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Finding The Effective Treatment For Your Anxiety Disorder

Although anxiety is accepted as being a normal and healthy emotion, some people suffer from intense anxiety, which ends up affecting their lives and causing them to keep away from certain situations that they used to be able to deal without difficulty. If you’re suffering from anxiety then you should start on finding an appropriate and effective method of treatment.

The first thing you need to do is determining the type of anxiety disorder you suffer from. There are five main types of anxiety disorders: generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and social anxiety disorder. Effective treatments for each anxiety disorder are accessible, and new and enhanced treatments are always becoming available.

Non-medication treatments

Once you have found out the type of anxiety that you’re suffering from you’ll be able to find the suitable anxiety disorder treatment. Mild anxiety disorders can often be treated relatively easy with relaxation and breathing techniques. Yoga, for instance, is a great type of exercise that can really help with anxiety and related health conditions. This is definitely something that should be tried prior to more serious forms of anxiety disorder treatment.

If your anxiety is more severe or constant, then therapy or counseling may become the ideal option. Cognitive behavioral therapy for one has been confirmed to be very effective in the treatment of all types of anxiety disorder. In this therapy you work one on one with an experienced and qualified mental health professional, who will assist you to deal with your fears in a safe and controlled environment. Over time you’ll be able to find out the root of your anxiety and from there work towards developing a treatment plan that’ll lead you to your normal life.

You can also choose an anxiety disorder treatment plan that involves natural and herbal treatments. Herbal remedies such as valerian root and kava kava have over and over again proven to be effective at treating anxiety disorders and depression. You do need to keep in mind that just because these herbal remedies are natural it does not indicate that you don’t still have to be careful. If taken inappropriately, these remedies can actually worsen your anxiety.

Hypnotherapy, biofeedback, and acupuncture are other options for anxiety disorder treatment. In order to determine which one is going to work ideal for you, you need to talk to your physician. You may need to try a few different methods before you find the one that works ideal for you and your particular anxiety condition.

Medications for anxiety disorder

Generally, most treatments for anxiety disorders include at least one prescription medication. If you start taking medication as a treatment for anxiety disorder, it is important to comprehend that this should not be a long-term solution and you should keep working with a certified mental health professional in order to determine the root cause of your anxiety.

There are several common medications for anxiety disorder and one of them is chooseive serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Serotonin is known as the brain’s all-natural happy drug. Scientists believe that a lack of serotonin is the source of depression, anxiety, and panic attacks and therefore the purpose of chooseive serotonin reuptake inhibitors is to increase the levels of serotonin in the brain. Some familiar brands that use chooseive serotonin reuptake inhibitors are Prozac and Zoloft.

Benzodiazepines are another choice of medication, which act like minor tranquilizers. They decelerate the body’s nervous system, giving it an all-over calm. These types of medications can be addictive, so they should only be taken as prescribed. Some well-known brand names are Xanax and Valium.

Another medication that’s used to treat anxiety disorder is antidepressants, which affect the neurotransmitters in the brain. Effexor is a good example of this type of anxiety disorder medication. Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) are very strong antidepressant drugs that should only be taken as a last resort after all other treatments have been tried. These drugs can be lethal when combined with certain other drugs and foods. One thing that need to be noted, anyone who takes antidepressants may become more susceptible to suicide, especially when they first start to take them or when the dosage is changed.

Last important remark

Taking time to find the right treatment for your anxiety disorder is going to be vital to your success and you’re going to want to work with a professional, especially if you have tiny knowledge on anxiety disorders in general. Remember that treatment for anxiety disorder is as different as the individuals who use them, and what works well for one person may not be effective for you. You may find relief from various sources of treatment including medication, therapy, self-help, alternative medicine or another form of treatment, and it may take some time and some trial and error in order to discover what works ideal for you.

One thing to remember is that support from family and friends are also very important. Many communities have organized support groups for people with different difficulties and you should be able to find a support group dedicated to anxiety disorder. These groups are typically made up of people with similar problems. Most patients find it reassuring to realize that they’re not alone. Others in the group will be able to share advices, failures, and successes.

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HRB338 is an In-Depth Ayurvedic and Chinese Medicine Study (Diagnosis and Treatment) of Anxiety Disorder and Mental Illnesses (Unmad in Ayurvedic Sanskrit), along with examination of related Vata Anxiety Disorders, Pitta Anger Violence Mania, Suicidal Tendencies (Suicide), Kapha Sorrow Depression and Melancholy. Comparison – Contrast of Anxiety Depression classical Diagnosis (Assessment), Etiology (Causes), Pathology (Disease Process – Progress) and Treatment (Therapies) in both Traditional Chinese Medicine (T.C.M. or Traditional Oriental Medicine and Acupuncture) and Ayurveda — both styles Indo-Tibetan Buddhist and Hindu Ayurveda with along with Tibetan Medicine (Traditional Ayurvedic Medicine – T.A.M.).

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This rarely presented synthesis of the healing wisdom of these three great cultures (China, India and Tibet) won’t only compare-contrast the theoretical and practical aspects of psychology – psychiatry within the framework of these two time-honored healing systems, but more importantly, will analyze in detail the clinical practice aspects of manic – depressive bi-polar treatment — both herbal connections (Indian, Tibetan and Chinese herbs and minerals) and acupressure (Marmas in Ayurvedic Sanskrit) with acupuncture in the Chinese system.

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ANXIETY: Counseling and Treatment-From Huntley, Cary and Rolling Meadows

People with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) go through the day filled with exaggerated worry and tension, even though there’s tiny or nothing to provoke it. They anticipate disaster and are overly concerned about health issues, money, family problems, or difficulties at work.

People with GAD can’t get rid of their concerns, even though they usually realize that their anxiety is more intense than the situation warrants. They’re unable relax, startle easily and have difficulty concentrating.

Physical symptoms that often accompany the anxiety include, but are not limited to, fatigue, headaches, muscle tension, muscle aches, difficulty swallowing, trembling, twitching, irritability, sweating, nausea, lightheadedness, having to go to the bathroom frequently, feeling out of breath and hot flashes.

GAD affects about 6.8 million Americans and about twice as many women as men. It comes on gradually and can start across the life cycle, though the risk is highest between childhood and middle age.

It is diagnosed when someone spends at least 6 months worrying excessively about a number of each day problems. There is evidence that genes play a modest role in GAD.

Other anxiety disorders, depression, or substance abuse often accompany GAD, which rarely occurs alone. It is generally treated with medication an/or cognitive-behavioral therapy.

