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Anxiety in Teens: How to Know When It’s More Than Just “Growing Pains”

September 20, 2022 by Lisa Kay

Anxiety in teens is becoming a far greater issue these days, with constant pressure to perform and ever-present social media. Plus, the pandemic only made things more difficult: Covid lockdowns robbed teenagers of many of the most important activities of their high school years, isolated them from friends, and disrupted their education. So it’s no wonder they may be dealing with more anxiety than usual!

Certainly, all teens will experience anxiety from time to time — it’s the body’s normal response to help deal with the stress of things like public speaking, upcoming exams, athletic competitions, and first dates. For some teens, however, feelings of anxiety can interfere with normal daily life and affect their friendships, activities, and progress in school. This is when you may be looking at an anxiety disorder.

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, nearly 32 percent of adolescents (aged 13-18) suffer from an anxiety disorder. That’s why it’s vital to know what causes anxiety in teens, how to spot the signs, and what to do about it if you feel your teen may have an anxiety disorder.

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Anxiety in Teens

What Can Cause Anxiety in Teens?

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Many things can potentially cause anxiety in teens, including:

  • A family history of mood or anxiety disorders
  • Environmental pressure and high expectations
  • Differences in brain chemistry, particularly the levels of dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine
  • Trauma, such as sexual abuse, violence, or an accident
  • Stresses caused by the hormonal changes of puberty

In addition to genetics, personality, brain chemistry, and life events, we have to consider how different the world is for today’s teens. Social media keeps them constantly connected, and comparing themselves to others. And events like school shootings, terrorist attacks, and the like have made the world feel scary and threatening.

Staying in good communication with your teenager is the first step to ensuring they’re doing okay with all that pressure. But it’s also important to know the signs of anxiety since teens are often good at hiding their feelings.

Anxiety Signs and Symptoms

It’s not always easy to know if your teen is dealing with anxiety, since the signs show up differently in teens than they do in children or adults. Children, for example, get anxious about things external to them, like the dark, monsters, or something happening to their parents. Teens are more likely to feel anxious about themselves.

It can be difficult to know if a teen is exhibiting behavior that’s a normal part of growing up or behavior that may indicate a mental health condition. However, if behavioral changes last for a long period (weeks or months), and if they interfere with a teenager’s daily life, they may be symptoms of an anxiety disorder.

Here are a few signs to look out for:

  • Low energy
  • No interest in things they used to enjoy doing
  • Sleeping too much or seeming to be tired all the time despite sleep
  • Difficulty concentrating
  • Avoiding social activities and spending more time alone than usual
  • Excessive weight gain or loss
  • Self-harm behaviors, such as cutting or burning their skin
  • Drinking alcohol, smoking, or using drugs
  • Irritability or lashing out
  • Difficulty breathing, chest tightness, or other signs of a panic attack
  • Dropping grades or avoiding school

How to Help Your Teen with Anxiety

If you feel that your teen may have an anxiety disorder, the first thing to do is to see a professional who is trained in diagnosing these disorders. Many treatments exist for anxiety, including therapies and medications. However, it’s vital to get an accurate diagnosis to ensure proper treatment.

Here at Brain Treatment Columbus, we provide a breakthrough treatment for anxiety: MeRT, or Magnetic e-Resonance Therapy. MeRT is non-invasive, drug-free, and has helped thousands break free from the debilitating symptoms of anxiety and depression.

MeRT can be used along with other treatments but has also been successful when medications haven’t helped or have caused complex side effects.

To find out more about MeRT and how it works, please visit our MeRT Overview page. And read some of the amazing successes from MeRT treatment on our Testimonials page.

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Questions About MeRT for Anxiety? Call our New Patient Coordinator.

You may have a lot of questions about whether MeRT is the right treatment for your teen’s anxiety. We want to make sure you get all the information you need to make the best possible decision, and that begins with a call to our New Patient Coordinator.

The New Patient Coordinator is here to help you. She’ll take the time to listen, answer questions, explain costs, and put your mind at ease. Additionally, she can help you get scheduled if you decide that yes, MeRT is the right treatment.

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Filed Under: Blog, General Tagged With: Anxiety, Anxiety in Teens, Brain Treatment Columbus, Magnetic e-Resonance Therapy, MeRT

A Vet who Struggled with PTSD

April 19, 2021 by Lisa Kay

After returning from Iraq, Sgt. Jon Warren struggled with PTSD and sought various forms of treatment to improve his mental health to no avail. Then he found MeRT.

When I came in, I was a mess. I was terrified of not getting better, of trying yet another very hopeful procedure that was going to let me down. So I sat down and had my EEG and I remember waiting for the doctor to interpret it and thinking what if this thing comes back normal, then what, and where do I go from here. That was scary. But as soon as he pulled it up, he said, “Woah, it looks like your frontal cortex is sleeping right now,” and he started describing to me a lot of my symptoms that they could tell, just by the loss of synchronicity that was in my brain, and the neurons that weren’t working in my favor, that they could tell that I was impulsive, that I would have a substance abuse issue, that I wasn’t sleeping, that I was depressed, that it was difficult for me to concentrate, and the list goes on. But they were just very accurate in describing situations that would play out in my life.

What they were going to use was magnetic stimulation to basically tune my brain back up, to get my frequencies right in my head and to allow my brain to communicate with itself, and all I had to do was to get some sunlight in the morning and I get to bed at night. I slept great the very first night, I slept for about 10 hours. I was really excited about that and I didn’t notice that much for about two weeks. I sat down to have a drink with a buddy and we usually went to drink a handle of rum together. After the first cocktail, he went to pour another one and I just told him I’m okay right now, which was shocking even to me, because that wasn’t my norm. I was usually very anxious and needed to calm down somehow. But in this particular instance, I felt really good. I wanted to test that, that relief of anxiety and that peace that I felt because I was sitting across from my best friend and thought, maybe this was a fluke.

But the next day I went to the clinic and instead of leaving after my 30-minute treatment, I decided to stick around for another 30 minutes, and in doing so, I realized that I was able to be in connection with people. I sat down and I was calm and present and centered for the first time. I was actually able to hear people speaking and my mind wasn’t racing. I was able to keep track of the conversation that was happening and give feedback and contribute to the conversation. I actually enjoyed it, I felt connected and it was very addicting to me and I wanted more of that feeling. So I just started hanging around more and more and it was freeing. I just felt like I have got to come out more and more of my shell and stop isolating and I was getting back to who I was before, which was an outgoing social, friendly, life-of-the-party kind of guy.” See a video of Jon’s talk here.

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  • Absolute Contraindications

    Absolute contraindications for cortical MeRT treatment: Pacemaker, Defibrillator, Vagal Nerve Stimulator, VP Shunt/ Magnetic intracranial shunts, Deep Brain Stimulator, Epidural Cortical stimulator, Steel shunts/stents, Cranial metal fragments (i.e. shrapnel, excluding titanium), Cochlear implant, Aneurysm clips, coils, pipelines flow diversion, Pregnant or breastfeeding, Primary brain cancer / metastatic legions in brain (unless palliative care), Magnetic dental implants, Implanted cardio-verter defibrillators (ICD), Ocular implants.
  • Relative Contraindications

    Relative contraindications require closer protocol attention and may or may not disqualify someone from receiving cortical MeRT treatment, depending on the doctor’s discretion and the person’s individual condition. These include:: History of Seizure or seizure disorder, Titanium shunts/stents, Spinal Cord Stimulator, Hearing aids, Ferrous cortical implants, Magnetic ink tattoo, Bipolar Disorder Type I/II, Baha Implant.

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