Posts by Klaus Bernhardt

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Klaus Bernhardt

Anxiety can cause dizziness

Anxiety can cause various symptoms, and dizziness or lightheadedness is one of them. It typically occurs in moments of intense fear or anxiety. Anxiety can cause you to feel like the room is swaying or spinning and your surroundings are distorted – as if reality has shifted. These feelings may also be accompanied by an increased heart rate, shortness of breath, palpitations, and …

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Man, looking down and holding his hand in front of his face, dizzy
Klaus Bernhardt

Giddiness – How to Overcome that Feeling with Pattern Interrupters

A few years ago, a lady came to our practice. She told me in a preliminary telephone conversation that she was terrified of falling. As soon as she entered the hallway, I noticed she was leaning against the wall, looking for support. When she entered the treatment room, she grabbed the nearest chair back and held on to it convulsively. When asked about this, she told me she was suffering from giddiness. For years, she would go from one doctor to another without anyone being able to help her with this problem. 

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Klaus Bernhardt

St. John’s wort: the better citalopram

You have probably heard that a serotonin deficiency is responsible for the development of depression. Together with noradrenaline, this neurotransmitter is said to play a key role in the transmission of stimuli in the brain. If you follow the widespread doctrine, in simple terms serotonin is responsible for ensuring that communication between the nerve cells in the brain functions properly.

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Klaus Bernhardt

Treating Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) better

Even if many sufferers can hardly imagine this in their distress: They are not helplessly at the mercy of panic attacks. For the past 5 years, there has been a therapy that has shown above-average success in treating panic attacks. This blog article from the Institute for Modern Psychotherapy in Berlin deals with the therapy and what anxiety patients should pay attention to in order not to suffer unnecessarily from anxiety and panic for a long time.

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Man holding his chest painfully
Klaus Bernhardt

Get rid of panic attacks quickly and permanently

Even if many sufferers can hardly imagine this in their distress: They are not helplessly at the mercy of panic attacks. For the past 5 years, there has been a therapy that has shown above-average success in treating panic attacks. This blog article from the Institute for Modern Psychotherapy in Berlin deals with the therapy and what anxiety patients should pay attention to in order not to suffer unnecessarily from anxiety and panic for a long time.

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Klaus Bernhardt

Venlafaxine: What You Should Know

Have you been prescribed venlafaxine and are unsure what to make of this medication? Your concern is not unfounded, as this antidepressant does have dangerous downsides. Depending on whether you have been prescribed the medication for depression or an anxiety disorder, there are a few things you should be aware of:

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Online Therapy with Proven Effectiveness – Immediate Help for:

52 episodes with almost 7 hours of video material

No risk: The methods of this online therapy for self-help have been successfully used in clinics in Europe for over seven years. Over 250,000 people have already managed to lead lives without fear and panic using this method.

The new online version of self-therapy offered here has been thoroughly tested by psychiatrists and neuroscientists and found to be highly effective. Since the publication of this online therapy, over 16,000 former anxiety patients have given us feedback that they have managed to free themselves from their anxiety disorder using only these 52 videos.