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Anxiety: What is Panic Disorder?
Fear and anxiety are part of life. You may feel anxious before you take a test or walk down a dark street. This kind of anxiety is useful – it can make you more alert or careful. It usually ends soon after you are out of the situation that caused it. But for millions of people in the United States, the anxiety does not go away, and gets worse over time. They may have chest pains or nightmares. They may even be afraid to leave home. These people have anxiety disorders.
Panic disorder is an anxiety disorder. It causes panic attacks, which are sudden feelings of terror for no reason. You may also feel physical symptoms, such as:
* Fast heartbeat
* Chest pain
* Breathing difficulty
* Dizziness
Panic attacks can happen anytime, anywhere and without warning. You may live in fear of another attack and may avoid places where you have had an attack. For some people, fear takes over their lives and they cannot leave their homes.
Panic disorder is more common in women than men. It usually starts when people are young adults. Sometimes it starts when a person is under a lot of stress. Most people get better with treatment. Therapy can show you how to recognize and change your thinking patterns before they lead to panic. Medicines can also help.
Anxiety can be quite detrimental to your appearance, your social life and sometimes your overall health. When it lasts for long periods of time, it becomes a serious issue that should be addressed by a medical professional. Like any other health problem, there are many causes that can lead to severe anxiety.
A major cause of anxiety can be genetics. Biology determines a great deal of how we are, from eye color to nose shape, and right down to the main core of our personality. If one or both of your parents tend to worry about things frequently, then chances are you will have the same reactions to situations. It is possible for this type of trait to skip generations, but more than likely whatever does not trickle down from heredity will catch with you from the nervous environment in which you live.
As alluded to before, your environment can heavily impact the amount of anxiety you may feel. But, even more than that, social pressures in your life can influence your personality, and cause you to be distressed about things you never thought you would worry about. Between work, children, pets, running a household and other such responsibilities, life can sometimes feel overwhelming.
When things are thrown at us all at once, many of us tend to go into survival mode. Feeling intense nervousness and experiencing worrisome behavior can actually be quite normal when we feel trapped under pressure.
Everyone experiences anxiety at one time or another ‘butterflies in the stomach’ before giving a speech or sweaty palms during a job interview are common symptoms. Other symptoms include irritability, uneasiness, jumpiness, feelings of apprehension, rapid or irregular heartbeat, stomachache, nausea, faintness, and breathing problems. Anxiety is often manageable and mild, but sometimes it can present serious problems. A high level or prolonged state of anxiety can make the activities of daily life difficult or impossible.
Since we often can trace the direct cause of our anxious behavior, the next step is to find ways to work through it. There is no point to going through life constantly feeling tense and worried. Over time, it will take its toll on you and you will find yourself feeling worn out and restless. Remember to take a step back, breathe, relax, and get plenty of rest. Everything falls into place. There is no need to worry about every little thing, because every little thing is going to be all right.
Sherry Harris
http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/anxiety-what-is-panic-disorder-484143.html
Comments
Anyone take supplements for anxiety, panic disorder?
I have severe anxiety, mild panic disorder, ADD, and my mind is always racing with thoughts.
I don’t want to take any prescribed medication since I have heard of all the nasty side-effects. I’ve been researching natural remedies such as kava kava and GABA. Anyone have actual experience taking a supplement that helped or didn’t help? Give details please!
Homeopathic Remedies for Anxiety / Panic Attacks / Stress / Depression(Bereavment) / Mood Swings (Totally Non Addictive and Without any side or adverse effects):-
ANXIETY / PANIC ATTACKS & STRESS :-
Sudden with restlessness and fear of death, Panic Attacks, Aconite 30 or 200,1/2 hourly (3 Doses)
Prolonged with periodic and panic attacks Arsenic Alb.200, 4 hourly (3 Doses)
With fainting spells; profuse sweating; worse in the morning Sulphur 30 or 200 3 hourly (3 Doses)
Makes patient walk fast; due to anticipation Argentum Nit 200, 3 hourly (3 Doses)
Worse lying in bed and closing the eyes Carbo Veg 30 or 200, 4 hourly (6 Doses)
Anxiety aggravated by upward or downward motion; going in an elevator; worse till 11 P.M, Borax 200 or 1M, 3 hourly (3 Doses)
Anxious about business even when seriously ill Bryonia Alba 200 3 hourly (3 Doses)
Full of apprehensions in the evening Causticum 200, 3 hourly (3 Doses)
Anxiety and fears in the evening with restlessness and palpitation Calcarea Carb.200 or 1M, 3 hourly (3 Doses)
Anxiety worse while lying still. Sad music ameliorates the complaints Manganum Acet 200, 3 hourly (3 Doses)
Anxiety due to fright, fear,exciting news; stage fright; worse while appearing for examination or interview etc Gelsemium 30 or 200 3 hourly (6 Doses)
Mood Swings, Anxiety due to grief or shock in the subconscious mind Ignatia 200 or 1M, 3 hourly (3 Doses)
Anxiety; better after eating Anacardium Or 30, 4 hourly.
