What is Anxiety?
Anxiety is a psychological disorder characterized by feeling of unease, tension, worried thoughts, nervousness and fear, that can be mild or severe.
It brings the physical changes such as increased blood pressure, increased sweating and nausea.
Anxiety disorders is categorized when a reaction of any situation is out of proportion to what might normally be expected in a situation.
Experiencing occasional anxiety is a normal part of life but people with this disorder have excessive and persistent worry and fear about everyday situations.
What Are the Causes of Anxiety?
• Traumatic event.
• Shortage of oxygen usually in high-altitude areas.
• Hereditary
• Side effects of medicines
How Anxiety Is Characterized into Different Types?
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD): This is a chronic disorder which involves excessive, restlessness and patient worries about unimportant and nonspecific life events, objects, and situations.
Panic disorder: Panic disorders have recurring unexpected attacks of frightening experiences or prolonged stress. The symptoms are shaking, confusion, dizziness, nausea, and breathing difficulties.
Social anxiety disorder: Social Anxiety disorder is a fear of being negatively judged by others or a fear of public embarrassment. This disorder can cause person to refrain from going in public situations or have human contact.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder also known as OCD: This disorder characterized by thoughts or actions that are repetitive, stressful and intrusive in nature. OCD suffers usually know that their compulsions are unreasonable but they can’t help it.
Symptoms According to Different Types Of this disorder?
Generalized anxiety disorder symptoms include:
• Restlessness
• Fatigue
• Difficult while concentrating in work
• Irritable
• Tension in muscle
• Difficult to manage panic attack episodes
• Sleep difficulties
Panic disorder symptoms include:
• Sudden and recurrent attacks of intense fear
• Panic attack
• Fear of panic attacks
• Phobia or avoidance of places where previously panic attacks have occurred in the past.
Social anxiety disorder symptoms include:
• Anxiety feeling while talking with others and feeling uncomfortable
• Feels humiliated, embarrassed, or rejected, or fearful of offending others and fears talking to others.
• Fear of people judging them.
• Fear of other people’s opinion about them
• Avoiding meeting people
• Difficulty in making and keeping friends
• Feeling fearful, nauseous or sick in gut in presence of other people are around
Obsessive-compulsive disorder also known as OCD: –
Patient repeats actions again and again like washing his/her hands, cleaning his or her stuff.
How To Diagnose it?
Complete case history.
How Untreated Anxiety Be Complicated?
If anxiety is untreated then it can lead to: –
-Low self esteem
-Lack of Sleep
-Isolation and depression
-Addiction to drugs or alcohol
-Suicidal
-Hopelessness and despair feeling
Physical Complications: –
• IBS
• Sleep disturbance
• Headache
• Muscle tension
• Loss of interest
• Chronic pains
How to Manage Anxiety?
-Positive attitude
-Know the triggers of your anxiety in order to manage it well
-Sleep should be proper
-Exercise regularly
-Share and vent out your feelings
What are the commonly indicated Homeopathic medications for Anxiety?
Homeopathy Treatment Is the Best Way to Cure Anxiety: –
• Aconite
• Argentum Nitricum
• Lycopodium clavatum
• Gelsemium sempervirens