Treatment of Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety disorders are typically treated with medication, specific types of psychotherapy, or both. Treatment choices depend on the problem and the persons preference.

Before treatment, a physician must conduct a careful diagnostic evaluation to determine whether the symptoms are caused by an anxiety disorder or a physical problem. If an anxiety disorder is diagnosed, the type of disorder must be identified, as well as any coexisting conditions, such as depression or substance abuse.

Sometimes alcoholism, depression or other coexisting conditions have such a strong effect on the individual that treating the anxiety disorder must wait until the coexisting conditions are brought under control.

People with anxiety disorders who have already received treatment should tell their current physician about that treatment.

If they received medication, they should tell their physician what medication was used, what the dosage was at the startning of treatment, whether it was ever increased or decreased, what side effects occurred and whether the treatment helped them significantly. If they received psychotherapy, they should describe the type of therapy, how often they attended sessions and how much the therapy helped.

Often people believe that they’ve failed at treatment or that the treatment didn’t work for them when, in fact, it wasn’t given for an adequate length of time or was administered incorrectly. Sometimes people must try several different treatments or combinations before they find the one that works for them.

Medications

Medication won’t cure anxiety disorders, but it can keep them under control while the person receives psychotherapy, often from a psychologist. The principal medications used to treat anxiety disorders are antidepressants, anti-anxiety drugs and beta-blockers which control some of the physical symptoms.

With proper treatment, many people with anxiety disorders can lead normal, fulfilling lives.

Antidepressants

Antidepressants were developed to treat depression but are also effective for anxiety disorders. Although these medications start to alter brain chemistry after the very first dose, their full effect requires about 4 to 6 weeks before symptoms start to fade. It is important to continue taking these medications long enough to let them work.

SSRIs

Some of the newest antidepressants are called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs. SSRIs alter the levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain, which, like other neurotransmitters, helps brain cells communicate with one another.

Fluoxetine (Prozac), sertraline (Zoloft), escitalopram (Lexapro), paroxetine (Paxil) and citalopram (Celexa) are some of the SSRIs commonly prescribed for panic disorder, OCD, PTSD, and social phobia. These drugs are also used to treat panic disorder when it occurs in combination with OCD, social phobia or depression.

Venlafaxine (Effexor), a drug closely related to the SSRIs, is also used to treat GAD. These medications are started at low doses and gradually increased until they cause side effects or produce a beneficial effect.

SSRIs have fewer side effects than older antidepressants, but they sometimes produce slight nausea or jitters when people first start to take them. These symptoms fade with time, however.

Some people also experience sexual dysfunction with SSRIs, which may be helped by adjusting the dosage or switching to another medication.

Tricyclics

Tricyclics are older than SSRIs and work as well as SSRIs for anxiety disorders other than OCD. They’re also started at low doses that are gradually increased.

They sometimes cause dizziness, drowsiness, dry mouth and weight gain, which can usually be corrected by changing the dosage or switching to another medication.

Tricyclics include imipramine (Tofranil), which is prescribed for panic disorder and GAD and clomipramine (Anafranil), which is the only tricyclic antidepressant useful for treating OCD.

MAOIs

Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) are the oldest class of antidepressant medications and the ones most commonly prescribed for anxiety are phenelzine (Nardil), followed by tranylcypromine (Parnate) and isocarboxazid (Marplan), which are useful in treating panic disorder and social phobia.

People who take MAOIs can’t eat a variety of foods and beverages (including cheese and red wine) that contain tyramine or take certain medications, including some types of birth control pills, pain relievers (such as Advil, Motrin and Tylenol, cold and allergy medications and herbal supplements; these substances can interact with MAOIs to cause hazardous increases in blood pressure.

MAOIs can also react with SSRIs to produce a serious condition called serotonin syndrome, which can cause confusion, hallucinations, increased sweating, muscle stiffness, seizures, changes in blood pressure or heart rhythm and other potentially life-threatening conditions.

Anti-Anxiety Drugs

High-potency benzodiazepines combat anxiety and have few side effects other than drowsiness. Because people can develop a tolerance to them and may need higher and higher doses to get the same effect, benzodiazepines are generally prescribed for short periods of time, especially for people who have abused drugs or alcohol or who become dependent on medication easily.

One exception to this rule, however, is people with panic disorder, who can take benzodiazepines for up to a year without harm. Clonazepam (Klonopin) is used for social phobia and GAD, lorazepam (Ativan) is helpful for panic disorder and alprazolam (Xanax) is useful for both panic disorder and GAD.

Some people experience withdrawal symptoms if they stop taking benzodiazepines abruptly instead of tapering off, and anxiety can return once the medication is stopped. These potential problems have led some physicians to shy away from using these drugs or to use them in inadequate doses.

Buspirone (Buspar), an azapirone, is a newer anti-anxiety medication used to treat GAD. Possible side effects include dizziness, headaches, and nausea. Unlike benzodiazepines, buspirone must be taken consistently for at least 2 weeks to achieve an anti-anxiety effect.

Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy involves talking with a trained mental health professional, such as a psychologist, social worker, or counselor, to discover what caused an anxiety disorder and how to deal with its symptoms.

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is very useful in treating anxiety disorders. The cognitive part helps people change the thinking patterns that support their fears and the behavioral part helps people change the way they react to anxiety-provoking situations.

For example, CBT can help people with panic disorder learn that their panic attacks are not really heart attacks and help people with social phobia learn how to overcome the belief that others are always watching and judging them. When people are ready to confront their fears, they’re shown how to use exposure techniques to desensitize themselves to situations that trigger their anxieties.

People with OCD who fear dirt and germs are encouraged to get their hands dirty and wait increasing amounts of time before washing them. The therapist helps the person cope with the anxiety that waiting produces; after the exercise has been repeated a number of times, the anxiety diminishes.

People with social phobia may be encouraged to spend time in feared social situations without giving in to the temptation to flee and to make small social blunders and observe how people respond to them. Since the response is generally far less harsh than the person fears, these anxieties are lessened.

People with PTSD may be supported through recalling their traumatic event in a safe situation, which helps reduce the fear it produces. CBT therapists also teach deep breathing and other types of exercises to relieve anxiety and encourage relaxation.

Exposure-based behavioral therapy has been used for many years to treat specific phobias. The person gradually encounters the object or situation that’s feared, perhaps at first only through pics or tapes, then later face-to-face.

Group therapy is particularly effective for social phobia. Often homework is assigned for participants to finish between sessions.

There is some evidence that the benefits of CBT last longer than those of medication for people with panic disorder, and the same may be true for OCD, PTSD, and social phobia. If a disorder recurs at a later date, the same therapy can be used to treat it successfully a second time.

Medication can be combined with psychotherapy for specific anxiety disorders, and this is the ideal treatment approach for many people.

Taking Medications

Before taking medication for an anxiety disorder:

1. Ask your physician to tell you about the effects and side effects of the drug.

2. Tell your physician about any alternative therapies or over-the-counter medications you’re using.

3. Ask your physician when and how the medication should be stopped. Some drugs can’t be stopped abruptly but must be tapered off slowly under a physicians supervision.

4. Work with your physician to determine which medication is right for you and what dosage is ideal.

5. Be aware that some medications are effective only if they’re taken regularly and that symptoms may recur if the medication is stopped.

How to Get Help for Anxiety Disorders

If you think you’ve an anxiety disorder, the first person you should see is a psychologist, psychiatrist or your family physician. It must be determined whether the symptoms that alarm you’re due to an anxiety disorder, another medical condition or both.

If an anxiety disorder is diagnosed, the next step is generally contracting with a mental health professional to provide treatment. The practitioners who are most helpful with anxiety disorders are psychologists and therapists who have training in cognitive-behavioral therapy and/or behavioral therapy and who are open to using medication if it is needed.

You should feel comfortable talking with the mental health professional you select. If you don’t, you should seek help elsewhere.

Once you find a mental health professional with whom you’re comfortable, the two of you should work as a team and make a plan to treat your anxiety disorder.

Remember that once you start on medication, it is important not to stop taking it abruptly.

Certain drugs must be tapered off under the supervision of a physician or bad reactions can occur. Make sure you talk to the physician who prescribed your medication before you stop taking it.

If you’re having trouble with side effects, it is possible that they can be eliminated by adjusting how much medication you take and when you take it.

Most insurance plans, including health maintenance organizations (HMOs), will cover treatment for anxiety disorders. Check with your insurance company and find out.

If you don’t have insurance, the Health and Human Services division of your county government may offer mental health care at a public mental health center that charges people according to how much they’re able to pay. If you’re on public assistance, you may be able to get care through your say Medicaid plan.

Ways to Make Treatment More Effective

Many people with anxiety disorders benefit from joining a self-help or support group and sharing their problems and achievements with others. Internet chat rooms can also be useful in this regard, but any advice received over the Internet should be used with caution, as Internet acquaintances have usually never seen each other and false identities are common.

Talking with a trusted friend or member of the clergy can also provide support, but it is not a alternative for care from a psychologist or other mental health professional. Stress management techniques and meditation can help people with anxiety disorders calm themselves and may enhance the effects of their therapy.

There is preliminary evidence that aerobic exercise may have a calming effect. Since caffeine, certain illicit drugs and even some over-the-counter cold medications can aggravate anxiety disorders, they should be avoided.

Check with your physician or pharmacist before taking any additional medications. Also, the family is very important in ones recovery. Ideally, the family should be supportive and should not trivialize the disorder or demand improvement without treatment.

Before you all ask, yes I had my thoughts written down on a piece of paper and was bathroomking down at them. Anyway, for those that are curious, here is the webmd.com link to Generalized Anxiety Disorder: www.webmd.com Here’s a link to SSRI’s: www.webmd.com Here’s a link to SNRI’s (specifically Effexor XR): www.webmd.com And, lastly a link to Benzodiazepines: www.webmd.com Music: 32 Leaves – All Is Numb

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When Anxiety Medications Fail

Many anxiety sufferers turn to medication in an attempt to control stress and alleviate anxiety and panic attacks, but unfortunately, anxiety medications are not always a panacea to restore emotional balance and calm. In fact, anxiety medications do not “cure” anxiety at all — they merely attempt to lessen the symptoms by suppressing the emotional range of the sufferer.

It is also well-known that many anti-anxiety medications have a wide variety of side effects, ranging from weight gain to sexual dysfunction; and in some circumstances, the medications can even make the patient’s anxiety worse. Fortunately there are substitute methods of restoring balance and eliminating anxiety, without the use of prescription medications. Let’s take a bathroomk at a few of the most common methods of controlling and even eliminating anxiety without resorting to potentially dangerous drugs.

Anxiety isn’t a disease; it is an imbalance of the emotions. In other words, anxiety is a problem that’s most commonly caused by our habitual way of thinking and reacting to the world–it’s a type of “thinking problem.” Therefore, the ideal way to alleviate anxiety and panic attacks is by addressing the root cause, not just the symptoms, and this can ideal be done by using exercises and techniques to reduce stress and improve feelings of well-being on a daily basis.

Relaxation exercises have been clinically proven to significantly reduce anxiety symptoms. Techniques such as tai chi and yoga benefit many anxiety sufferers, and can be practiced by virtually anyone of any age (assuming they’re physically healthy and capable of mild to moderate exertion). Both tai chi and yoga are exercises which help to calm the mind, and can improve our mental focus and clarity by “slowing down” our thought processes, and concentrating on breath and movement.

In fact, focused breathing exercises are themselves a useful tool to reduce stress. Meditation is a similar practice that has also been proven to have a positive effect on restoring balance to the emotions, and even improve the functioning of the immune system and our overall physical health. All of these techniques are great substitutes to using anxiety medications, and ideal of all they’re all natural, and have no known side effects or withdrawal symptoms.

But along with all of these stress reduction techniques, it is also important to eat a balanced diet, and limit our intake of stimulants such as caffeine and nicotine, both of which have been shown to aggravate anxiety symptoms. Cutting out (or at least slicing down on) coffee and soft drinks is important for anxiety sufferers. Reducing sugar intake is also helpful to avoid the “wired” feelings that can sometimes bring on anxiety or panic attacks.

Another aspect of your diet that can affect anxiety is food allergies. While there are many different types of food allergies that can cause emotional imbalances like anxiety, one commonly undiagnosed food allergy is dairy products. Some anxiety sufferers report immediate reduction in their overall feelings of stress and anxiety by simply eliminating dairy from their diet.

And last but certainly not least, anxiety sufferers should think about their overall attitude and state of mind. Because anxiety is a thinking problem, and not a disease, our habitual thoughts play a great role in its development. Positive thinking isn’t just for motivational talkers or the blissfully ignorant among us — is also an extremely useful tool in restoring balance to our lives, and eliminating chronic anxiety. In fact, there’s no anti-anxiety medication on the market that’s as powerful as your mind!

Refusing to be a victim and assuming responsibility for your state of mind is empowering, and can have very real, measurable results in improving anxiety situations. After all, anxiety and panic attacks begin with thoughts, which just prove how powerful our thoughts can be.

