Hi, this is Gena with a pebble in the anxiety road. Might be two pebbles or a boulder or something. I recently updated my computer 'cause it's good to update and get your security patches and all that stuff. And every time that happens, uh, something happens to the audio recording software that I use and it doesn't recognize the microphone and I have to do a whole bunch of stuff to get it to recognize the microphone. So I'm recording this on the pixel and I'm going to hope for the best.
Um, the first thing I wanna talk about, I intended to, well, let me back up. In the next couple of weeks, I'm gonna be doing very short episodes because I have three different events coming up and I have to do all of them at the same time, and I've gotta make some adjustments to my schedule. Because I still work a full-time job and I have commitments, and I am trying to meet all of them, which is probably going to make me crazy.
Anyway, so in the next couple of weeks, I'm gonna do really targeted episodes talking about a resource or a condition or a, a thing that you can do to help you with your anxiety. And it's probably gonna be around a minute, two minutes or so. Because I still want to do the podcast, but I have some real world and virtual responsibilities for the month of June that I've gotta take care of.
Anyway, the first thing that I wanna talk about is that I saw an advertisement for something called a psycho nutrient, and. It was that stock footage robo voice ad that's trying to convince me that this specific product could fix my brain if I consume the right amount of vitamins and brain nutrients to reduce or eliminate any and all mental health problems. Now it's becoming a cliched term and I'm not helping it, but you really do have to hug up on your critical thinking skills.
Especially if you have a mental health concern, you may be crazy, but you're not stupid. Yes, nutrition is very important for brain health and support, and yes, the B vitamins are really important. Water, fiber and whole foods would also do a whole heck of a lot of good for a lot of Americans if they just gave up their junk food five out of seven nights of the week. For some people, additional magnesium can be helpful or not.
It really depends on the dosage and your specific body requirements and needs. For some people, magnesium works fine for other people. Magnesium, constipates the heck out of them. Grifters are out in about, in this modern world, both actual people and now virtual people are grifting. And they are using the world stages in order to be able to extract money from your wallet. This would include platforms like YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram. So this is just a couple of words of advice.
First of all, be aware of any ad that contains the words taking the world by storm. Second of all. Be aware or beware of any ad for a physical or mental health condition that claims that it can treat everything the body has. Medical domains. What works for your feet may not be so good for your brain. So if the miracle drug can cure foot fungus and brain fog, don't be so hasty to try it out. Third of all, be aware that advertisers are paying, so-called Influencers a thousand.
$1,500 or more to pump their products and the products may not have anything to do with the main focus of the influencers target audience. I am not against anyone reading a two minute ad that is their choice, that is their right as business people to get income to support their channel and their lifestyle. Clocking ad dollars is a noble tradition, certainly from radio and television.
You as the viewer might want to ask questions about why you are seeing so many ads from a vendor to a wide dispersive group of YouTubers or tiktoks, or Instagrammers. Why is a person who is turning wood now doing a commercial for a mental health company? Why is a person who does watches or travel or cooking show, or a whole host of other types of shows doing an ad that's outside of their wheelhouse, that's a really good place to start.
And I'm not knocking the creators or the influencers for taking the money. I wish they would do a lot more critical thinking about what they're representing and is that money really worth it? You as the viewer, you have a choice and you have options. But be conscious of what you're consuming and, and how that ad is coming to you and what platform that ad is coming to you from.
You may need to make some decisions about, you know, if you took an ad from that company and I can see that company is really shady. I'm not so sure about you. Anyway, so that's the first thing that I wanted to talk about. The second thing I wanted to talk about. Let's just do a brief recap of what is the difference between a panic attack and a panic disorder.
Now, a panic attack can happen once or repeatedly, but a panic disorder is when you have a panic attack on a regular basis, or you have the fear of having an attack again. Now, what of the things you probably should do is to rule out any physical health problems. So you're gonna need to see a doctor to get examined to rule out any other physical health condition that mimics the symptoms of a panic attack or panic disorder.
The second thing you'll need to do is to get educated and to understand what's happening to you, your body, and your mind. And you do have multiple treatment options and resources. One of the ways to find that, and this is a twofer, uh, the US National Institute of Mental Health has a downloadable brochure about panic disorder when fear overwhelms. Now, there's a lot of good information also at the nonprofit. Website help, excuse me. Help guide.org.
Traditional treatments can include medication and therapy, but you should absolutely also consider breathing exercises, relaxation and meditation techniques, nutritional support, not from a really skunky ad though from real people, um, and movement. I'll have a lot more resources on the Anxiety Road Podcast blog. I will catch you next time on the Anxiety Road.