a letter I wrote regarding anxiety

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This is a letter I wrote to someone else on the list. I decided to modify

it and send it out. It makes sense to me.

From what I have heard from Dr. Nase, anxiety and depression can activate

the sympathetic nervous system. Those who have great anxiety in their lives

will have a constant firing of sympathetic nervous system synapses, which

will lead to constant flushing.

I have experienced pimples in periods in great stress, as before a final

exam. This is just one example of how my skin is affected by my emotional

state.

Say that someone who has a mild case of rosacea is one who has a mild

anxiety disorder, uses irritating skin care products and does not know it,

and has mild sun damage. Say this person goes to see a dermatologist. If

this person is treated as I have, he will be told such things as " you should

be lucky you don't have skin cancer, " " avoid all irritants at all costs, "

" I don't know what anyone else told you, but you don't have rosacea, " " oh

of course you have rosacea, I could point you out in the mall and say, that

person has rosacea, " " I don't know why that dermatologist proscribed you

Noritate, you should be using Metrogel instead! " (which is by the way

incorrect)

I have been told these things and much worse. One doctor told me that I all

I needed was sunscreen, but every sunscreen he advised me to use (all 5)

burned my face. Metrogel even turned my cheeks a deep purple.

Im not trying to make a sob story, but what do you think this will do to a

person who has a mild or even a moderate anxiety problem? This would give

anyone an anxiety disorder. It would make anyone depressed. I have a skin

problem and a doctor hands me a booklet which has a picture of an woman with

severe, severe rosacea, and says " stay out of the sun or you will eventually

look like this. Im sorry but there is no cure, just avoid all triggers. "

This is the stuff that makes agoraphobics and paranoids. This is

unacceptable. When someone is told to avoid most foods and drinks, the sun,

hot showers, and countless other triggers that a person must face daily, a

person is going to transfer the anxiety from a irritated burning face to

these triggers. Thus a mild anxiety disorder becomes a major one or a major

depressive disorder. This will in fact make the symptoms worse. Perhaps

even much worse.

Being the year 2001 this is a ridiculous way to treat people. I was treated

by licensed doctors and professionals in skin care. This is a sad way to be

21.

Sincerely, RK

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There is a striaghtforward solution

to most anxieties and depressions

--> Anti-Depressants <--

The popular non-prescription one is

Saint s Wort. Give it a try, it takes weeks to

kick

in, but ones it does you WILL feel better about

everything, even tho you might still have your " old "

problems.

Best of luck,

SC.

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[Guest guest]

There is a striaghtforward solution

to most anxieties and depressions

--> Anti-Depressants <--

The popular non-prescription one is

Saint s Wort. Give it a try, it takes weeks to

kick

in, but ones it does you WILL feel better about

everything, even tho you might still have your " old "

problems.

Best of luck,

SC.

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[Guest guest]

hi, i tried st johns wort and it made me really sensitive to the sun,

blisters kept appearing on my face. anyone else experience this???

jan

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>To: Kinney kinney02@...>

>CC: rosacea-support

>Subject: Re: a letter I wrote regarding anxiety

>Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 05:14:34 -0700 (PDT)

>

>There is a striaghtforward solution

>to most anxieties and depressions

>

>--> Anti-Depressants <--

>

>The popular non-prescription one is

>Saint s Wort. Give it a try, it takes weeks to

>kick

>in, but ones it does you WILL feel better about

>everything, even tho you might still have your " old "

>problems.

>

>Best of luck,

>SC.

>

>__________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

At 12:40 PM 18/05/01, " jan broom " janbroom28@...> wrote:

>hi, i tried st johns wort and it made me really sensitive to the sun,

>blisters kept appearing on my face. anyone else experience this???

>jan

I tried St 's Wort and unfortunately found it made no

difference to my depression whatsoever. (except maybe making

me more depressed over the money I wasted on it) I also tried

going to a naturopath, who gave me all sorts of concotions to try

but nothing worked. I finally went to see my GP, who diagnosed

depression, and put me on Aropax.

I've now been on it for 9 months, and find my mood is 97% better.

I still have moments of feeling abit down, but nowhere near as bad

as I was.