This is great news for anxiety sufferers, because if our thoughts are powerful enough to generate an anxiety attack in the first place, they’re also powerful enough to eliminate anxiety problems, and bring us back into a balanced emotional state. When anxiety medications do not provide relief from the problem, using a combination of the all-natural methods listed in this article is a great substitute to overcoming anxiety and panic attacks once and for all.

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How You Can Deal With Anxiety Disorder

Anxiety disorder is capable of destroying your life if not treated immediately.

Have you ever felt anxious about something for any reason? Or, feeling anxious or worried in the times of stressful situations? It is ok to feel what you feel as long as you have rational reasons to validate your feelings. Anxiety is a normal response to any stressful event and it helps you deal with that situation. But, when anxiety becomes too much that it can affect your day to day activities and peace of mind, it becomes an anxiety disorder.

Anxiety disorder is excessive anxiety and worry about events or activities, which occurs most often than not in most days for at least six months. A person who has anxiety disorder finds it difficult to control the feelings of worry and fear. The anxiety, worry, or the physical symptoms of anxiety disorder can cause think aboutable suffering or harm on the important areas of daily life activities. Some of the common types of anxiety disorders include separation anxiety, social anxiety or phobia, chooseive mutism, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), posttraumatic stress disorder (PSTD), panic disorder, agoraphobia, generalized anxiety disorder, and specific phobia. Each of these anxiety disorders has different symptoms, but the entire symptoms revolve around excessive, unreasonable fear and dread.

Separation anxiety is defined as developmentally improper and excessive anxiety relating to separation from home or to someone you’re so attached with. Social anxiety or phobia is generally understood as extreme fear in the face of social interaction. Chooseive mutism is the consistent failure to talk in specific social situations where you’re anticipateed to render speech. OCD is an illness wherein you have recurrent and unwanted urge to do something to relieve your anguish. PST is an incapacitating condition that follows a terrifying event (persistent terrifying thoughts). Panic disorder is categorized as recurrent brief episodes of intense fear that are accompanied by many physical symptoms, like heart palpitations and dizziness, even without external threat. Agoraphobia is defined as an incapacitating fear of open spaces, resulting to avoidance of crowds, and open public places. General anxiety disorder is described by diffuse feelings of apprehensions with physiological symptoms. Specific phobia is a feeling of intense, irrational fears towards certain things, like closed-in places, heights, water, etc.

If you think you have an anxiety disorder, the first person you should see is your family physician. A physician can determine whether the symptoms that bother you’re due either to anxiety disorder or other medical condition, or both. If indeed you’re diagnosed to have anxiety disorder, the next step you should do is definitely see a mental health professional whom you’re comfortable talking with. Clearly, in order for you to be treated from this condition, you and your physician should work together as a team and make a plan to cure you from anxiety disorder. Don’t let this condition ruin your mood, activities, or your life in general. Get immediate treatment the soonest possible time once you think that you might have an anxiety disorder. The sooner you get the treatment, the sooner you feel better.

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These Hi-Def HDTV videos and the MP3 audio files are the first in a 1.5 trimester unit (22.5 class hours long) series of lectures aimed and comparing, contrasting and synthesizing Anxiety Diagnosis and Anxiety Treatment in both the 2500 year old Chinese Medicine (Zhong Yi or TCM) with the 2500 year old Indian Ayurveda and 1300 year old Tibetan Ayurveda systems (TAM). The goal of this lecture program is to aid the student in seeing and comprehending their vast commonalities in both theory (concepts) and practice (clinic) of ancient Indo-Sino-Tibetan psychological – psychiatric therapies in order to learn integrated practice modalities.

This rarely presented synthesis of the healing wisdom of these three great cultures (China, India and Tibet) won’t only compare-contrast the theoretical and practical aspects of psychology – psychiatry within the framework of these two time-honored healing systems, but more importantly, will analyze in detail the clinical practice aspects of manic – depressive bi-polar treatment — both herbal connections (Indian, Tibetan and Chinese herbs and minerals) and acupressure (Marmas in Ayurvedic Sanskrit) with acupuncture in the Chinese system.

We analyze the mind and mental illness from the perspective of the Ayurvedic three doshas (Tridosha – Vata-Pitta-Kapha) and bathroomk at their relationship to major concepts in Chinese Medicine that are often spoken of by acupuncturists to their patients. Some of these relationship comparisons include:

1. Vata Dosha (Space and Air – Wind, Cold, Qi [Prana in Ayurvedic Sanskrit]),

2. Pitta Dosha (Fire and Water – Spleen Qi [Jathar Agni in Sanskrit], Heat, Damp-Heat, Blood [Rakta Dhatu in Sanskrit], and Yang),

3. Kapha Dosha (Water and Earth – Phlegm-Mucous [Ama in Sanskrit], Damp-Cold, Jing Qi [Ojas in Sanskrit] and Yin).

Commentary on and Lectures from the ancients texts of Indo-Sino-Tibetan Medicine: Chinese Classic of the Yellow Emperor – Huang Di Nei Jing (~200 B.C.), Shang Han Lun (~150 A.D. traditional Chinese Shang Hán Lùn), Divine Farmers Materia Medica (~150 A.D. The Divine Farmer’s Herb-Root Classic (traditional Chinese Shénnóng bencao jing) with Charaka of Patanjali (~200 B.C.), Sushruta of Nagarjuna (~200 A.D.), Astanga Hridayam of Vagbhata (~700 A.D.) and the "Four Tibetan Medical Tantras" (~800 A.D. "rGyud – bzhi" in Tibetan, pronounced "Ju Shee" — "Si-Bu-Yi-Dian in Mandarin — in Sanskrit it is called the "Amrta-hrdaya-astanga-guhyopadesa-tantra" or Amrita Hridaya Astanga Guhyopadesha Tantra)

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Learn About the Symptoms of Anxiety

Because people are different anxiety disorder symptoms may vary from person to person.

Worry, fear, and anxiety are a normal part of our life. Have you experienced feeling anxious before taking an exam and later find out that you got a higher result more than what you’ve anticipateed? Or, feeling anxious for a job interview and ended up getting hired, or feeling frightened walking down an alley where bad things often happened? Normal anxiety helps us cope in any stressful situation, it also keeps us watchful.

Mental health professional are not concerned with normal anxiety. But, if your anxiety suddenly occur without apparent reason and lasts for weeks to months and happens in most days than not, that’s another issue. If anxiety persists in most days than not, and takes longer than six months, it has become an immobilizing disorder.

