Anxiety (disorders) is a common phenomenon in our difficult time. Manifested by increased excitability of the nervous system. Characterized by the presence of fears and anxiety, often unfounded.

Each of us has experienced something similar during certain events in life - stress, an exam, a difficult, unpleasant conversation, and so on. The feeling of anxiety and fear lasts, as a rule, for a short time and soon passes.

However, for some people, the feeling of anxiety becomes almost the norm, preventing them from living a full life. In addition, it can lead to neurosis and increases the risk of developing serious mental ailments.

How to get rid of anxiety for adults? What pharmacy and folk remedies can be used to eliminate it? Let's talk about it on this "Popular about Health" page today:

signs

Only at first glance, such sensations are without reason. Constant anxiety, nervous tension, fears can be early signs of the development of pathologies of the cardiovascular and nervous systems, various brain lesions.

But most often this phenomenon is closely related to stress. Therefore, the symptoms are expressed in the characteristic signs of stress:

Frequent headache, dizziness, palpitations, lack or deterioration of appetite;

Insomnia and sleep disturbances (difficulty falling asleep, superficial sleep, nocturnal awakenings, etc.);

Starting from unexpected sounds, loud voice;

Trembling fingers, frequent urge to urinate;

If the state of anxiety “for no reason” persists for a long time, depression, sadness occur, and negative thoughts are constantly present.

The person feels hopeless and helpless. His self-esteem decreases, he loses interest in his favorite activities, considers himself worthless, and often shows aggression towards loved ones.

If you observe such sensations, what to do with them, you ask ... So the best way out of this situation is to visit a specialist. First, contact a general practitioner who will prescribe an examination. According to its results, it will issue a referral to a narrow specialist who will prescribe treatment individually. Or immediately make an appointment with a neurologist.

If you do this as early as possible, you may not need treatment with serious medications and you can get by with herbal preparations and folk remedies.

How are adults treated??

The treatment of this disorder is always carried out in a complex way: medicines, psychological assistance, lifestyle changes.

If necessary, the patient is prescribed tranquilizers and antidepressants. However, psychotropic drugs only reduce the symptoms, help to alleviate the condition. They don't fix the problem itself. In addition, they have serious side effects and contraindications.
Therefore, if during the diagnostic process the patient does not have a serious illness, in which anxiety is one of the symptoms, methods of cognitive psychotherapy are used, and behavioral treatment is carried out.

With the help of these techniques, the patient is helped to become aware of his condition and learn to cope with feelings of anxiety and fear for no reason.

In addition, patients are advised to take herbal preparations, which can be freely bought at the pharmacy. Compared to synthesized drugs, they are effective, safe, and have far fewer contraindications and side effects.

Pharmacy funds

Exist a large number of herbal preparations that are used in the treatment of anxiety for no reason. Let's list some:

Novopassit. Effective for anxiety, nervousness, nervous tension, various sleep disorders, insomnia.

Nervogran. It is used in the complex treatment of neurosis, anxiety, as well as insomnia and headache.

Persen. An effective sedative. Eliminates anxiety, fears, improves sleep quality.

Sanason. It has a positive effect on the central, autonomic nervous system, relaxes, calms, restores mental balance.

How folk remedies relieve anxiety, what to do for this?

Prepare a herbal tincture: pour 2 tbsp dried lemon balm, 1 tsp finely chopped angelica root into a liter jar. Add the zest of one lemon, 0.5 tsp ground nutmeg, a pinch of ground coriander seeds and two cloves. Top up with vodka.

Close the jar and leave it where it is darker and cooler for 2 weeks. Then strain and add to tea: 1 teaspoon per cup.

An infusion of Adonis (Adonis) will help calm the nerves and increase the tone of the body: 1 tbsp of a dry plant per cup of boiling water. Warm with a towel, wait for cooling, strain. Take a sip throughout the day.

Change your lifestyle!

In order for the treatment to benefit, you will have to change the existing way of life:

First of all, you should give up alcohol and smoking, as well as minimize the consumption of invigorating drinks that excite the nervous system: strong coffee, strong tea, various tonics.

Do something interesting for you, find a hobby, go to the gym, attend sports events, sections, etc. This will help you escape from the routine of everyday life, increase your interest in life, and lead to new acquaintances.

However, remember that a constant stay in a state of anxiety, unreasonable fear is a prerequisite for the development of serious nervous disorders and mental illness. Therefore, if you cannot cope on your own, do not wait for it to “pass by itself” and contact a specialist.

Anxiety and fear quite frequent guests in the human soul. But not everyone understands that these feelings are dangerous, because they deplete the body.

When a person experiences anxiety, his nervous system is excited. And when this excitement becomes too great, the body begins to look for a way out itself. It turns off our brain so that it does not burn out - severe fatigue comes or even.

Most often, anxiety and fear arise in situations of danger and threat. But these are not always serious life shocks. In the same way, these feelings can arise if a lot of small difficulties pile up on a person - problems arise with finances, personally, at work or at home.

Change your attitude

The standard reaction of most people to problems is a surge of anxiety, irritation, or an influx of melancholy. However, all these feelings do not help us find a real solution to the problem. Moreover, they add new challenges.

But the situations themselves are not painted in any way. It is we who perceive them as upsetting, annoying, or frightening. All our feelings are born only thanks to personal perception of events. But we can perceive them differently! Moreover, with our emotional background we make ourselves worse, and “you can’t help grief with tears”!

Things are not good or bad
what makes them so is our perception of them
(Epictetus)

One and the same event can be considered a catastrophe by one person, and another will find a positive grain in it. If you don’t know how to see the positive, then learn from. This girl came up with her own game to make the world brighter. An event becomes positive, neutral or negative for us solely on how we perceive it.

What to grieve over what has already happened. Need to think, what to do next. It is pointless to grieve, to get annoyed with the authorities, to worry that you have been fired. Think about what to do, how to earn money, where to look for a new job.

This is the basic rule to follow when life's difficulties arise:

All events are neutral
problems require solutions and action.

3 exercises,
to relieve anxiety and fear

Of course, it is easier to write than to do. You can't change your attitude and perception right away. You need to work on this, learn a little, but the results will please you. And you can start changing your perception by mastering these three simple exercises, which were developed by psychotherapists Beatrice Milletre and Byron Katie.

Exercise 1. Talk to yourself like a friend

The exercise allows you to relieve mild anxiety and anxiety, as well as find its causes.

1. If you feel anxiety and anxiety, without even understanding the reason for this, then, first of all, come up with some simple thing for yourself to distract yourself. You can go to water the flowers, have a cup of coffee, solve a crossword puzzle... This business should not be cumbersome and take a lot of time. Most importantly, it should bring you pleasure.
2. After that, sit somewhere comfortable in a quiet place and talk to yourself. Ask yourself: “What is going wrong? When did this stress arise? Is there a reason for this?”… Continue this conversation until you feel relieved.

Exercise 2. Consider an extreme

The exercise teaches the transition from anxiety to action. It is best to do it in writing, making entries in your diary.

1. Ask yourself a question and find the source of your anxiety. This is your main fear.
2. Formulate your fear in the form of a “what… if…?” formula. - What happens if I lose this job?
3. Imagine all the possible consequences as clearly as possible. Write them all in your diary. This is a list of all your problems that are bothering you. For example: if I am fired, I will not be able to pay the loan, there will be no money to teach children etc.
4. For each problem, come up with a solution. For example, "I should become more valuable to the company" or "Many students can earn extra money." So you will understand what you can do right now - acquire additional skills, teach children something so that they can earn money from it ...

