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Homeopathic remedies for anxiety attacks

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:43:03 +0000

A trained homeopath can be beneficial for the treatment of chronic anxiety disorders but for shorter episodes of self-limited and transient anxiety, appropriate remedies can be used. The 6x potency should be taken in the beginning and two tablets should be taken in every two to four hours depending upon the acuteness or severity of the illness. On noticing the improvement, intervals between the dosages can be improved and treatment discontinued when improvement seems to be well on its way. The remedy should be taken with a clean mouth free from food, drink, toothpaste, mouthwash or tobacco.

Rather than swallowing the granules or tablet with water, they should be allowed to dissolve slowly in your mouth and after the intake of remedy, nothing but water should be ingested for at least fifteen minutes.
Some of the medicines useful in treating the symptoms of anxiety are as follows:

Aconitum Napellus (commonly known as Aconite): It is a kind of sudden panic attack accompanied with a strong fear (often of death). This remedy is effective in case of these symptoms shown: dizziness or faintness upon waking up, intolerable pain often followed by tingling or numbness, painful urination accompanied with anxiety, flushing of the face, shortness of breath and strong palpitations.

Arsenicum Album: This remedy is useful for people who are deeply anxious regarding their health and extremely concerned with security and order. Panic attacks usually occur around midnight or very early hours of morning. The person may be restless-fidgeting and still exhausted, pacing and moving anxiously to different places. These people can suffer from asthma attacks followed by anxiety and digestive problems too. The other symptoms for which this remedy can be prescribed are drowsiness with insomnia, vomiting after eating and drinking with or without diarrhoea, anxiety associated with sneezing and later stages of head-cold, fearing suffocation while lying down and asthma getting worse after midnight.

Gelsemium (Gels): This remedy is given when you experience trembling, weakness, and mental dullness on being paralyzed by fear. It is useful during anxiety about and upcoming event such as interview or public performance, or anxiety before taking a test, visit to dentist or some other stressful events. A fear of falling, fear of crowd or fear of heart getting stopped suddenly is some of the indications for Gelsemium. The symptoms are fatigue and whole body ache, lack of thirst, sore throat, nervousness, head, limbs and eyelids heavy etc.

The other such remedies for short term anxiety attacks are Argentum Nitricum (Arg-n), Lycopodium, Phosphorous, Silicea, Pulsatilla, Ignatia Amara, Kali phosphoricum, Natrum muriaticum which are effective for some specific symptoms.

Brooke Hogan shocked by Anxiety Attack

admin — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:42:07 +0000

Brooke Hogan is a famous face who cruises around in her VH1 show “Brooke knows best” where she comes across as a collected and calm person. However it seems that beneath all this she might be suffering some serious and alarming medical problems and she is reported to have suffered stress attack. It has been exclusively learned by Pop Tarts that Hogan had to pull out in the last minute after anxiety attacks suffered by her along with some other medical ailments from Mega Jam concert at Party 105 in Newyork some past Saturday where this 21 year old songstress/starlet was scheduled to perform along with Sean Kingston, Kristine Elezaj who is rising pop diva and LMFAO. Hulk Hogan, famous one himself, was scheduled to host the whole concert but as soon as he learned of the anxiety attack suffered by his daughter, he withdrew in order to be by her side and even forced organisers to proceed without replacing the host.

Brooke Hogan is very sensitive as reported by a source that is very close to the songstress. He also added that she takes on a lot and cares about almost everyone around her. Also Tarts was told by a rep for the Hogans that Brooke was advised not to perform or travel as she was sick for a couple of weeks but is better now. Hulk was not even scheduled to perform as claimed by the rep.

This blonde who is beach loving exposed lot of personal emotions while taking a shot at her second studio album named “Redemption”.

Hogan told Tarts recently that she wrote about all those drama with her family and their separation and all crazy stuff. She told that she has a song called “dear mom” which is about all the trials and tribulations of her mom and the battle with the press. She added that as she is in love, she wrote about that and everything that she has been through all this while.

How can I tell if I am having an anxiety attack?

admin — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:58:07 +0000

A very fast going heart beat and pounding heart are two classic symptoms of an anxiety attack and can often lead you to believe that you are close to having a heart attack. This fear is very common and perfectly understandable but not true. So, although there is lot of information on internet and around about anxiety, do you consider yourself in a position to answer this question – “How can I tell if I’m having an anxiety attack?” Sometimes anxiety has unique and severe symptoms that can convince its sufferer that something very serious is happening to him than mere an anxiety attack! Hence, to know and be sure of an anxiety attack some of the signs are listed below:

• A feeling of being in a great danger
• A feeling that you are going to lose your self-control
• A feeling of detachment with one’s self or a feeling that everything is unreal
• A fear of getting mad
• Experiencing a sudden attack without any preconceived warning or cause
• A fear of having some serious medical conditions (like heart attack)
• Feeling that you will die soon or may be about to die.

