Q. What is Anxiety Neurosis?
A. It is an intense uncontrollable fear or anxiety due to the anticipation of athreatening event or situation. The heightened anxiety interferes with the personal, professional and social life of a person.
Q. What Happens in Anxiety Neurosis?
A. Neurotransmitters in our brain are responsible for balancing and controlling different emotions. Some of the neurotransmitters play a different role in regulating anxiety. Dysregulation of neurotransmitters such as serotonin, norepinephrine, dopamine, gamma-aminobutyric acid, is responsible for an anxiety disorder.
Q. What are the Causes of Anxiety Neurosis?
A. Anxiety neurosis causes are not known completely. Neurosis can be due to any one of, or a combination of factors like genetic, biochemical imbalance and life experiences-
1) Genetic Factors
A family history of any psychological disorders predisposes certain people to develop anxiety disorders.
2) Psychological Factors
A person whose temperament is timid or negative or who avoids anything dangerous may be more prone to anxiety disorders.
People with anxiety disorders may have a history of significant life changes, traumatic or negative life experiences during childhood, or a recent traumatic or negative event.
3) Environmental and Social Factors
A traumatic experience such as divorce, illness or death in the family or major events outside the family may also trigger the anxiety disorder.
4) Chronic diseases or prolonged use of medicines
Chronic medical illnesses or other mental health disorders may increase risk. Use of certain medicines or drugs also lead to symptoms of anxiety disorders.
Q. How common is the Anxiety Neurosis?
A. Anxiety disorders or anxiety neurosis are some of the most common mental disorders. An estimated 4% of the global population currently experiences an anxiety disorder. According to WHO in 2019, 301 million people in the world had an anxiety disorder, making anxiety disorders most common of all mental disorders.
Q. How common is the Anxiety Neurosis?
A. Anxiety disorders or anxiety neurosis are some of the most common mental disorders. An estimated 4% of the global population currently experiences an anxiety disorder. According to WHO in 2019, 301 million people in the world had an anxiety disorder, making anxiety disorders most common of all mental disorders.
Q. What are the signs and symptoms of Anxiety Neurosis?
A. Anxiety neurosis can affect a person at a physical, emotional and cognitive level.
- Difficulty in breathing or rapid breathing.
- Dryness of mouth and difficulty in swallowing.
- Increases heart rate or palpitation
- Excessive sweating and hot flashes.
- Trembling of extremities
- An intense feeling that something bad is about to happen.
- Avoid social situations or things that trigger the anxiety.
- Difficulty in concentration.
- A lack of clarity while taking a decision.
Q. Can Homoeopathy Cure Anxiety Neurosis completely?
A. Yes, Homoeopathy is a complementary medicine used as an alternative and natural treatment for certain health conditions including anxiety disorders. There are many homoeopathic medicines for anxiety disorders.
Q. How Homoeopathy Can Help in Anxiety Neurosis?
A. Homoeopathy is always well suited to helping anxiety disorders the main reason is that Homoeopaths treat the whole person on an individual basis. Homoeopathy is based on the idea of individualization. The way you think, feel and experience everything in relation to being sick provides important information that are taken into consideration for a homoeopathic prescription.
Q. What is the appropriate time required to cure Anxiety Neurosis?
A. The total duration of treatment varies from six months to two years or longer depending on the following factors-
- The severity of the disease.
- The condition of the patient.
- Duration of the disease.
- Lifestyle habits of patient.
- The level of drug dependency.
Q. How to manage a case of Anxiety Neurosis
A. To help manage your symptoms of anxiety and promote your overall well-being, you can develop the habit of mindfulness meditation, learn relaxation techniques, such as slow breathing and progressive muscle relaxation.
Stick to regular eating and sleeping habits as much as possible and eat a healthy diet and most importantly talk with your physician about your treatment plans.
Q. How is age related to Anxiety Neurosis?
A. Anxiety disorders can happen at any time in life, from childhood to old age but Children, teens and older adults, are more likely to have symptoms of anxiety. Women are more commonly affected with anxiety neurosis.