Thus, whatever the circumstances, you can always manage them, because you are the real master of your life.

Exercise 3. accept for work

The purpose of the exercise is to reverse the beliefs that cause us anxiety. To do this, you need to clearly articulate what worries you at the moment. Then take your Diary, write down the formulated phrase, say it clearly out loud and ask yourself four questions:

1. 1. Is it true?
   2. Can I be absolutely sure that this is the case?
   3. What reaction does this thought evoke in me?
   4. Who would I be without this thought?

Questions are asked strictly in the order in which they are written. You need to think about the answers. Do not rush, allocate as much time for this as you need.

Evaluation test
your level of depression

If you want to assess the level of your depression, you can take a special test. This is quite an interesting test. It will help you find out how much the nervous system is out of balance and whether depression threatens you.

I found it in the book of a psychotherapist Andrey Kurpatov. And he claims that this test is very serious and is applied all over the world. Despite its simplicity, this is a proven technique for detecting depression. The reliability of the test is confirmed by scientists and many studies.

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So if you're having dark thoughts, just take this quiz and see what you get. In fact, the test shows the state of a person on two scales (anxiety and depression). Your result with the letter "T" will show you the degree of your anxiety, and with the letter "D" - the degree of your depression.

Of course, only a doctor can make a final diagnosis. I give this test only so that a person can see the problem in time and use the tips that are given on this site.

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In the 21st century, a person is exposed to many constant stressors. Attack with negative news from the mass media, interpersonal problems, global military conflicts, it is easy to get out of balance. Poor nutrition, ecology, complementing psychological difficulties, can cause a state of depression, depression, an unreasonable feeling of fear, and strong anxiety.

Anxiety is accompanied by symptoms:

• Sudden feeling of panic anxiety, as if something is about to happen.
• A constant state of discomfort, diffuse pain throughout the body, slight nausea.
• An attack of unreasonable fear of death, a growing danger without a visible source of threat.
• Anxiety that intensifies in the evening. Depressed, bad mood. Mental confusion, not leaving melancholy.
• Obsessive fears, bad thoughts about the sudden possibility of death.
• Deterioration in the morning after drinking coffee - increased tremor, excitement. Breathing becomes difficult, nauseated, there is inexplicable anxiety, panic.

Psychology, psychiatry describes the increasing phenomenon of panic attacks. An unconscious defensive reaction is provoked by prolonged stressful situations, an oppressive feeling of control, defenselessness in society. Psychotherapist Walter Cannon in 1932 described the specific state of the body: "fight or flight."

The term implies the inclusion of defense mechanisms present in the genes from the moment the Homo sapiens species appeared. The explainable phenomenon shows that panic attacks occur for no reason, without real threats, provoke flight, a defensive attack.

Symptoms of causeless fear, panic attack:

1. The sudden attack was not provoked by anything. There is a feeling of growing anxiety, panic.
2. Unpleasant "excitement" in the chest, abdomen.
3. Impaired respiratory function: rapid, superficial can lead to DHW syndrome (hyperventilation of the lungs). The result is dizziness, faintness.
4. Nausea, "trembling", trembling in the whole body.

The feeling of panic is caused by the constant overexcitation of the sympathetic, nervous system, which is controlled by the spinal cord. The peripheral system is responsible for the physiology of the body, which is not controlled by the will of man.

Anxiety causes acute signs of vegetative-vascular dystonia:

• Paleness of the skin, coldness of the extremities, weakness, feeling of a "lump" that constricts the throat.
• Tremor, internal trembling, which cannot be appeased on its own.
• Hyperhidrosis is excessive sweating of the feet, hands, or entire body.
• Cardioneurosis - unreasonable excitement provokes an abnormal heartbeat, tachycardia, a pulse rate of up to 150 beats per minute.
• A common cause of panic is an irrational, obsessive fear of death, numbness of the body, tingling in the hands, feet.

The condition is caused by constantly growing negative experiences, strong stressful situations of a physical and neuro-emotional nature. At an unconscious level, the human brain begins to perceive the body as a source of danger, constantly in the mode of waiting for a threat.

At this stage of the reactionary struggle, there is an increased production of the hormone adrenaline, cortisol by the adrenal glands. They provoke unmotivated aggression, auto-aggression, nervousness, rudeness. The period does not last long, followed by a depressed state of boredom, indifference, lethargy.

Regular attacks of causeless panic provoke:

• Insomnia, insomnia, on the basis of causeless fear. Nightmarish dreams associated with constant anxiety, fear of falling asleep, frequent awakenings.
• Constant lack of appetite, emotional apathy, anorexia, frequent irritation. Drowsiness, increased tearfulness, causeless mood swings.
• Psychogenic pain in the region of the heart, which is the cause of the fear of sudden death. Headaches, dizziness.
• Obsessive phobias, vague mystical fears, increased nervous excitability.
• Derealization is a sudden state of blurred perception of reality. A sign of prolonged overstrain of the psyche.
• Sudden panic attacks are the cause of psychosomatic illness. Feelings of anxiety provoked by bad thoughts increase blood pressure.

The causes of panic attacks are diverse, often present in a complex, rarely represented by a single factor. The prerequisites for a possible disorder of the nervous system can be observed already from the age of 7-8 years, and become more noticeable by the age of 18.

A person who has begun to perceive himself as a person falls under a complex of adverse influences that injure the psyche. In young people, the elderly, the symptoms and panic attacks proceed similarly.

The underlying causes of an attack of fear, inexplicable anxiety

1. Emotional deprivation: insufficiently realized psycho-emotional needs, feelings. It is observed in single men and women of different ages, small children from dysfunctional families. Manifested by a lack of support, acceptance. Panic syndrome is provoked by constant emotional, tactile hunger, lack of energy exchange with parents, loved ones.
2. Prolonged latent or untreated depression, diseases of the internal organs. Disorders of the organs of the endocrine system have a special effect on the emotional state. An imbalance of hormones secreted by the thyroid gland, adrenal glands is one of the causes of bouts of incomprehensible anxiety that rolls over feelings of panic.
3. Toxic, harmful interpersonal relationships according to scenarios: accusations, increased demands, manipulation. The exclusion of the opportunity to talk, to restore justice. The loss of a loved one is a frequent factor in long-term neurosis.
4. Hormonal restructuring of the body in adolescence, menopause. Pregnancy, early postpartum period. Seasonal lack of sunny day, autumn melancholy.
5. Intentionally created conditions where a person constantly feels powerless over the situation, for example, the school curriculum, emotional tyranny in the family, persecution. Prolonged stay near the source provokes panic attacks, inexplicable anxiety.

Feelings of sudden fear can occur against the background of relative emotional health, at a time when the stressor has ceased to act. The feeling of anxiety appears unexpectedly, tends to increase negative symptoms in the body, the mind of a person.

How to beat chronic anxiety - what to do at the very beginning?

• Seek the advice of a psychotherapist.

Before prescribing therapy, the doctor must exclude diseases: diabetes mellitus, cervical osteochondrosis, the presence of oncological tumors. Assign a comprehensive biochemical blood test, check the balance of trace elements, vitamins.

• Do not use drugs on your own that remove the symptoms of sudden panic fear, severe anxiety.

It is forbidden to drink pills without eliminating the cause. Anxiolytics, antidepressants, tranquilizers will help for a short period of time, constant use will provoke addiction. Often after cancellation, there is an increase in feelings of panic, constant anxiety, unjustified fear of death.

