Treatment advice for Anxiety
- Nervine herbs
- Sedative herbs
- Carminative herbs
- Adrenal herbs
What can I do to prevent Anxiety?
- Getting enough sleep
- Meditation
- Exercising
- Eating healthy
- Avoiding alcohol, caffeine and nicotine
- Review the information your are consuming on a daily basis
- Lifestyle changes
- Psychotherapy
- Medication
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Advice for Anxiety
What causes Anxiety?
Anxiety is the bodies natural response to stress (that fear feeling), however in Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) that feeling is constant.
GAD can be caused by trauma and is usually the main symptom of several conditions including:
- Panic attacks
- Phobias (agoraphobia or claustrophobia)
- Post traumatic stress disorder
- Social anxiety disorder (social phobia)
If the feeling of anxiety becomes overwhelming an anxiety attack can occurs.
What are the symptoms of GAD?
- Increased heart rate
- Increased sweating
- Restlessness
- Lack of concentration
- Lack of sleep
What are the symptoms of a Anxiety attack?
- Feeling faint or dizzy
- Shortness of breath
- Dry mouth
- Sweating
- Chills or hot flashes
- Apprehension and worry
- Restlessness
- Distress
- Numbness or tingling
How is Anxiety diagnosed?
There is no signal test to diagnose anxiety.
However there are both physical examinations and mental health evaluations you can take to help you understand and assess your condition these can be:
- Psychological questionnaires
- Blood and urine test used to rule out underlying medical conditions
