that was better suited to my condition. I really did see that the tone of the book is to help someone live well with the problem of anxiety. There's a suggestion, however subtle, that one might be able to avoid episodes of anxiety altogether.

The subtitle of the book was probably the only 'downer,' if I had to pick one out. What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You That You Need To Know. "Living Well With Anxiety" is from about 11 years ago, so maybe at that time, most doctors didn't tell patients what they needed to know, but there's never been a time in history when a patient couldn't ask.

"Living Well" has some really good information with definitions so you can put a name to your problem and some alternatives to medication-or at least adjuncts-for taming the problem of anxiety. For anyone who suffers with anxiety, more choices for control and quality of life are always welcome.

Just reading the book isn't enough to go forward, in case anyone wonders. The author doesn't even suggest it. Care from a professional is the first step. At the back of the book, numerous resources are listed as well as a list of references and an index.

[Stephanie Kreiner · Rating 3 out of 5]

My rating is between 3 & 4. I found it very informative and plan to go back and reread things I highlighted. I didn't like chapter 4 because she went into great detail about how to select a practitioner.

[Stephanie Kreiner · Rating 2 out of 5]

I only read about 25 pages because it was about anxiety attacks, not the mild anxiety or stress that I have.

[moxieBK · Rating 3 out of 5]

I download these sorts of books every once in awhile. This book was on a BookBub special, and I thought it came at the right time of the season, with school just starting, summer ending; these are stressful times for many people. Basically, what I look for in these books are ways to identify, self-help and other perspectives. I really didn't learn that much new in this one, and I skimmed over much of it (which I had pretty much read free online anyway.)

A couple of things distracted me in this reading: the formatting is terrible on a Kindle Voyage and HDX. (Whether portrait or landscape.) And I don't really enjoy the use of case studies (although that tends to be a common element in self-help books.) But, there are some good things in this book.

What I enjoyed the most: the holistic aspect of treatment plan (I especially appreciated the in-depth review of medication used in treating this condition...it was very thorough and insightful in the effects using these drugs can cause;) also: planning and keeping goals as pertaining to an Anxiety Success Plan.

There is also very good easy-to-follow instructions (like yoga exercises--believe me, these are EASY--and include enough variety that anyone can pick and chose which activity is right for them.

Finally, the affirmations are pretty simple and decent, but can be tailored to patient's needs. The book concludes by helping the reader set up a Anxiety Success Plan and that includes how to find a right therapist. This was very good information.

Overall, I found this information can be found all over the internet, and I have used several of them in the past; but having it all in one place is nice.


Three stars.

[Alycia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Have read many books on this subject. This one was great because it offers so many options on how to get better. It also provides you with all the resources in the outside world needed to get better too.

[Richard · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am retired military with PTSD, so I am prone to anxiety and I have read every book out there. This book however takes a bit of a different approach. I did like it and have applied a few of the items learned, so I would recommend this book as a guide to help. Overall a solid B.. Good luck gang..

[Ieva · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good book with loads of relaxation and non-drug treatment tips, although there is nothing 'lifechanging'.