• It is necessary to undergo daily monitoring of the ECG, undergo an ultrasound of the heart.
• Get rid of diets that have caused a lack of useful trace elements and vitamins. Prolonged veganism, vegetarianism, raw food diet, exclusion of glucose quickly leads to frequent panic attacks.

A balanced diet is a paramount factor in the treatment of depression, panic attacks. The constant presence in food of the proper combination of proteins, fats, complex carbohydrates can prevent most of the sudden anxiety conditions provoked by hunger.

• Before treatment, it is necessary to undergo an examination by narrow specialists, to exclude morphological, structural diseases of the organs. The last examination is carried out by a psychiatrist. Panic attacks can only be part of another pathological psycho-complex.
• Drug treatment of panic attacks is prescribed after the ineffectiveness of working on the emotional state, eliminating the source of stress.

Psychotherapist Yevgeny Batrak regards panic attack syndrome as a borderline condition. On the this stage the disease did not manifest itself in full force, but the symptoms signaling disorders of the nervous system are already pronounced.

How to prevent an unreasonable attack of anxiety in advance?

1. Prevent panic attacks by regular exercise in the fresh air. Running, swimming, any outdoor sport, breathing practices.
2. Self-regulation of the emotional background. Feeling suddenly that an attack is coming, you should learn to distract yourself: it hurts to pinch, stop thinking about an approaching panic attack, interrupt negative thoughts with memorized phrases from auto-training.
3. Physical, emotional overload, all causes of panic attacks - to exclude. Plan time in advance, perform safe work that does not cause anxiety or fear.
4. Sudden, causeless anxiety is often the cause of short sleep, work without vacation, emotional overload. You need to sleep at least 8 hours a day, with frequent stress, exhaustion of the nervous system is observed, if possible, take a long vacation.
5. Eliminate constant sources of anxiety, negative experiences, change jobs, or end a harmful relationship. Do not hold back emotions, find a suitable way to express them: dancing, sports, drawing. Any creative activity distracts from bad obsessive thoughts, excitement.

The state of an unbalanced nervous system returns to normal rather slowly. It is necessary to treat yourself with patience, to observe the regularity of autogenic soothing workouts, daily routine.

How to deal with a sudden anxiety attack on your own?

1. Provide yourself with access to a large space, fresh air. To overcome sudden panic, anxiety, helps to spread your attention around. Fixing the cause of internal anxiety exacerbates the situation.
2. Control the depth, frequency of respiratory movements. Make breathing rare, moderately deep, avoid hyperventilation. It will help dull the feeling of anxiety, reduce emotional stress.
3. Ask for help, or feel free to refuse it. Depending on the reasons, dealing with bouts of emotional anxiety on your own can be easier.
4. With a sudden night attack of panic, internal trembling, fear - urgently get up to eat, drink warm, weak tea. Sweets are optional. The process is a distraction, will gradually increase the level of glucose in the blood, reduce the feeling of anxiety.
5. During frequent, constant panic attacks, remove additional irritants - restless music, films, books, TV, limit Internet use as much as possible.

A mistake in helping people who are experiencing bouts of sudden fear, panic is the immediate use of drugs that block emotions. This causes exhaustion of the nervous system, emotional insensitivity, dependence on the therapy received. Emotional lability, anxiety, suggest the exclusion of a negative irritating factor.

For two months, you can exclude viewing all potentially dangerous things, avoid situations that provoke unreasonable excitement, panic. Observe a clear regime of work and rest, eat a balanced diet in order to avoid a lack of trace elements necessary for a healthy nervous system.

A frivolous attitude to such a problem as anxiety and fear can lead to serious consequences.

• What pills for fear and anxiety are offered by inpatient and traditional medicine in solving problems
• Psychotropic substances
• Treatment with neuroleptics
• Prevention
• Folk methods of treatment
• Do you know?
• A few valuable tips
• Medicinal herbs
• Proper breathing
• Energy protection
• How to treat fears
• Symptoms
• fears
• Alarm states
• Panic attacks
• What to do
• Folk remedies
• Anxiety treatment reviews

Doctors talk about diseases that develop over time, only a specialist will help to accurately diagnose them. Self-medication is not worth it, because you can influence by, in the end, this will lead to wasted time, and even lost health. The beginning of the development of the disease is a rare stress, at this stage you can easily win by starting to take sedatives.

Anxiety and fear

The harm of stress affects health negatively, there is even a saying that “all diseases are from nerves”, science explains it this way: during stress, the hormone cortisol is produced, and immunity is also significantly reduced. All this leads to illness (which will additionally join stress), as protection decreases significantly. Over time, the autonomic system wears out and stress develops into constant anxiety and fear, at this stage, complex treatment with the use of antidepressants or tranquilizers will be required. You can buy serious medicines only after receiving a prescription from a doctor, he will prescribe an effective regimen for taking and canceling.

What exactly is causing these problems?

These can be simple temporary experiences or hidden illnesses, sometimes even a specialist cannot figure it out. Constant anxiety without treatment can become the norm, after which you will have to take comprehensive measures to cure it. The cause may be serious mental disorders that are currently secretive, such as schizophrenia or manic disorder. Another reason is depression, it can go unnoticed.

Anxiety can be a symptom of incorrect functioning of the autonomic nervous system.

Here they will be causeless, there is an incomprehensible feeling of excitement, despite the fact that there is no source for this. Remedies for fear and anxiety will help get rid of all this. Before starting to use, they undergo a complete examination and establish a diagnosis, it should be understood that not all causes and diseases are listed above, there are many other problems with the nervous system.

Sedative tablets without prescriptions

Under this concept, over-the-counter drugs that are made from medicinal herbs are most often combined. This type of medicine is one of the simplest and has no side effects and contraindications (if you follow the instructions). But at the same time, in order to achieve a significant effect, you will have to go through a long course, avoiding breaks.

Pharmacies now provide many types of these drugs at different prices, one of the most popular is valerian. It happens as the main active ingredient in the medicine (Valerian extra and others), and acts as one of the components in the composition (Novopassit). Another equally popular option is motherwort. In medicines, it is used in a similar way to valerian, and the differences may be in the direct effect on the person.

Before taking it is necessary to familiarize yourself with the list of contraindications. With minor anxiety, you can start taking these drugs on your own, but it is better to consult a doctor before doing so. It is worth choosing complex remedies right away, as they have a greater effect. During the reception, the reaction may decrease, which means that you need to be careful while driving or other activities that require increased motor skills, but it is better to exclude driving for a while. This type of pill can perfectly stop the initial stage of stress, excitement and fear. Reception of medications lasts about a month, during which time improvement usually occurs, but if there is no therapeutic effect, you need to consult a doctor for a specific diagnosis and therapy.

Antidepressant and tranquilizer tablets in the treatment of severe anxiety

This type of pill is a completely different level in the treatment of the disease. You can get them only with a prescription from a specialist, and only after establishing a specific diagnosis. Tranquilizers and antidepressants have side effects and are taken under control. Monitor visual manifestations, blood counts and other important parameters.

Antidepressants remove the manifestations of prolonged depression, apathy, negative emotions, anxiety, but they are used only in case of depression, which has become the primary disease that caused other symptoms.

Drugs have a higher cost than over-the-counter counterparts, but often only with their help you can defeat the disease. They affect the breakdown of monoamines and block them, because of this, the patient's mood improves and efficiency appears.

One of the brightest representatives of this type of drugs are herbal preparations, which contain alkaloids. Here are some of them:

In contrast, there are synthetic pills that are no less effective and are suitable for different types of depression:

These are a few of the medicines available in pharmacies, your doctor may prescribe other options that are right for you.

