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Grace, aged sixty-seven, was prescribed Tranxene six years ago because she was ‘run down’ after nursing her husband through a long illness. She had always been a strong outward-looking woman who spent a lot of her time helping the young mothers and the elderly in her area. She saw her doctor because she was becoming [...]

This is not just a set of silly exercises to fill in the afternoon. Muscles that are shouting for a chemical that you have stopped taking have to be re-trained. If you tie a tight band around your arm, what happens to your hand? You will certainly get pain, swelling, loss of movement and an [...]

This is often thought of as fear of open spaces, but it is a great deal more wide-ranging. A man who can happily drive to work may be paralysed with fear if he has to travel by public transport. Even going to the local shop can be an impossible task for the agoraphobic. Many people [...]

Calls come in saying ‘How is it that I am having difficulty doing simple things I have done all my life?’ One said ‘It has taken me two hours to fit a plug onto a kettle’. Many women have said that they could not understand the simplest recipe or knitting pattern. There is some confusion [...]