An anxiety disorder is a recurring and excessive anxiety and worry about events or activities without logical reasons at all lasting for more than six moths and it is interfering with each day activities, such as going to work, and socializing. A person experiencing anxiety condition finds it difficult to control the feelings of worry and fear. The thing about people with anxiety disorder is that they actually know that what they think of feel is not real and that they are just made-up. 

The common anxiety disorders are Panic Disorder, Social Phobia, Agoraphobia, Specific Phobia, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Separation Anxiety, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, and Chooseive Mutism.

A person with anxiety condition may suffer different anxiety disorder symptoms. And because no two individuals are the same, the anxiety disorder symptoms may vary from one person to the other.

The physical symptoms of anxiety disorder are cause by brain sending messages to parts of the body to prepare for the flight-to-fight response. The lungs, heart, and other parts of the body work faster and the brain releases stress hormones, including adrenaline, and that explains that physical symptoms.

Anxiety disorder symptoms may experience physically can include but not limited to:

-Abdominal anguish

-Diarrhea

-Dry mouth

-Rapid heartbeat or palpitations

-Tightness or pain in chest

-Shortness of breath

-Dizziness

-Frequent urination

-Difficulty swallowing

Anxiety disorder symptoms may experience psychologically can include:

-Insomnia

-Irritability

-Inability to concentrate

-Fear of going crazy or dying

-Feeling unreal and not in control of your behavior

There are several types of anxiety disorders and sometimes they are associated with physical problem such alcohol and drug abuse. Anxiety is the main symptoms of other mental illness called anxiety disorders. Anxiety disorder symptoms may differ from the symptoms of other anxiety disorders, but all the symptoms cluster around excessive, irrational fear and dread.

For people with anxiety condition, cheer up! Your world does not stop there because there’s cure for anxiety disorder. Anxiety disorders are curable and there are two types of treatments available for anxiety disorder- medication and psychotherapy. But, it is said that the proven most effective way to treat anxiety sufferers is psychotherapy.

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Common Types of Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety disorders can affect your daily life activities and may worsen if immediate treatment isn’t given.

Is there anything that makes you worry lately? It is absolutely normal to worry about things in life like your hectic schedules, rocky relationships, job interviews, and the many things our complicated life brings us. But, if the worries become too much that you may feel so choked up and that you’re not in control of your life anymore, they might be symptoms of anxiety disorders.

Anxiety disorders are affecting people age 18 years and above, causing them to be filled with fear and uncertainty. It is defined as excessive anxiety and worry, happening more days than not for at least 6 months and can get worse if they’re not treated. The person with anxiety disorder finds it difficult to control his/her anxiety. Anxiety disorders usually occur along with other mental or physical illnesses, including drug or alcohol abuse, to mask the symptoms or worsen them. Each anxiety disorder has different symptoms, but all the symptoms cluster around excessive, unreasonable fear and dread.

Some of the common types of anxiety disorders are separation anxiety, social anxiety or phobia, selective mutism, panic disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (PST), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), agoraphobia, generalized anxiety disorder, and specific phobia.

Separation Anxiety is an excessive anxiety relating to separation from home or someone you’re so attached with. The symptoms mostly relate to the recurrent fear of being separated from someone or something you’re so attached with and accompanied by physical symptoms like nausea, stomachaches, headaches, or chest pain.

Social Anxiety disorder, also called social phobia, is diagnosed when you become overwhelmingly anxious and extremely fearful of social interactions. People with this illness have intense, persistent, and constant fear of being watched and judged, and other things that can put them in an humiliateing position. They can worry for days before the actual situation takes place and this feeling may worsen.. interfering with work, school, and other activities.

Selective mutism is the consistent failure to speak in a specific social situation where speech is anticipated inspite of be able to speak in other situations. According to research, there is a relation between social phobia and selective mutism.

OCD is an anxiety disorder where a person has recurrent and unwanted ideas or impulses (called obsessions), and an urge or compulsion to do something to relieve their anguish caused by obsession. A person with OCD has senseless, repetitive, distressing, and sometimes harmful habits that are also difficult to overcome.

PTSD is a debilitating condition that follows a terrifying event. Usually, people with posttraumatic stress disorder have persistent frightening thoughts and memories of their ordeal and feel emotionally numb even with people they used to be so closed with. The signs and symptoms usually appear within 3 months of the tragic event.

Panic disorder has brief episodes of intense fear and is accompanied by various physical symptoms like heart palpitations, nausea, chest pain, etc., that occur repeatedly and not knowingly in the absence of external threat.

Agoraphobia is an incapacitating fear for open spaces. It is a disorder characterized by avoidance of crowds and open and public spaces. Agoraphobia can lead to extreme anxiety and evasion, resulting a sufferer to become housebound.

General anxiety disorder is characterized by diffused feelings of apprehensions with physiological symptoms. It is one of the most common anxiety disorders and is described as excessive anxiety and worry about two or more life circumstances for a period of six months.

Specific phobia is an intense fear for specific things or situations like, heights, water, closed-in places, spiders, and many others.

These anxiety disorders are curable. The sooner you’re diagnosed, the sooner you’ll get better. So, if you think you’ve symptoms of anxiety disorders, don’t hesitate to see a physician. Don’t let anxiety disorders ruin your life.

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Medications to Deal With Anxiety

Anxiety medications are prescribed to anxiety sufferers to relieve anxiety and depression.

Many people have experienced anxiety at some points in their lives. I’ve and I’m sure most of you have. It keeps us alert and helps us deal with any stressful events that we may encounter. Anxiety can sometimes interfere with our daily life activities, don’t you agree? If we worry, we often can’t concentrate on the things we do, but if we bathroomk on the bright side of anxiety, where it can help us handle a situation, I must say that it can be used to our advantage, as well. For example, in an exam, because of fear of not getting the score you aimed, you tend to give your ideal shot and the result could be higher than you anticipate. That happens to me, too. And I can tell you, anxiety sometimes can be of big help.

How we all wish anxiety gives us all the ideal it can do to us rather than the worst. Unfortunately, it’s not the way anxiety works. If anxiety attacks we wish there could be ways to cease it for anxiety really does affect your mood, work, and practically your daily life routine. Otherwise, people suffering from anxiety are usually left immobilized; unable to perform effectively on you regular daily routine.

Anxiety can be treated by medication or by psychotherapy. It is said that psychotherapy can be the most effective treatment for anxiety. But, anxiety medications, such as anti-depressants may be added if needed be. Anxiety medications help relax and calm the anxious person and can remove the troubling symptoms that come with anxiety.