There are states when a person is faced with anxiety, while he does not have any reasons for this. After trying over-the-counter remedies, a person is usually prescribed tranquilizers. They have anticonvulsant, anxiolytic, and sedative effects. When taken, the activity of the nervous system decreases, drowsiness sometimes appears, but after the course of treatment, the work of the autonomic nervous system stabilizes, which is one of the main causes of unreasonable anxiety.

The difference from antidepressants is that tranquilizers can be taken for any anxiety.

When using these pills for fear and anxiety, it is strictly forbidden to manage sources of increased danger, to carry out work related to fine motor skills that can be life-threatening. With the manifestation of serious side effects, stop therapy. It is unacceptable to use alcoholic beverages and narcotic drugs, when they are combined, a life-threatening condition can occur when the entire nervous system is depressed and breathing is interrupted.

Nootropics and their possible benefits

These tablets are designed to provide the brain with nutrition and increased blood supply. Due to this, mental abilities, working capacity, stress resistance increase. All pills are sold without a prescription, so you can buy them to prevent brain diseases, as well as to improve the above characteristics. The effect is fixed after a long time, at least 1 month, after the result is achieved, it is taken to maintain the effect. Before use, it is advisable to consult a specialist to identify hidden contraindications.

In the treatment of anxiety and fear, this drug will help bring blood vessels in order, which in turn will help in the treatment of vascular dystonia, which causes anxiety and fear.

With their help, the entire nervous system begins to work more efficiently, metabolism is optimized, hypoglycemia disappears, and much more. It is this drug that can help bring the human body back to normal, hitting on several fronts, both mental and physical indicators are restored.

In pharmacies, these drugs are easy to purchase, here are some of them:

In most tablets, the active ingredient is piracetam, differences in brands. The cost varies from a specific brand and manufacturer, when choosing, you should pay attention to the fact that this substance (piracetam) is in the composition. Anxiety therapy with them can go much faster, but you should not rely on this drug in the treatment of these manifestations, since its main direction is to improve blood supply, and not get rid of anxiety.

Psychotropic substances

This term combines many drugs under one broad concept. Drugs that are psychotropics primarily treat mental disorders and diseases, that is, they are not prescribed for ordinary fears.

You will not be able to purchase any of the psychotropic drugs on your own, first you need a prescription and an accurate diagnosis.

Treatment with neuroleptics

When there are diseases of the mental system, for example, psychoses, hallucinations, schizophrenia, etc., treatment with antipsychotics is started. These diseases, in addition to the main problems, can cause fear, anxiety, irritability, apathy towards the outside world. These pills are divided into several types, each of which suppresses a specific symptom. They do an excellent job with uncontrollable psychosis and subsequent fear. It is not recommended to use them for ordinary disorders and temporary experiences, since their main direction is the treatment of specific mental illnesses.

Antipsychotics for hallucinations

When taken orally, they cause a sedative and sedative effect, while dopamine begins to be blocked, after which the hallucinations and many other mental manifestations inherent in schizophrenia and personality disorder disappear. If you have any of the above manifestations, then before treatment you will need to undergo a full course of examination by specialists and then proceed to treatment with these anti-anxiety pills.

When taking these drugs, you must adhere to a strict plan: do not interrupt treatment ahead of time, undergo examinations, and follow the doctor's recommendations.

Treatment of anxiety with mood stabilizers

These substances can stabilize mood, prevent relapse, and treat irritability, short temper, and other mental disorders.

They are highly specialized means and are used only if there are mental disorders, especially manic syndromes.

The drug suppresses depression, after use, side effects and general malaise may be observed. In general, these substances are very similar to antidepressants and are used in similar circumstances, so they may not be suitable for the treatment of ordinary anxiety. Representatives:

The most popular products and their prices

Pills for the treatment of anxiety can be used in different ways, they differ in effectiveness and prescription requirements. Here is a list of the most popular ones:

1. The first drug that people and doctors will advise will be valerian, it is distinguished by its low price and availability. The cost can vary from 50 to 150 rubles.
2. The second drug with a combined composition is Novopassit. It includes valerian, motherwort, hawthorn. The price for 30 tablets can be from 300 to 500 rubles.
3. Afobazol. An over-the-counter tranquilizer has low efficacy but may help with minor anxiety, the main advantage being availability. The price of rubles.
4. Phenazepam. An effective tranquilizer available on prescription. It should be taken with caution as it is addictive. Tsenar.
5. Grandaxin. A mixed drug with many effects, ranging from sedative to anticonvulsant. The price of rubles for 20 tablets.

Positive attitude as an important part of treatment

Many people use only pills, but this will not cure a serious illness. An integrated approach is the only way to permanently throw the problem out of your life. It is quite difficult to provide psychological help to yourself. Therefore, it is necessary to contact a good psychotherapist.

With experience, the doctor will be able to choose the right treatment and stop it in time if there are no positive changes. Help will be provided in the form of conversations and impact techniques. So-called behavioral therapy will be carried out, which will allow you to stop being afraid of certain situations by suggesting their insignificance.

Therapy of serious problems, for example, social phobia or VVD, takes place using modern substances. And even this approach takes a long time to heal. The psychotherapist will monitor your condition and the dynamics of the cure. Ultimately, it turns out what exactly becomes the impetus for an attack of anxiety.

Other ways to get rid of anxiety

The main thing that doctors will advise is maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

This can help without medication with minor fear, and will also be an addition to the large-scale treatment of a serious illness. You will need to engage in recreational physical education, observe the same daily routine, use fractional meals and a contrast shower. Fractional nutrition - divided meals, reaching up to 5-6 times a day, so the digestive system is less loaded. A contrast shower is performed by alternating cold and hot water, after which the vessels are toned, and this indirectly affects the general state of the psyche.

Alternative herbal and traditional medicine treatments can also be used. Universal St. John's wort can help with apathy by brewing 2 teaspoons in 200 ml of water, you will need to drink the contents for a month. The effect is achieved with the help of hypericin, which affects the psyche and calms it. Passionflower herb can help you with unreasonable fear, you will need to brew it in 150 ml of boiling water after adding a teaspoon of herb. This herb can also be combined with pharmaceutical products. It should be understood that herbs can have a much smaller effect, since they are collected in various places where the active substance in them could be completely absent. At each dose, you will need to prepare a new tincture and monitor the manifestation of side effects if you need to cancel the herbs.

It will be important to take multivitamins and minerals that help strengthen the whole body; during stress, a significant part of these substances is lost. Saturated fats omega 3 and 6 can strengthen the cardiovascular system. Another way would be to use physiotherapy and massage, combined with pills for fear and anxiety, this will give a positive result.

Prevention

After treatment, in order to avoid recurrence and relapse of the disease, it is necessary to adhere to prevention. It may include cyclic use of weak sedatives and leading a mobile life that does not allow you to think about fears. It is possible to use herbs and other strengthening substances.

It is necessary to conduct regular examinations, especially with regard to the nervous and autonomic systems, since people do not pay due attention to it. No need to self-medicate and take pills without consulting a doctor. The only exception will be preventive medicines.

If you need to defeat the disease with lightning speed, then complex treatment will help you do this. The listed drugs have side effects and contraindications, so you should not, having obtained a prescription, rely on them in any situation.

Ways to treat anxiety disorder folk remedies

What are anxiety disorders?

Very often, anxiety disorders are accompanied by pain in the lower back and neck, nausea and diarrhea. Since these symptoms occur with many somatic pathologies, the patient may be misdiagnosed. Treatment in such cases does not work, and the patient seeks help from another specialist. But he just needs to visit a neurologist.

