http://rookiedoctor.com/blog/2009/06/residency-tips-34-anxiety-stress-in-internship/ For 4th Year Med Students, Interns, and Residents Wed, 09 May 2012 23:37:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://rookiedoctor.com/blog/2009/06/residency-tips-34-anxiety-stress-in-internship/comment-page-1/#comment-835 Room101 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:01:24 +0000 http://rookiedoctor.com/blog/?p=335#comment-835 This speaks to me so well. My most anxious are the days after dealing with met calls atm. Thankyou for reiterating the thoughts I've had about strengthening my strengths. I easily deal with psychiatric patients. I am not scared of even the most aggressive, paranoid, psychotic patient, I know they are ill, I know to have someone with me and how to escape if danger is imminent. I respect their humanity. I don't find them annoying. I find many junior doctors (and indeed many seniors) don't have these strengths. I'm glad I do. My research interests are in psychiatry and neuropsychiatry and psychiatric pharmacology so I suppose its great that I also have strengths in clinical psychiatry. The other point I find particularly instructive is to not compare myself to others. While my first term was an elective my current co-interns was emergency. While he responds extremely well to met calls, I am all at sea, making silly mistakes like putting bloods into the wrong tubes, then having to rebleed the patient. I am slowly getting there...slowly, slowly. So thanks for the words of wisdom and encouragement. I greatly appreciate them. This speaks to me so well. My most anxious are the days after dealing with met calls atm. Thankyou for reiterating the thoughts I’ve had about strengthening my strengths. I easily deal with psychiatric patients. I am not scared of even the most aggressive, paranoid, psychotic patient, I know they are ill, I know to have someone with me and how to escape if danger is imminent. I respect their humanity. I don’t find them annoying. I find many junior doctors (and indeed many seniors) don’t have these strengths. I’m glad I do. My research interests are in psychiatry and neuropsychiatry and psychiatric pharmacology so I suppose its great that I also have strengths in clinical psychiatry. The other point I find particularly instructive is to not compare myself to others. While my first term was an elective my current co-interns was emergency. While he responds extremely well to met calls, I am all at sea, making silly mistakes like putting bloods into the wrong tubes, then having to rebleed the patient. I am slowly getting there…slowly, slowly. So thanks for the words of wisdom and encouragement. I greatly appreciate them.

]]> http://rookiedoctor.com/blog/2009/06/residency-tips-34-anxiety-stress-in-internship/comment-page-1/#comment-280 how to deal with anxiety Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:46:23 +0000 http://rookiedoctor.com/blog/?p=335#comment-280 Thanks for the post! Deep breathing exercises are excellent for anxiety and many people report positive results from meditation. Some other natural anxiety remedies to look into are St.John's Wort, SAMe, L-Theanine, and Tryptophan. Thanks for the post! Deep breathing exercises are excellent for anxiety and many people report positive results from meditation. Some other natural anxiety remedies to look into are St.John’s Wort, SAMe, L-Theanine, and Tryptophan.

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