There are several anti-anxiety medications that are available today. The preferred are Benzodiazepines such as Valium, Xanax/Zanex, and Ativan. Aside from the Benzodiazepines, other medications, like Buspirone, Beta-blockers, and Gabapentin are sometimes also taken to treat anxiety. Antidepressants are also effective for anxiety attacks and some other phobias are frequently prescribed for these conditions. They’re also seldom used for generalized forms of anxiety, especially if anxiety is accompanied by depression.

Aside from Benzodiazepines, among the other anxiety medications are Buspirone, Tricylic, Antidepressants, or SSRIs, are also the preferred medications for most anxiety disorders, rarely for specific reasons. One of the following medications maybe prescribed: Antipsychotic medications, Antihistamines, like Atarax, Vistaril, and others; Barbiturates, such as Phenobarbital, and Beta-blockers, like Propranolol. All of these anxiety medications help relieve anxiety and depression and must be prescribed by health professionals for there are medications that might not good for you. For example, Benzodiazepines are usually not prescribed to people having social anxiety condition with substance problems.

But, if your anxiety only occur on certain occasion, Seredyn is good for you. Seredyn has natural ingredients and provide long lasting relief. It promotes relaxation, reduces worry, and relieves irritability and tension. Seredyn can also be taken each day for chronic anxiety or as needed for occasional anxiety or panic attacks.

When it comes to anxiety medications, make it a point to ask your doctor what’s necessary and safe for you to take. Not all anxiety medications works on your specific anxiety condition.

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The Anxiety Bible

 So what happens when a person first identifies that he or she suffers from an anxiety disorder?  For all of us, thousands of thoughts are pouring through our brain at the same moment.  I’m a freak!  What do I do?  What’s wrong with me?  Is there any cure?  To further worsen the situation, many of us have lives that are full of all sorts of other drama such as addiction, other mental illness like bipolar disorder, or chaotic or nonexistent interpersonal relationships!  This is indeed difficult to overcome!  What should a person do in order to turn a complete 180 and live a happy and healthy life rather than a sad and miserable one?

Counseling

  The first thing to do is to find a good counselor.  Good counseling can be a hard find, and it can also be costly.  To find a good counselor, one simply needs to find a personality type with which he or she can work well.  Some counselors are in-your-face and confrontational, while others are very laid-back, perhaps even more anxious than the client at the first meeting.  Sometimes, a person will find that a particular counselor just isn’t working well with him or her for whatever reason; at this point it is important to remember that the client is the boss of the counselor.  If the client wants, he or she can fire the counselor and see another one – just make sure that the counselor is being fired for an inability to work effectively with the client, and not because of a silly superficial reason like the client disliking the way the counselor asks questions. 

 Keep in mind that the term here used is “counselor,” and that it is used for a very specific reason.  Many other professionals can treat anxiety; these include therapists, psychiatrists, and psychologists.  The reason I recommend a counselor is because a counselor typically takes in the “big picture.”  As noted earlier, those of us with anxiety struggles in our lives often have many other stressful situations co-occuring which serve to increase our anxiety level.  Therapists and psychiatrists will focus on reducing only the anxiety, while possibly psychologists, and definitely counselors, will bathroomk at the other stressful situations such as difficult parents, bad significant others, or substance dependency which may be playing an important role in increasing the client’s anxiety level.

 Finally, counseling can be costly, but it can be made affordable.  Typically, counseling will run somewhere from -5 per hour, which is way outside the range of affordability for those of us without insurance.  One thing to check into is “sliding-scale” counseling, which is where a counselor will lower his or her fee based on the client’s income.  Simply placing a call to the local NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill), bathroomking in the phone book for counseling agencies (Counselors are more than happy to help.  Feel free to call ANY agency and they’ll know someone at their organization or someone else’s who can provide sliding-scale services), or asking friends and relatives who are comfortable with this topic will eventually turn up something affordable.

 Counseling is incredibly beneficial, and it does not last a lifetime-only until the counselor and the client are comfortable the client can operate on his or her own.  It helped me to finishly turn my life around in a matter of months! There’s no shame in it.  Everybody has problems, but most don’t seek help.  It takes great courage and strength to admit one has problems and ask for help, but it can be the ideal decision one makes in life.

Exercise

 The next most important thing to add to one’s life, if it does not exist already, is regular exercise that increases one’s heart rate to 80% of its maximum for twenty minutes three times per week.  Exercise helps to increase one’s confidence and general feelings of well being, while simultaneously adding energy (exercise is like a natural caffeine) and enhancing the quality of one’s sleep, and most important to this article, it reduces anxiety!  Exercise is great in every way for a person’s health.  For more details on exercise’s relationship to anxiety, read ASN’s article entitled Anxiety and Exercise.

Medication

 Medication is a very controversial topic in our society, and it is very wise for each person to carefully think about the advantages and disadvantages of taking medication.  One thing to remember about medication is that different people respond to the same medication in different ways.  I take a low dosage of Lexapro (10 mg), and that works really well for me.  But, another person may try it and receive no benefit whatsoever, or even worse, that person may experience increased anxiety and other symptoms while receiving no benefit at all.  The ideal thing to do is to keep a brief journal of how one is thinking and feeling in the days after taking the medication.  Give the medication a couple of months to take full effect, and to grant the body to adjust to this new substance.  If things are not going quite right, either switch the medication or go off of it entirely.

 Another point to think about when thinking about medication is how the client would like the medication to work in his or her life.  The Lexapro that I’m on is intended to be a medication that I take daily and that is working all the time.  Some people may experience low anxiety most of the time, but extreme anxiety in certain situations.  Medications exist which only have an effect for a few hours at a time, and in my opinion, the less medication that is running through the body, the better. 

 The technical aspects of medication are not my area of expertise; I know only the generalities of medication.  But, what I’ve given is solid advice.  The bottom line is for clients to realize that they’re the anticipates on themselves, and if something isn’t working right or is causing more bad than good, it is perfectly okay to change things up or stop medication entirely.

 Finally, medication isn’t a requirement for recovery from anxiety, but it certainly can be helpful.  It is most effective when used in combination with counseling, diet, exercise, and supportive friends.  For additional details, read ASN’s article Medication – Don’t Believe the Hype!

Biofeedback

 Biofeedback can be another very helpful option in helping anxiety-sufferers to relax.  If a client is seeing a counselor, be sure to ask about it.  Many counselors keep easy biofeedback devices ready and available, or know where to get them for a reasonable price.  The university that I attend has a counseling center that allows students to check out the devices and use them for free, so this can be a viable option for persons in that age range.  Otherwise, I’ve been told that biofeedback devices that hook up to any household personal can run only about 5 or so.