Diagnosis of anxiety conditions

When diagnosing mental disorders, it is first necessary to exclude somatic diseases that have similar symptoms.

Anxiety disorders are diagnosed and treated by a neurologist. Traditional treatments include psychotherapy and antidepressants. Psychotherapy helps the patient to correctly assess the events taking place in his life and relax during panic attacks. Such treatments include psychological training, breathing exercises, and the development of a neutral attitude towards obsessive ideas in obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Such techniques can be used for both individual and group treatment of patients. Patients are taught behavior in certain situations, which allows you to get rid of unreasonable fear. Drug treatment includes taking drugs that improve brain function. Usually, patients are prescribed sedatives. They fall into several categories:

1. Antipsychotics help the patient get rid of excessive anxiety. However, these drugs have serious side effects: obesity, decreased libido, increased blood pressure.
2. Benzodiazepines allow you to get rid of feelings of anxiety and fear in the shortest possible time. At the same time, they can cause impaired coordination of movements, addiction, drowsiness. They are not recommended to be used for more than a month.
3. Antidepressants help relieve symptoms of depression.
4. Nonbenzodiazepine anxiolytics relieve the patient of anxiety, they have no side effects.
5. Adrenoblockers are prescribed when symptoms of the cardiovascular system occur.
6. Herbal sedatives are also used in the treatment of anxiety disorders.

Folk methods of treatment

Medicinal herbs, such as lemon balm, will help to cope with anxiety. The substances contained in its leaves have a beneficial effect on the brain, which allows it to be used in the treatment of migraines and neuroses. There are many ways to use this plant, the most effective among them is the following: 10 g of dry grass is mixed with chopped angelica root, a pinch of nutmeg, coriander seeds and lemon zest.

All ingredients are poured into 0.5 liters of vodka. Insist for 2 weeks and take 1 teaspoon with tea.

Borage grows in almost every garden, it is used to make salads. However, few people know that this herb has a beneficial effect on the nervous system. 1 st. a spoonful of chopped grass should be poured with 200 ml of boiling water, insist for half an hour. Take the infusion 3 times a day for half an hour before meals.

Preparations based on oats have a good sedative effect. They are used in the treatment of alcohol dependence, heart failure. 250 g of unpeeled grains are poured into 1 liter of water, brought to readiness over low heat, and then filtered. The decoction is mixed with honey and taken orally. With anxiety and insomnia, you can take a decoction of mint leaves: 1 tbsp. a spoonful of dry grass is poured with 1 cup of boiling water, boiled for 10 minutes, filtered. Take a decoction in the morning, 100 ml.

For the treatment of hysterical seizures, a decoction of chicory root is used. It also helps with anxiety disorders. The crushed roots are poured with boiling water and boiled for 10 minutes. You need to take the medicine for 1 tbsp. spoon 6 times a day. Collection of herbs based on chamomile, motherwort and cudweed helps with nervous disorders, respiratory failure and headaches. Herbs are taken in equal parts, mixed and poured with boiling water. The infusion will be ready for use in 8 hours.

It is drunk 100 ml 3 times a day. Baths with lemon balm and honey help to relax and calm down, they are taken before going to bed.

Folk remedies to help with increased anxiety

A pathological condition characterized by excessive excitability of the central nervous system, unreasonable excitement and fear is called anxiety. Fear and anxiety are not our best "companions".

It is much easier to cope with fear, it is enough to identify its cause and take measures to eliminate it. With anxiety, everything is more difficult, since in this state, excitement and fear are far-fetched. A person often does not really realize what worries him.

Anyone can experience anxiety. But if this feeling occurs too often, or it accompanies you all the time, this is a reason to contact a specialist. Therapy of this pathological condition should be timely and appropriate. A good result in treatment can be achieved not only with the help of medications, but also with natural remedies from plants.

Briefly about the causes and manifestations of anxiety

An anxiety disorder refers to a series of malfunctions in the functioning of the central nervous system that provoke a feeling of unreasonable anxiety. The feeling of fear appears spontaneously, for no particular reason. In addition, this disease can be manifested by symptoms of pathologies of internal organs. For example, it is often accompanied by a sore throat, soreness in the abdomen and cough.

The causes of anxiety disorders are still not fully understood. However, some factors are known that, to one degree or another, can provoke the appearance of malfunctions and the central nervous system and the appearance of anxiety. So, the occurrence of anxiety disorder can be due to:

• frequent stressful situations;
• chronic fatigue;
• transferred diseases;
• progressive pathologies of internal organs;
• genetic predisposition;
• malfunctions of the thyroid gland.

This disorder is usually accompanied by a constant feeling of panic, obsessive thoughts, memories of a negative past, sleep disturbance, insomnia, rapid breathing, xerostomia, dizziness and nausea. Read the article about homemade recipes to improve sleep.

It is important to be able to distinguish the natural feeling of fear from anxiety. Fear helps a person survive in a dangerous situation. It always occurs as a response to a threat.

But with regard to anxiety disorder, the reason for its appearance is often either far-fetched or exaggerated. A non-existent situation arises in the subconscious of the patient. In this case, the feeling of fear torments the patient, exhausts him mentally and physically.

This disease requires immediate treatment. Ignoring the manifestations is fraught with the development of more serious diseases and disorders of the nervous system. Along with medications, folk remedies consisting of completely natural ingredients will help get rid of anxiety.

Do you know?

If you suffer from anxiety, you are not alone. Anxiety disorders affect everyone in one way or another. But doctors usually diagnose patients with generalized anxiety disorder if they have been suffering from anxiety symptoms (constant restlessness, insomnia, difficulty concentrating, etc.) for more than six months.

What causes these feelings of panic and anxiety? Here are some honest answers from Facebook users. The survey was conducted by American psychologists.

• Lack of money, fear of debt.
• Child's performance in school.
• Publicity, being in the crowd.
• Removal from home.
• Boredom, loss of interest in life.
• Inability to foresee the future, expectation of change.
• Negativity, attacks from others.
• Forced pretense, insincerity.
• Loneliness.
• Work, career.
• Transport.
• Old age, transience of life, illness. The death of loved ones, the expectation of death.

These simple tips will help in reducing or eliminating anxiety. Try it, it's easy.

1. Give up bad habits, in particular from drinking alcohol and smoking.
2. Minimize the use of drinks that provoke the excitation of the nervous system: coffee, strong tea, "invigorating" drinks.
3. Drink soothing teas with lemon balm, motherwort and valerian.
4. Find something to your liking. Being involved in an interesting task or process, you will have no time to worry and worry.
5. Make friends with sports.

Proven folk recipes for anxiety

There are a large number of medicinal plants and preparations from them that have a sedative effect and are used to treat anxiety with folk remedies. But it is not recommended to use them without the permission of a doctor. Without fail, before using this or that drug, consult your doctor regarding the course of therapy. In addition, try not to exceed the proportions and dosages recommended in the recipes.

1. Almond-milk drug in the fight against anxiety. First you need to fill the almonds with water and leave for the whole night. In the morning, peel the fruit and chop. Mix raw materials - literally one spoonful of nutmeg and ginger (previously chopped) - with the same amount. Pour the mixture with warm milk - a glass. Drink ½ cup of the drink twice a day.

2. The use of soda-ginger baths. Such baths will help to relax and relieve stress. It is recommended to take such soothing baths before going to bed. Grind ginger rhizome and mix with baking soda (1/3 cup of each component). Add the mass to a bath filled with hot water.

