Anxiety Treatment
Anxiety disorder can affect a persons ability work and lead a
normal life, more often the person, who is suffering from
anxiety, needs a proper treatment to cure the malady. Recovery
is definitely possible with correct diagnosis and timely
treatment. Before prescribing any treatment, you'll need to
identify the real cause of anxiety and its various forms.
Currently, anxiety disorders have been categorized into six main
groups based on the type of anxiety and its effects:
1. Generalized Anxiety Disorder
2. Post Traumatic Anxiety Disorder
3. Obsessive Anxiety Disorder
4. Panic Disorder
5. Social Anxiety Disorder
6. Special Phobias related Anxiety Disorder
Whatever the type of anxiety disorder, one thing is absolutely
certain: anxiety disorders invariably affect a persons ability
to lead a normal life. They also affect a person's innate
ability to work and perform even ordinary functions. Anxiety
disorder often creates economic hardship and family discord,
leading to total turmoil in personal life.
Recovering from repeated bouts of anxiety disorder could take a
long time, which often involves a serious rehabilitation
program. To suggest a definite remedy for any type of anxiety
disorder is very difficult, as the conditions and symptoms vary
to a considerable extent among patients. Though there are
several types of anxiety treatment available now, recovery is
only possible with a combination of exposure therapy, attention
training, and a host of other anxiety management techniques.
Many times, the treatment starts with the patient himself;
knowing more about the disease itself, is the first real step in
the treatment cycle.
Anxiety treatment also involves various relaxation and correct
breathing techniques, and such techniques help patients to be
physically alert and mentally at ease. Relaxation techniques
include: Progressive muscle relaxation, Meditation and Abdominal
breathing. Meditation helps patients with anxiety, to focus on
certain things with attention, while abdominal breathing assures
an increased oxygen supply to the blood. A complete diet with
adequate supply of magnesium, vitamins and other trace minerals
will help muscle to relax and reduce the outbreak of anxiety,
depression and insomnia.
Anxiety treatment may also include increasing self esteem in the
personality of the patient. People with anxiety disorder usually
have very low self-esteem and self image. Feeling useless and
inferior can make the anxiety worsen among patients. The factor
of low self-esteem may also be related to the level of the
anxiety disorder in patient's life.
Two of the most recommended therapies are, cognitive and
behavioral therapies and patients usually find relief from the
anxiety related symptoms by using such techniques. Cognitive
therapy usually focuses on changing ways of thinking and
inferior beliefs, which usually trigger the onset of anxiety. On
the other hand, behavioral therapy or exposure therapy includes
intentionally confronting patients' fears and misgivings in
order to desensitize or deactivate them. Repeated and consistent
exposure enables patients to train themselves to describe the
scary or fear part of the malady.