 Different types of biofeedback devices exist, and the only one I know about is one that has little “caps,” for lack of a better term, that connect to the middle, index, and ring fingers.  These caps are then connected to another device that is attached to a personal.  The caps measure the electrical resistance across a person’s skin.  In this particular biofeedback system, a game, called the Wild Divine, is played that helps to teach the anxious person how to relax.  For myself, I found it moderately beneficial, and I don’t have the time to do it these days.  However, it was helpful, and different things can work for different people, so if one is able to try out biofeedback and one finds it useful, use it!

Taking Risks

 The next, and probably scariest part of recovering from anxiety is taking risks.  One can read all the information that exists, go to counseling, or engage in biofeedback all one wants, however, one eventually must take the real risks and start to approach situations that are terrifying. 

 Probably the ideal way to do this is to discuss the terrifying situation with a counselor or supportive friend.  People who are outside of the situation can see it more realistically and can help a person to identify his or her anxious thoughts that are not very realistic.  After actually taking the risk, report the happenings to the trusted friend or counselor, and again they’ll help the client or friend interpret the situation in a realistic sense.  This is the ideal way to help one realize that the anxious beliefs and thoughts are simply not true. 

 If a person ends up failing and not taking the risk, there’s no problem!  Simply regroup, take a break, and get ready to get back at it because limitless opportunities exist for taking risks!

Supportive Social Network

 Another major key to one’s recovery is having a supportive social network.  Many of us live in families where personal problems are not to be discussed.  These persons may claim that mental conditions such as social anxiety don’t exist (this is an extreme point of view), or they may simply belittle or mock the problems that other people face (as an aside, other people do this usually because they’re trying to avoid problems in their own lives and want to make themselves feel better about their situation). 

 Having a supportive social network means that we can go somewhere to talk to people who have experience with anxiety.  Not only this, but a supportive social network will be made of people who will listen and try to comprehend what one is experiencing, and perhaps offer some useful advice or sympathy for the situation.  If a friend or family member seems resistant to comprehending difficulties present in other person’s lives, one can continue to attempt to help that person comprehend, but ultimately, it is ideal to seek out other people who have common experience with anxiety, as it is impossible to force someone to comprehend something.

 All humans need some sort of social network and place to vent their problems; it is a requirement of a happy life.  Places that offer supportive social networks can include the Anxiety Support Network’s forum, NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill) meetings (these typically only exist in larger cities), and anxiety groups that can be run in many different places such as the local library or a local counseling agency.

Regrouping During Burnout

 
 Finally, one thing that is inevitable for all of us is that we’ll all hit a point where we feel burned out from all the anxiety we’ve been facing.  This happened to me many times over the years, and I believe that it will happen again; the reason I continue to want to recover from anxiety is that the burnout becomes less frequent and less intense over the years.  In the past, it may have happened every couple weeks or so, but now it may only happen once or twice per year, and only under very stressful conditions.

 It is important to remember at this point that what we need to do is to take care of ourselves.  The temptation is to get upset about where we’re in our life; that we’re not making enough progress and that will always be stuck in this endless cycle of terrifying anxiety.  However, as I’ve noted from my own personal experience, there’s an end.  At this point, the ideal thing that we can do for ourselves is to take a break, relax, and do something very nice to ourselves that will bring healthy enjoyment to our lives.  This can be very different for many people, but some things that some of us choose would include spending all day watching movies, taking a hot bath with scented candles, getting a massage, eating a favorite meal, playing videogames, or any other activity that brings joy to one’s life. 

 While life is challenging and difficult at times, it is a wise idea to do the things we love in order to keep our sanity.  Those people who don’thing that brings them joy find themselves to be very miserable persons.

 It may take a few hours or a few days to regroup from burnout.  During this period, it is also important to be talking to friends, and also to take a break from challenging anxiety.  So what if one isn’t taking anxiety-provoking risks for a few days!  Everyone needs a break at some time and it is perfectly okay to do so once in a while.  I still do it at times myself.

 The final point to keep in mind is to congratulate one’s self for any progress made, no matter how small.  Was a conversation, though full of stuttering and stammering, started with a stranger?  If so, and if this is something one couldn’t do in the past, but now one can do it, then this is progress and a job well done!  Was one able to leave the house and just enter the local gym and just be around other people, but not actually exercise?  If so, this is progress.  This is good enough for now, and eventually, if a person sticks to it, that person will be able to start conversations with strangers without having to think about it, or that person will be able to go to the gym and exercise without worrying about what other people are thinking of him or her.

To Wrap It Up

This guide was meant as a comprehensive guide to treating anxiety.  It does not go into great detail in each section, but it gives enough of an idea so that a person can make reasonable steps towards defeating anxiety and living a happier life.  Treating anxiety can be infinitely complex, but if one follows the basic steps in this article, one will be heading in the right direction, and before one knows it, one will be living a happier life and be doing the things that he or she always dreamed of doing!

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Managing Fear & Anxiety, Overcoming Fright, Panic, Worry

HOW TO MANAGE ANXIETY, CONTROL FEAR, OVERCOME FRIGHT, PANIC, WORRY

Fear, anxiety are controllable. Panic, worry, fright can be rid of. Knowing what are, how work, fear, anxiety, helps solve problems, control fear and anxiety.

Anxiety and fear causes crisis. One must comprehend fear and anxiety, how fear and anxiety work, to control anxiety, manage fear. Can be overcome anxiety and fear.

Managing fear, overcoming anxiety can be without costly books, courses. Overcoming children’s fears, anxieties, controlling, managing adult fear and anxiety is possible. Here’s, whether in child or adult, how to control, manage, overcome fear and anxiety.

Fear and anxiety, being afraid and anxious, begin when we’re, or feel, vulnerable. We experience uneasiness and concern which frightens, makes fearful. This causes timidity, and timidity gives rise to a say of alarm which sometimes involves such hesitation that shrinks us from dealing with a matter or situation that needs to be resolved. The pain and emotion, the tension and stress of fear and anxiety is accompanied by a feeling of helplessness which is negative thought which so affects the functioning of the nervous system in dealing with fear and anxiety.

Fright, fear, anxiety, can cause crises, neurosis; the dread, terror, horror of phobia is fear. Worrying, most worries, are fear; but, often, we can’t cope with worry. Positive thinking helps but isn’t coping with fear, controlling fear, dealing with worry; to control fear, anxiety, we must know how fear and anxiety work.

Fear and anxiety effect automatically. Our autonomic nervous system regulates how body organs work. Chiefly a part of the autonomic nervous system, called ‘sympathetic’, automatically interacts with our mind when we worry, experience anxiety, fear.