3. Sweets will help get rid of anxiety. Acacia flower jam is an effective remedy for anxiety disorders and anxiety. Gather acacia flowers during the flowering period. Next, rinse and chop them. Mix raw materials with sugar - half a kilogram. When the flowers soften and juice begins to stand out from them, pour the mass with boiled water - a liter. Place the container on the stove, wait for it to boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for ten minutes, stirring constantly. Next, add another pound of sugar and cook until tender. To keep your jam from sugaring - add freshly squeezed lemon juice - from two fruits. Then roll the prepared sweetness into jars. Eat it every day in small proportions and forget about anxiety forever.

4. Application of healing tincture. Melissa is one of the most useful plants. Its sheets contain substances that have a beneficial effect on the National Assembly. Grind the dried leaves of the plant and combine a spoonful of raw materials with finely chopped angelica rhizome, nutmeg, lemon zest and coriander seeds. Mix thoroughly and pour into a glass bottle. Fill the raw material with vodka - half a liter. Remove the tightly closed container in a cool place for half a month. Take twenty drops of strained tincture twice a day with tea.

5. Infusion of borage against disorders of the central nervous system. Borage is one of the most common plants. Many make salads from it. But few people know that this particular plant is effective in treating anxiety. Soak twenty grams of finely chopped plant grass in two hundred milliliters of freshly boiled water. Let the composition brew. Drink ¼ cup of the filtered beverage three times a day.

6. Application of oatmeal broth. Oats have powerful sedative properties. They treat pathologies of the cardiovascular system, central nervous system and alcohol dependence. The plant is also effective in anxiety disorders. Pour 300 grams of oat grains with a liter of water. Cook over low heat until tender, then strain and mix with honey. Take 30 grams of the drug twice a day.

7. Peppermint for anxiety. Steam twenty grams of dried minced mint in a glass of boiling water. Let the composition brew. Take half a glass of medicine once a day - in the morning.

8. Carrots - tasty and healthy. In order to treat pathologies of the central nervous system, it is recommended to drink a glass of freshly squeezed carrot juice every day.

9. Application of tincture of lure. Pour the crushed dried roots of the plant in the amount of 20 grams with medical alcohol - half a liter. Leave the composition to brew for two weeks. It is recommended to use twenty drops of strained tincture twice a day.

Proper nutrition is the key to mental health

If the human body has enough nutrients, all its systems will work correctly and smoothly. If he misses something, failures appear. So it is in this case. To get rid of anxiety with folk remedies, experts recommend introducing foods rich in vitamin B into the diet:

In addition, the appearance of anxiety disorders is also affected by the lack of minerals in the body - calcium and magnesium. Therefore, it is advised to eat:

But the use of bakery products made from white flour, alcoholic beverages, black tea and coffee should be abandoned. Drink more purified water, herbal teas, compotes and fresh juices.

Folk remedies for fears

We are all afraid of something, because absolutely fearless people do not exist. However, sometimes fear can become too intrusive and greatly spoil the peace of mind, and even health.

Fear is not always justified. Sometimes he takes possession of a person for no reason at all. In such cases, unreasonable fear threatens to become a phobia. Such fears must be dealt with. To do this, people have long invented a variety of methods. We have selected the most effective ways to deal with the persistent feeling of fear.

Medicinal herbs

Healing fees are a great way to deal with fear. People have long used them to calm the nervous system. Peppermint recipe is considered the simplest: a spoonful of its leaves is poured with a glass of boiling water, boiled for 10 minutes and drunk in the morning and in the evening, half a glass each. This remedy helps to calm down in the morning and before bedtime, relieves insomnia and relieves increased anxiety.

For the same purpose, healers used a collection of St. John's wort, valerian and chamomile. These herbs have a beneficial effect on the body and individually, and together they will become a valuable assistant in the fight against fear. Take a teaspoon of valerian roots, chamomile and St. John's wort leaves. This mixture is also poured with boiling water and insisted for a quarter of an hour using a water bath, and then put in heat for an hour and carefully filtered. This decoction should be drunk more often, but in small doses, a tablespoon every hour will be enough.

Hawthorn fruit jam helps to get rid of the obsessive feeling of fear. Its fruits must be ground with the same amount of sugar, and the resulting mixture should be put in the refrigerator. This jam not only lifts your spirits and relieves anxiety that has taken you by surprise, but it can also help if you suddenly catch a cold.

Proper breathing

There are other ways to beat the sudden onset of panic. The insidiousness of this misfortune is that it often overtakes a person unexpectedly, and a ready-made medicinal collection is not always at hand. What to do in such cases?

The answer is to breathe properly. Smooth, deep breathing soothes physically, normalizing the respiratory exchange. A great recipe is to inhale deeply through your nose, exhaling slowly through your mouth. Usually it becomes easier already on the third breath. If you have the opportunity to lie on your back, lie down, and the method will be even more effective. You can simultaneously count the breaths - this will distract the brain, and the body will return to normal.

Energy protection

The insidiousness of fear is that, having appeared once, it can intensify when a person begins to "wind up" himself. Not to do this is extremely difficult, but you need to learn. When you dwell on fear, you destroy your own energy field. Constant negative thoughts in your address - namely, this is often accompanied by fear - in terms of the strength of the impact, they resemble the evil eye.

Do not panic, do not inflate depressive thoughts and strive with all your might for peace of mind. Resort to your faith and read a prayer. In everyday speech, wean yourself from the negative in your address, talk about goals and plans in the affirmative: “I can do it,” “I can do it.” Avoid negative language and bad thoughts. By strengthening your defenses, you will be able to resist the negative influence from the outside, get rid of fear, and your life as a whole will change for the better.

Fear provokes feelings of anxiety and insecurity. By becoming more confident in yourself and believing in your strength, you can get rid of them. If you feel that the fears and anxieties that haunt you are unfounded, do not give in to them. We wish you good luck and don't forget to press the buttons and

How to treat fears

When faced with an unfamiliar situation, many of us experience a feeling of panic fear or anxiety. However, stress has a dual effect.

How to treat fears and anxieties, overcome feelings of anxiety?

Although such emotions are quite normal when faced with important events, they can negatively affect a person’s well-being. On the one hand, anxiety affects the mental state, reducing the ability to concentrate and leading to sleep disturbance. On the other hand, the feeling of fear can also cause physiological disorders - dizziness and headaches, digestive disorders, increased heart rate, trembling, increased sweating, and so on.

Symptoms

Anxiety turns into a disease when the strength of the fear experienced becomes stronger and does not correspond to the importance of the situation. Psychotherapists distinguish such diseases into a separate group - pathological anxiety states. According to statistics, about 10% of people face them. There are several conditions that are united by the emotions of fear and anxiety: phobias, anxiety states and panic attacks. As a rule, they are accompanied by corresponding thoughts and physiological sensations.

Phobias are negative emotional experiences that appear when faced with a specific threat or when it is expected. The group of such fears includes social phobias, in which a person is afraid of open or closed spaces, spiders and snakes, flying on airplanes, etc. Phobias take a lot of energy from a person, breaking his health. Often depression, feelings of shame and guilt are added to such states, which significantly worsens the condition;

Alarm states

With such a pathology, a person constantly experiences a feeling of anxiety. Continuous psychological stress often causes strange physical symptoms. Sometimes doctors cannot determine for a long time what caused this or that disease and prescribe diagnostics to detect diseases of the heart, digestion and other organs, although the true cause of the disease state is hidden behind mental disorders. Attacks of severe anxiety may be accompanied by rapid heartbeat and breathing, sweating and muscle tension;

Panic attacks

Short-term acute attacks of fear in combination with behavioral and physiological symptoms in medicine are called panic attacks. Such conditions, as a rule, occur unexpectedly and for no apparent reason. Outward signs of panic attacks can be:

• feeling of nausea;
• Lack of air;
• muscle weakness;
• Cold clammy sweat;
• Loss of control over behavior and thoughts.

