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Virtually everyone with a serious health condition experiences anxiety at some point.

It is difficult to describe anxiety concretely because it has so many different potential causes and degrees of intensity. Basically, with anxiety, you feel that the worst will happen even though no one has told you that is the case.

The events that trigger anxiety, and the duration of anxiety, vary from person to person and event to event.

Feelings of fear can overpower logic - sometimes resulting in unwise decisions.

There are self help techniques to use to lessen anxiety. 

If self help techniques aren't enough, treatment is available - both psychological and with medication. A fairly new treatment which has shown to be effective is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

NOTE: Avoid self medicating with alcohol or other substances. Alcohol is a depressant. St. John's Wort, a supplement that some people use for depression, has interactions with many prescription medications. Speak with your doctor before taking St. John's Wort

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