When fear is felt the mind signals a threat, danger, or emergency physically (e.g. a hand raised in anger) or psychologically (e.g. distrust); the sympathetic nervous system immediately comes into action to help protect or defend ourselves to our ideal possible advantage. Suddenly automatically we breath more oxygen which, with cyclic biochemical reactions, energises our ‘electron transport chain’ and synthesises with other substances in our body, upon that fear signal. This synthesising upon that fear signal urgently turns on electrical impulses which fire from cell to cell at very high speeds communicating that fear to the control centre in the brain.

In our fear and anxiety, the brain instantly issues commands to the organs to take action. Our organs immediately divert and concentrate energies from other organs to those relevant to our fear and anxiety. The pupils of our eyes grow bigger to see better, the blood vessels expand to more and faster supply, to enable our muscles to react. In aid of that the body produces adrenaline to enhance alertness and our actions for ‘flight’ or ‘fight’, as our values dictate, and as we feel directed by our fear, anxiety.

Anxiety and fear are not cured by medication. Drugs only help coping with worry; only help cope with fear or anxiety. It is usually agreed by expert that if we know how to, we can better control fear, manage anxiety. Panic confuses and causes worry; but, except for phobias (when one must consult a physician), it isn’t complicated to manage fear, control anxiety.

Adult fear and anxiety is mostly due to problems; e.g., worry over debt, disapproval, separation, failure.

Children have no adult problems; child fear or anxiety is feeling inadequate about the frightening unknown.

Adults cope with both, whether it is fear or anxiety arising from adult problems or child fear and anxiety over inability to protect or defend as adults can.

In child fear control, managing child fear and anxiety it often suffices to ensure an “I am protected” feeling for the child. A child’s fear, e.g., of the dark is over anxiety that something may go wrong or be injuredful; e.g. a dim light helps ease that fear, anxiety, but the child needs assurance that you’re nearby and can protect from or defend against what’s causing the child’s fear and anxiety. If fear of the unknown is, e.g., anxiety over a new environment, accompany the child until it is realised that there’s nothing to fear.

In adults fear and anxiety does not go away because of their being fear and anxiety with good reason. Adult fear and anxiety involve not unreasonable worry but possible significant consequences. But an adult can control worry, even overcome fear, anxiety.

Coping with, overcoming fear and anxiety begins with realising that problems are solvable, consequences avoidable. This enables to cope with fear and anxiety.

Adults suffer fear and anxiety for two reasons. They do not know how to solve the problem; and, it never occurs to most to find out because panic causes confusion. Panic prevents rational thinking, they can not think how to, e.g., reason arguments, acceptably put a injured right; they, e.g., forget or never find out that an offer to pay by instalments may not be lawfully refused. The problem seems unsolvable, panic becomes fear, anxiety; worry makes fear worse.

Anxiety and fear often result from failure to clearly identify the problem. That’s the cause of panic, a problem’s becoming worse, of the fear and anxiety.

Problem solving involves rational though, and that necessitates calmness. If angry, do ‘count to ten’.

Avoiding panic is avoiding fear and anxiety. If feeling panicky, take a deep breath: inhale, hold it to the count of three, exhale slowly; this is regarded as regulating oxygen intake and avoiding the above-mentioned body functions and chemical reactions which substitute to normal body and mind functions the limited, concentrated, emergency, urgent functioning. You will feel less urgency, less rushed, less panicky and less likely to suffer fear and anxiety.

Similarly easy it becomes then to replace the reduced likelihood of fear, anxiety with rational thought. One only needs to know how to do so.

One can’t apply rational thought to a problem if one is confused. The panic was due to not knowing what to do, confusion. One needs to clear one’s head in order to think and substitute to avoided panic, and reduced fear and anxiety, rational thought.

One’s bodily functions and mental functions interact. Adrenaline enhances what the brain signals. If it signals an emergency, it enhances urgency; if it signals calm though, then it enhances that. This is the basis of ‘positive thinking’. Such automatic biological, electrochemical, functioning of the nervous system enhances mental functions, confusion is rid of. Then can be clearly seen the problem and properly explored the ways of solving it without panic worsening it, causing fear and anxiety.

Then you can identify your fear. What is it that you fear, why? What part or parts of the problem is it that’s causing you the worry, the anxiety, the fear? Think of what exactly it is you fear, are afraid of. ‘Know your enemy’ to easier mange anxiety, overcome fear.

One can learn to control one’s fear and, in the verses of Orhan Seyfi Ari in his Mystic Man (translated), one can enjoy the feeling that…

“Neither anxiety has he, nor fear,

The World’s like a rubber ball under his feet rather,

The Sun in one hand, and the Moon in the other.”

Calmness helps solution, managing fear and anxiety.

Cast all your anxiety


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Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.

1 Peter 5:7

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I’m slowly recovering from my sickness and I should be relaxing but I do not want to stay home so I went out to take pics and went jogging afterwards. I did some processing on this pic and I think u’ll see my mistakes. Whew! school is pretty crazy, one my professor is driving me nuts. Gosh! I hope I pass this semester.

Anyways! this verse gives me comfort because no matter what happens. I know God has my back. God is good, and all the time, God is good….

Peace out! be streaming at you all later.

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It’s vital, therefore , to comprehend some agitation cure measures in case you would be compelled to deal with a panic episode in the future.

One thing that could instantly happen in an anxiety episode has a hard time to respire. Then, hyperventilation occurs, what making respiring even more tough. Chest pains, fatigue and palpitations and several other symptoms can also happen. You could be thinking that you’re having a heart stroke..

Medical help is crucial if it is’s the first time you experience such symptoms. The physician would then swiftly identify what’s the ideal treatment and what triggers the attack. The medications that you would get prescribed will only help you in coping with the symptoms and not the panic attacks. But if you’ve made a decision to stop medication suddenly, the situation would only worsen.

anxiety and panic fits can be dealt with with no need to take drugs. The very first thing you should do is to identify the real cause ; what really makes you concerned. Only then it’s going to be a lot easyr to search out a treatment. In truth, medications are just a short time relief and not a uneasiness cure. Most patients that have managed to overcome their uneasiness and panic attacks have either used natural treatments or cures, that are a lot less pricey as well .

by employing natural cures you not only have larger opportunities to treat yourself absolutely, but they can save you money and you may also avoid the dangerous side effects of synthetic drugs. Thus if you’re searching for the’anxiety cure’ then you need to consider a natural treatment instead of spending fortunes on medications that might not even work.

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