Sometimes panic attacks are combined with agoraphobia, when a person tends to avoid open spaces and crowds of people, as this can cause him to panic.

What to do

How to treat fears and anxieties offer modern experts? Many of the currently practicing psychotherapists, in the first place, prescribe medication to patients with anxiety conditions - antidepressants, tranquilizers and antipsychotics. However, their effectiveness is greatly exaggerated, since no drugs can change a person’s thoughts, which cause the formation of fears and anxieties. Sedatives can only temporarily suppress these thoughts. In addition, they have pronounced side effects.

As a result, tranquilizers and antidepressants not only do not make life easier for a person, but also create a certain danger for him, for example, when driving a car, work that requires increased concentration. How can you treat fears and anxieties? Another technique that helps with panic attacks is breathing exercises. Such techniques help to relax and come to a state of complete peace of mind. To eliminate anxiety states, it is necessary to take deep rare breaths and exhalations, and the latter should be slightly longer. Bag breathing is another type of breathing exercise.

Folk remedies

In some cases, it is possible to resolve the issue of how to treat fears and anxieties by using soothing herbal infusions and teas.

• Melissa. 10 grams of dry leaves pour 500 ml of boiling water. Leave covered for 2 hours. Strain and take half a glass three times a day;
• Linden. Pour 1 tablespoon of dried linden with 0.5 liters of boiling water, let it brew for several hours. Ready broth take 2/3 cup with the addition of honey 3 times a day. The drink improves sleep and soothes;
• Peppermint. Brew 2 tablespoons of mint leaves with 1 cup of boiling water, leave for 3 hours. Drink take 1 glass 3 times a day.

Folk remedies for fear and anxiety

Anxiety states are feelings of unease, uncertainty, or fear that arise from anticipation or a sense of threat. The feeling of anxiety is necessary for the survival of a person: it encourages you to monitor your health, to stop at a red light. However, anxiety can reach dangerous levels.

The higher the level of anxiety, the more a person is forced to concentrate, think, and the more difficult it is for him to make decisions.

Anxiety is more common in women than in men.

The causes of such conditions may be due to heredity, and may also be a violation of the functions of the thyroid gland or adrenal glands; poisoning with chemicals or deficiency of some substances; physical or mental injury or fear of them; prolonged hostility or condemnation of others; propensity for unrealistic goals and fantastic beliefs. With a strong sense of anxiety, a person, as a rule, speaks louder and faster, gets tired quickly, feels trembling in the body,

becomes distracted and irritable, aimlessly repeats certain forms of behavior (for example, clasps his hands or paces around the room endlessly).

A panic state is characterized by recurring and usually unpredictable attacks of anxiety that range from a few minutes to a few hours, leading to panic or terror. Panic states usually appear at the end of puberty or somewhat later.

A phobia is an unconscious fear of an object, action or situation. A person is capable of anything, just to avoid the object of the phobia. Experts believe that a person with a phobia unconsciously replaces a real internal source of anxiety (for example, guilt or fear of losing someone's personal affection) with an external source (fear of certain situations in society, closed spaces, animals, etc.). Phobias can appear at any time - from early childhood to old age.

How to overcome fear and anxiety folk remedies

Eat 100-200 g of carrots or 1 glass of carrot juice per day.

Pour the roots with the rhizomes of the lure with 70% alcohol in a ratio of 1:10, insist. Take 30-40 drops 2-3 times a day

day before meals. It is used for neurasthenic conditions, depression.

Pour 3 tablespoons of chopped straw with 2 cups of boiling water, insist. Drink during the day. It is used as a tonic and tonic.

Pour 1 tablespoon of peppermint leaves with 1 cup boiling water, cook for 10 minutes. Drink 0.5 cups in the morning and at night. It is used for various nervous disorders, insomnia.

Pour 1 tablespoon of chamomile aster flowers with 1 cup of boiling water, cool, strain. Take 1 tablespoon 3-4 times a day. It is used as a tonic and strengthens the nervous system.

Pour dried ginseng roots or leaves with boiling water in a ratio of 1:10, insist. Take 1 teaspoon daily.

Pour the crushed roots or leaves of ginseng with 50-60% alcohol in the ratio: roots 1:10, leaves 1.5:10. Take 15-

20 drops 2-3 times a day.

With increased nervousness and irritability, insist 3 hours in a cool place 0.3 cups of red beet juice, mix it with an equal amount of natural honey and eat the entire portion during the day in 2-3 doses 30 minutes before meals.

Pour 2 tablespoons of chopped lemon balm leaves with 2 cups of boiling water, leave for 1 hour and take 0.5 cup 3 times a day before meals.

Pour 0.5 tablespoon of peppermint leaves in an enamel saucepan with 1 cup of hot boiled water, close the lid and heat in a water bath with frequent stirring for 15 minutes. Cool at room temperature for 45 minutes, strain, add boiled water to a volume of 1 cup. Drink warm, 0.3-0.5 cups 2-3 times a day 15 minutes before meals. Store the infusion in a cool place for no more than 2 days. It is used for general calming of the nervous system.

Take fresh juice of motherwort grass 30-40 drops 3-4 times a day 30 minutes before meals.

Pour 1 tablespoon of dry mashed hawthorn fruits with 1 cup of boiling water, leave for 2 hours in a warm place (in the oven, on the stove), strain. Infusion take 1-2 tablespoons 3-4 times a day before meals with vegetative neurosis.

Grind in a mortar 5 tablespoons of common viburnum fruit, pour, gradually stirring, 3 cups of boiling water, leave for 4 hours, strain. Drink 0.5 cup 4-6 times a day before meals. Used as a sedative.

As a sedative in neurasthenic conditions, a tincture of peony root is used inside, 30-40 drops 3 times a day. The course of treatment is 30 days. After a 10-day break, the course of treatment is repeated if necessary.

- Treatment of feelings of anxiety and fear -

When a person is in danger, it is normal to feel fear and anxiety. After all, in this way our body is preparing to act more efficiently - "fight or run away."

But unfortunately, some people tend to experience anxiety either too often or too much. It also happens that manifestations of anxiety and fear appear for no particular reason or for a trifling reason. When anxiety interferes with a normal life, the person is considered to be suffering from an anxiety disorder.

Symptoms of Anxiety Disorders

According to annual statistics, 15-17% of the adult population suffers from some form of anxiety disorder. The most common symptoms are:

• constant feeling of anxiety
• periodic anxiety attacks
• disturbing, restless thoughts
• dark forebodings, fears

• heart palpitations
• shortness of breath, shortness of breath
• sweating, lump in throat
• dizziness, derealization
• etc.

Cause of anxiety and fear

Everyday events are often associated with stress. Even seemingly mundane things like standing in a car during rush hour, celebrating a birthday, running out of money, living in cramped quarters, being overwhelmed at work, or having family conflicts are all stressful. And we are not talking about wars, accidents or diseases.

In order to cope with a stressful situation more effectively, the brain gives a command to our sympathetic nervous system (see figure). It puts the body in a state of excitement, causes the adrenal glands to release the hormone cortisol (and others), increases the heart rate and causes a number of other changes that we experience as fear or anxiety. This, let's say - "ancient", animal reaction, helped our ancestors to survive in difficult conditions.

When the danger has passed, the parasympathetic nervous system is activated. It normalizes the heart rhythm and other processes, bringing the body to a state of rest.

