Best Cure For Anxiety ?
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The first step is to understand how anxiety works. Anxiety is a mixture of physical and mental symptoms. They are part of what psychologists call the 'fight or flight' response. When the body is under threat it automatically prepares either to defend itself or run.
To manage your anxiety you must first break the cycle. One way of doing this is to reduce the severity of physical symptoms by practising relaxation techniques.
There are two types of relaxation exercise: guided fantasy and muscle tension. It's best to try them both to find out which one suits you best.
Relaxation isn't an immediate fix for the problem. It's a skill that must be learned and (like all skills) is only acquired through practice.
Another strategy for breaking the physical symptoms of the vicious cycle is taking aerobic exercise. This is exercise that's low impact - not involving carrying heavy weights or sudden exertion - and acts mainly on the heart. Any gentle physical activity that leaves the heart slightly racing will help.
By effectively giving the heart exercise it will, like any other muscle, become stronger. A stronger heart will be less prone to the kind of pounding that can make the physical symptoms so unpleasant.
Exercise will also help to release some of the tension that builds up and can fuel the anxiety.
Much of the self-help available is aimed at people who experience panic or phobias. The Royal College of Psychiatrists' online leaflets - including one on anxiety and phobias - has useful tips and can help to put the condition into some perspective.
There are also a number of companies providing self-help products, including books, workbooks, and audio and video tapes. Be careful: the quality of these is variable. Ideally, look for material produced by people with recognised professional qualifications.
For some people, developing the self-management techniques described above can only be achieved through coaching with a professional. The first person to speak to about this is your family doctor, who may have a practice counsellor or an attached community psychiatric nurse (CPN).
Often people can manage their anxiety well if it can be initially reduced by medication. The main drugs used for this purpose - the benzodiazepines - are very effective, but also highly addictive. They should not be taken for more than a month at most.
The breathing space that this creates is often enough for a person to get to grips with the problem.
If the problem persists, then it may be necessary to be referred on to a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist.
The most commonly used psychotherapy for generalised anxiety is cognitive therapy. However, it may be necessary to look at the need for antidepressant medication, and possibly at the wider context of a person's relationships, self-esteem and their expectations.
I hope this helps!
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I stay away from the pills and just do yoga with meditation everyday. The pills make me feel like I am sick so then I focus on my anxiety and it gets worse. That is just my experience though.this may be different for you.
anti depressants and xanax or ativan
Kalms no good for anxiety, have you tried to evaluate what is making you anxious. i.e Work, money, family, School, Because anxiety can be caused by anyone of these things. Or it could be none of those things, but don't try alchohol, it only exacerbates the problem. If you cannot evaluate why you are suffering from anxiety then i would say talk to a professional, a doctor, who should be able to help.
An actual anxiety attack can be cured by simply breathing into a brown paper bag. But prolonged anxiety is a little more tricky. antidepressents can help short term but in the long run cognitive therapy would be the best cure. This type of therapy helps you look at the triggers of anxiety and sometimes delve a little deeper into the phsyche in order to discover why your anxiety is present. I wish you well with your quest. I know exactly how you feel, I've been there also. But my answer is worth checking out, worked for me. Good Luck.
No medication cures anxiety, though many medications can reduce the symptoms, none deals with the underlying causes. SSRIs like Prozac, flatten the affect (mood) making it difficult to become emotional or anxious about anything, Some people dislike this feeling intensely. Beta blockers like propranolol decrease the physical symptoms by slowing the heart rate, and reducing sweating and butterflies in the stomach. Benzodiazepines like diazepam are pretty useless, they are addictive and work mainly by sedation.
Treatment involves psychotherapy. Statistically CBT ( cognitive behavioural therapy ) is the most successful helping about 60% of anxiety sufferers. Various relaxation therapies can also help.
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i don't take pills. the idea of some chemicals into my body kust make me more anxious! i'm a weirdo i guess.. anyway, go out with your dog, wife, gf, friend or by yourself and breath the fresh air. forget about your problems as long as you can and enjoy the happiness of JUST living. god blessed you and gave you all the senses and made you the man you are now. be thankful for that and don't worry for tomorrow, live today.
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