The Anxiety Chicks are so excited to kick off a series of doctors we will be having come on and answering anxiety symptom questions that correlate with their field of study. Let's get down to the bottom of HOW and WHY anxiety can cause some of the feelings a lot of us who struggle with anxiety feel. Last week The Anxiety Chicks asked the community any questions they had for our lovely guest Dr. Rani. Dr. Rani Banik is America's Integrative Eye Doctor. She is a board-certified ophthalmologist and fellowship-trained neuro-ophthalmologist with additional training in Integrative and Functional Medicine. Dr. Rani focuses on the root cause of eye diseases, and uses integrative strategies for conditions such as thyroid eye disease, macular degeneration, cataract, dry eye, glaucoma, and other autoimmune diseases of the visual system. Her treatments are based on nutrition, botanicals, lifestyle modification, essential oils, and supplements. Dr. Rani runs a private practice based in New York City and is also Associate Professor of Mount Sinai in NYC where she serves as an educator and researcher. As Principal Investigator of several clinical trials in diseases of the optic nerve, Dr. Rani uses cutting-edge approaches such as nanotechnology and gene therapy. Dr. Rani is frequently featured as an expert in the media and has been interviewed on Good Morning America, CBS, NBC, ABC, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Fox, amongst many others. Dr. Rani has been voted as Castle Connolly Top Doctor and New York Magazine's Best Doctor in Ophthalmology every year since 2017. In this episode Dr. Rani speaks about Anon Optics glasses if you were curious what product she recommended for fluorescent lights during the episode. Dr Rani also speaks on the many helpful courses and her new book "beyond carrots" that will be coming out end of January! You can find out so much more about Dr. Rani on a https://rudranibanikmd.com/ or follow her on instagram at @dr.ranibanik Today's episode is sponsored by: HIYA We've worked out a special deal with Hiya for their best selling children's vitamin. Receive 50% off your first order. To claim this deal you must go to hiyahealth.com/ANXIETYCHICKS. This deal is not available on their regular website. Go to H-I-Y-A-H-E-A-L-T-H dot com slash ANXIETYCHICKS and get your kids the full-body nourishment they need to grow into healthy adults.https://rudranibanikmd.com/ 2.ZocDoc: Go to Zocdoc dot com slash ANXIETY CHICKS and download the Zocdoc app for FREE.Then find and book a top-rated doctor today. Many are available within 24 hours. That’s Z-O-C-D-O-C dot com slash ANXIETYCHICKS. Zocdoc dot com slash ANXIETYCHICKS . Follow us: @theanxietychicks @health_anxiety @theanxietyhealer Support the chicks: Use code "2023" for 50% off Purity CBD at peakofpanic.com Order the anxiety healer's guide on amazon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices