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Don’t mistake anxiety with mere fear, dread, or apprehension against possible difficulties or threats. It is not the usual nervousness that one feels while being stuck in traffic or awaiting a promotion. Anxiety is prolonged nervousness that may last for a long period like six months to a year or more. It is a debilitating feeling that can interfere with your life. It is a mental disorder that begets medical intervention also called anxiety treatment.
In some cases, the feeling of anxiousness can be crippling, leading to shortness of breath and unwarranted panic attacks. Besides, extreme anxiety can trigger a fight-or-flight response to sudden stress, which can ultimately result in a sense of doom, depression, intense fatigue, or a sudden rise in blood pressure.
The common symptoms of anxiety include:
Continued build-up of stress can trigger intense anxiety episodes in many people. Moreover, some people are more prone to panic than others. The resulting feelings of restlessness and trepidation can continue for weeks, thus, causing emotional health problems synonymous with anxiety disorders. Considering that anxiety may be due to several reasons, experts classify anxiety disorders into the following categories:
There is no particular reason attributed to anxiety. However, researchers claim that a string of genetic and environmental factors may be responsible for such a disorder that affects more than 200 million people worldwide. This pervasive disorder is more common among women than men with less than 40 percent of them receiving the necessary anxiety treatment.
Anxiety attacks do not last more than half an hour, though some of them reach their peak within 10 minutes during which they feel that they are either going to die out of nervousness or lose control over themselves.
If you have been diagnosed with anxiety problems, chances are that you will seek anxiety therapy from a renowned mental health practitioner. However, you can also try out some natural remedies, but if the anxiety episode persists or gets worse then it’s best to seek professional anxiety treatment from a therapist.
Not all anxiety problems are chronic, which means that making subtle lifestyle changes can help you cope with the problem. These include:
While these ways help to reduce anxiety problems to some extent, you must help yourself learn and recognize symptoms of your anxiety problems, deal with self-defeating behaviors and thoughts, and develop strategies to cope with anxiety issues. However, you may seek the guidance of a trusted mental health professional to deal with critical anxiety disorders.
You can opt for the following kinds of anxiety treatment as discussed below-
Many of the antidepressant medications are recommended during anxiety therapy sessions. Medication, when combined with cognitive/behavioral or psychotherapy, is deemed best practice today.
In doing so, the person is required to identify the source of their anxiety, master to adjust their thinking and behavior patterns through anxiety treatment/ anxiety management therapy, and follow them regularly.
There is great therapeutic value in communicating through your losses, injuries, and medical complications. With the best counseling for anxiety, with medication and relevant anxiety therapy sessions, you can defeat your anxiety and live a happy life.
If you would like to consult the best doctor or psychiatrist for anxiety, please do contact us @+91 97414 76476.
Dr Madhukar BR
MBBS, DPM (NIMHANS), DPM (IRELAND), DPM (UK)
Medical Director & Consultant Psychiatrist
Dr Vijayalakshmi Kashi
MBBS, DPM
Consultant Psychiatrist
Dr Priya Raghavan
MBBS, MRCP (UK), CCT
Consultant Psychiatrist
Dr Raja Mahabaleshwar Hiremani
MBBS, M.D. (Psychiatry), NIMHANS, FRANZCP (AUS)
Consultant Psychiatrist
Dr Vishal Kasal
MBBS (Psychiatry), M.D.(Psychiatry)
Consultant Psychiatrist
Dr Arun Kumar
Psychiatry
Renuka B H
M.Phil (Clinical Psychology), MA (Psychology)
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Dr Anitha Bharathan
M.Sc (Psychology), M.Phil Psychology, Phd in Psycho-oncology
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Mala Murlidhar
PH.D. (Clinical Psychology), MS (Clinical Psychology), BA (Psychology)
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
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