DEPRESSION & GRIEF(Bereavement) :-
Severe shock due to sudden death of loved ones; restlessness, anxiety and fear Aconite 200. 10 min (3 Doses)
Prolonged mournings; cannot overcome the loss of loved ones and/or Mood Swings. Ignatia 1M or 10M, 6 hourly (3 Doses)
When the grief is in the conscious mind; patient weeps; does not like sympathy Natrum Mur.200 or 1M, 6 hourly (3 Doses)
For chronic grief and indignation Staphysagria 200 or 1M, weekly (3 Doses)
Depression with suicidal thoughts feeling of worthlessness(low self esteem), Aurum Met 30, three times a day half hour before meals.
Take the remedy which is similar to your symptoms. No side effects or complications if taken as directed, please do not exceed the given dosage and under any circumstances do not try to mix any remedies and avoid Chocolates, Mints, Coffee, Red Meat, Alcoholic and Carbonated drinks, Spicy Rich Food while taking any Homeopathic remedies, and keep the medicines away from direct sunlight, heat strong smells and perfumes and do not store them in the fridge. Curing without any side effects or Complications Thats the Beauty of Homeopathic Medicine.
Homeopathic remedies are available over the counter at most Health & Herb stores all over USA and EU.
For more on Mood Disorders read this too :-
http://www.hpathy.com/diseases/mood-symptoms-treatment-cure.asp
Take Care and God Bless.
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HOMŒOPATHIC PRACTITIONER
Deara Jaynie – I can help. I used a supplement called panicyl which works great (for me anyway) I’ve suffered with anxiety and panic for a long time and have done the whole antidepressant thing. (it was a horrible experience dealing with those) ANyway it has a whole bunch of different herbs including gaba that you mentioned. Good luck Jaynie.
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http://www.panicyl.com
I take Panicyl too and it works very well for my anxiety. In fact my panic attacks have now stopped.
However, I don’t suffer from ADD so you may want to check on that.
Be careful with the amount of Kava Kava you take if you try that since it can stress out your liver pretty badly.
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Hey, I understand how you feel…
The uncomfortable symptoms like sweaty palms, "jelly" legs, extreme alertness, "impending doom" feeling and the fight-or-flight response.
I’ve been there. I’m an ex-victim. Sometimes the deep breathing or distraction techniques doesn’t work – a full-blown panic or anxiety attack happens later.
Sometimes you experience panic attack out of the blue and such.
Do NOT buy Panic Away, Linden Method, EasyCalm or the Panic Puzzle. They do NOT work – I’ve tried them and their solutions are similar – it DOESN’T WORK.
Medications do NOT work – I was under many antidepressants (Prozac, Lexapro, Paxil and Zoloft) and anti-anxiety medications (Ativan, Klonopin, and Xanax) but my condition was the same – no improvement at all.
The only program that really work is The Panic Attack Solution. It’s found by an ex-victim. You can check out his old blog in his official website to read up some useful tips.
But the package is the best – it teaches 17 powerful techniques and the real solution to panic attacks. I’ve bought it and it really helped me – it’s the BEST anti-anxiety package or book I’ve read.
His theory really makes sense and it works effectively!
You will learn why your panic attacks can happen without warning sometimes; why having stimulant causes panic attacks; and many-many other useful tips!
Check out his official website:
http://www.ThePanicAttackSolution.com
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If I was in your place I would take the Homeopaths advice, absolutely nothing works better then homeopathic remedies,
Get well soon mate
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