Apart from these psychological symptoms, some physical symptoms that leads an anxiety sufferer to doubt his own health are:

• Experiencing a pounding heart
• Trembling vigorously or shaking accompanied by sweating
• Rapid heart beat
• Abdominal discomfort or nausea
• A feeling of discomfort or severe chest pain
• Shortness of breath
• Feeling too hot or too cold
• Tingling feelings or numbness
• Feeling lightheaded or dizzy or may be faint

On experiencing any four or more of these above symptoms in combination with any or all of the psychological signs listed in the first list, be sure that you are under anxiety attack and need immediate treatment.
Anxiety attacks can get worse if not treated on time; there are various effective and safe methods to control and cure these attacks. Anxiety sufferers should first of all relax and try to calm down, speak to your doctor and take their advice; there are many helpful websites too which have tips and useful advices to lessen your anxiety. With the right approach and confidence, you can take this journey to cure yourself completely and feel better.

Anxiety Attacks during Menopause

admin — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:55:24 +0000

Anxiety attacks are due to complex combination of negative thoughts and emotions including extreme worry, extreme fear or apprehension and are accompanied with physical sensations such as shortness of breath, palpitations and/or chest pain; it also disturbs mood, behaviour, thoughts and many physiological activities. Anyone of any age can be prone to anxiety attacks and the statistics says that about 19 million Americans are afflicted with this. During menopause, these attacks are experienced by most women as a normal part of living but when these feelings get persistent, interfering with daily life and overwhelming then it can even terrify her. As its becoming common during menopause for women, understanding the causes and factors becomes necessary to deal with anxiety attacks effectively.

What can be the causes for anxiety attacks? The causes can be generally divided into two i.e. physical cause and psychological cause.

Psychological Causes: The reasons of anxiety attacks related to disorders, characterized by rare hereditary diseases because of chemical imbalances in the brain and daily stress, overwork or fatigue. A little bit will never cause trouble but when they get out of control, it can lead a person to lose emotional stability and affects a person’s emotional health. However, it stops with the end of stressful time and are temporary. Physical causes for anxiety attacks are hence more likely to happen.

Physical Causes: Hormonal imbalances are the main causes for anxiety attacks. Cortisol is the name of the hormone that is responsible for stress and anxiety and its level is regulated by oestrogen hormones. Cortisol cannot be controlled if oestrogen level is dropped in your body, thereby producing more anxiety and stress. Imbalance in the levels of hormone occurs during menopause, which is the most common cause for anxiety attacks.

Anxiety attacks can get worse if not treated on time; there are various effective and safe methods to control and cure these attacks. First of all, understanding whether the problem is psychological or physical is important. If it is psychological, then it should be treated by a psychiatrist and proper rest should be taken and proper schedule should be maintained to treat stress, fatigue and overwork.

If you can manage to integrate an exercise program along with these, you will get quicker relief from attacks. As for treatment in case of low hormonal levels hormonal balancing programs and drugs that helps in restoring the balance back in your body should be taken. There are certain therapies such as “lifestyle approaches” that are also an effective ways to treat anxiety attacks.

How Can I prevent Panic Attacks?

admin — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:09:58 +0000

Anybody can suffer from panic attacks. Panic attacks can come in any size and shape and may last for few seconds to some days. Nothing can be surely said about the cause of these attacks. They may be due to a stressful situation, any traumatic event in the past, an illness or diabetes, pregnancy, imbalance of nutrition etc. But whatever be the cause, one needs to learn how panic attack can be avoided. There is not too much difference between the panic attacks and anxiety attacks. Due to this both anxiety attacks and panic attack are used interchangeably.

Symptoms of Panic attacks are like one can’t breathe, he is having nausea and chest pains and may experiencing a numbness in his arms and legs. He starts experiencing a twitching sensation in his face or eye. Although the symptoms of panic attack may not lead to death but in case of a full blown attack person feels that he is dying. A panic attack disables a person temporarily to do even the simple tasks. Panic attack treatments are a must and it’s not a difficult task to prevent the panic attacks. By just following the simple tips, you can prevent the panic attacks:

1.   Identify the causes of your panic attack. Understand what causes you to stress out. Then chalk out a plan to avoid that stressed situation.
2.   Make a habit of doing exercise regularly. Exercise makes you feel better and give more energy.
3.   Don’t consume those foods, beverages, and pills that contain caffeine because caffeine acts as a stimulant and triggers your nervous system. Consume    the foods rich of vitamins and nutrients.
4.   Deep Breathing also helps to reduce the stress. Learn yoga and when you feel the panic attack, try to focus on your deep breathing.
5.   Take enough sleep. As you sleep you feel relieved and your stress goes out. An unhealthy sleep can agitate your body and mind.
6.   Think about some good things or funny things happened to you in the past. Just sing a song, whistle and make your mind free of stress.

If the above tips are not working and symptoms are more serious, then take the counseling and consult your doctor or the mental health provider.