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...guidance of distinguished journalists, historians and scholars in many fields. Pop culture is in an interesting phase when Germs, a study of biological weapons by three New York Times journalists, has just gone through its eighth printing; when backlist books by cultural commentators like Edward Said and Thomas Friedman are headed for re-prints; and when scholar Larry P. Goodson, whose Afghanistan’s Endless War is just out of the University of Washington Press, is being flown around the country like the Nick Hornby of wizened academia...
Fortunately, there are plenty of things you can do about it, including taking medication--but that's a last resort. The first step in dealing with anxiety, says Richard Friedman, psychiatrist and director of the Psychopharmacology Clinic at New York Weill Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan, is realizing that "it's normal to feel anxious in reaction to the catastrophe. Don't avoid it; talk to your friends and family...
Next, says Friedman, "try whatever you normally do to relax." Not alcohol: that might take the edge off briefly, but the anxiety will return. Much better to try healthy anxiety reducers like deep breathing, exercise, yoga or meditation. A hot bath is also a good idea, and a cup of herbal tea like Tension Tamer can do just what it says...
...your distress is a specific (though out-of-control) reaction to an outward stimulus like the current crisis, then Paxil and the others are "wrong, wrong, wrong," says Friedman. Episodic anxiety is best treated with an entirely different class of drugs known as benzodiazepines, including Valium, Xanax, Ativan and Klonopin. These work within minutes, not weeks--but they're potentially addictive, so they shouldn't be used for more than two weeks...
...can’t control if the [Cornell runners] have the best races of their lives,” Friedman said. “We can control how we race. If we have good races, other teams will have to run very well to beat...