Normally, these two systems balance each other.

Now imagine that for some reason a failure has occurred. (Detailed analysis of typical causes is presented here).

And the sympathetic nervous system begins to get excited, reacting with a feeling of anxiety and fear to such meager stimuli that other people do not even notice ...

People then experience fear and anxiety with or without cause. Sometimes their condition is constant and enduring anxiety. Sometimes they feel agitated or impatient, impaired concentration, problems with sleep.

If these symptoms of anxiety are present long enough, then, according to the DSM-IV, the doctor may make a diagnosis of "generalized anxiety disorder".

Or another kind of "failure" - when the sympathetic nervous system hyperactivates the body for no particular reason, not constantly and weakly, but in strong bursts. Then they talk about panic attacks and, accordingly, panic disorder. We have written quite a bit about this type of phobic anxiety disorder in other articles.

About treating anxiety with medication

Probably, after reading the text above, you will think: well, if my nervous system has been unbalanced, then it needs to be brought back to normal. I'll take a proper pill and everything will be fine! Fortunately, the modern pharmaceutical industry offers a huge selection of products.

Some of the anti-anxiety drugs are the typical "fuflomycins" that have not even passed normal clinical trials. If someone is helped, then due to the mechanisms of self-hypnosis.

Others - yes, really relieve anxiety. True, not always, not completely and temporarily. We mean serious tranquilizers, in particular, the benzodiazepine series. For example, such as diazepam, gidazepam, xanax.

However, their use is potentially dangerous. First, when people stop taking these medications, the anxiety usually returns. Secondly, these drugs cause a real physical dependence. Thirdly, such a crude way of influencing the brain cannot remain without consequences. Drowsiness, problems with concentration and memory, and depression are common side effects of anxiety medications.

And yet ... How to treat fear and anxiety?

We believe that psychotherapy is an effective and, at the same time, gentle for the body method of treating increased anxiety.

That's just not outdated conversational methods, like psychoanalysis, existential therapy or gestalt. Control studies indicate that these types of psychotherapy give very modest results. And that, at best.

What a difference modern psychotherapeutic methods: EMDR-therapy, cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy, hypnosis, short-term strategic psychotherapy! They can be used to solve many therapeutic problems, for example, to change inadequate attitudes that underlie anxiety. Or teaching clients to “control themselves” in a stressful situation more effectively.

The complex application of these methods in anxiety neurosis is more effective than drug treatment. Judge for yourself:

How is fear and anxiety treated?

Psychological diagnostics is the main goal of the first meeting between the client and the psychotherapist (sometimes two). Deep psychodiagnostics is what further treatment is based on. Therefore, it must be as accurate as possible, otherwise nothing will work. Here is a checklist for a good diagnosis:

Effective treatment, in our opinion, is when:

A sustainable result is the result of intensive joint work of the client and the psychotherapist. Our statistics show that on average this requires meetings. Sometimes there are people who achieve excellent results in 6-8 meetings. In especially neglected cases, even 20 sessions are not enough. What do we mean by “quality” result?

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A state characterized by anxiety in the soul worries many people at different periods. A person seems to have everything in order in life, but his soul is restless, he is tormented by strange feelings: a mixture of fear and anxiety. A person who is restless in his soul is often devoured by fear of tomorrow, worried about the foreboding of terrible events.

Why is my heart restless?

First you need to calm down and understand that short-term anxiety for no apparent reason is common to all people. As a rule, the state when the soul is restless, anxiety and fear arises, worries for a short period of time. However, for some, anxiety can develop into chronic well-being.

Where does anxiety and fear come from? In order to answer this question, it is necessary to understand what anxiety is and what causes it.

Anxiety is a brightly colored negative emotion, representing a systematic premonition of negative events, danger; unlike fear, anxiety does not have a clear reason; a person has a restless soul.

Nevertheless, the emergence of anxiety is preceded by certain factors, this emotion does not arise from nowhere, for no reason.

Restless soul, fear and anxiety come from the following circumstances:

• changes in the usual way of life;
• unresolved predicament;
• health problems;
• the impact of addictions: alcohol, drugs, gambling addiction.

The feeling when the soul is restless most often implies obsessive fear and anxiety, when a person, as if “programmed”, is waiting for something very bad to happen very soon. A person in such a situation is unable to control and argue his actions, constantly experiencing anxiety for no reason. At the slightest feeling of "danger", an anxious person has an inadequate reaction to irritating factors.

Anxiety and fear bring with them such physical ailments as: throbbing headache, nausea, indigestion (loss of appetite or overeating). When a person is restless in his soul, fear and anxiety appear, it becomes difficult to maintain communication with people, to engage in any business, to embody one's aspirations.

A constant experience of anxiety and fear can turn into a chronic illness, when the adoption of an important decision will cause another panic attack. In this case, you need to contact a psychologist. It is within his competence to make a diagnosis and help on the path to recovery when the soul is restless and fear and anxiety arise.

A restless state of mind, fear and anxiety does not happen without a reason. As a rule, the consequence of such well-being is hidden deep in the subconscious and escapes attention. You can't let the situation run its course. The exacerbation of uncontrollable anxiety, fear entails a violation of the normal activity of various organs, insomnia, chronic sleep deprivation, neurosis, alcohol and even drug addiction.

Mental illnesses always have "roots" from which any disease progresses.

Psychotherapy, studying the state of a person, will help to find the true causes of fear and anxiety, which may include:

1. Specifically justified fears, such as anxiety before a significant event (wedding, exams, interview), loss of a loved one, fear of punishment;
2. Unresolved issue. Often people put off solving unpleasant problems until better times, wanting to delay the annoying moment. “Better times” still do not come, so the person decides to simply “forget” about the issue. This helps for a while, but after some time, incomprehensible disturbing impulses begin to come from the subconscious, indicating that something is going wrong, it becomes restless in the soul, fear and anxiety appear;
3. Misdemeanors from the past. Restless soul sometimes happens because of shameful misconduct committed even in the distant past. If the punishment did not overtake the guilty, after a while the conscience takes its toll and begins to give signals of alarm and fear;
4. Experienced emotional shock. Sometimes people during misfortune begin to dull their emotions, to deny the deplorable situation. There is a dissonance between consciousness and the unconscious - a person is convinced that everything is in order, but his internal blunted experiences and emotions indicate the opposite. It becomes restless in the soul, fear and anxiety appear;
5. Lingering conflict. A conflict that started but never ended often becomes the cause of unstable mental anxiety, anxiety and fear. A person will worry about possible unexpected attacks from an opponent, expect danger from everywhere, he will be restless in his soul, fear and constant anxiety appear;
6. Addiction to alcohol. As you know, alcohol disrupts the production of hormones of happiness - endorphins. A single use of alcohol entails several days of anxiety, fear. When drinking heavily, people often fall into depression, from which it is very difficult to get out;
7. endocrine disorders. A disorder in the work of the endocrine system causes a fan of various emotional outbursts, including fear and anxiety.

It is usually not difficult to spot signs of anxious behavior, but to understand the situation, it is still necessary to voice them:

• depressed mood, restless at heart;
• loss of interest in a favorite activity;
• migraine;
• insomnia;
• frequent heartbeat;
• trembling, fear;
• sharp physical activity;
• excessive sweating.

The result of inaction in such a situation is sometimes a prolonged depression, a deterioration in appearance (bags under the eyes, anorexia, hair loss).

We must not forget that anxiety, fear can be part of a more serious disease, which can only be detected through a complete examination in a medical institution.

Feeling how day by day you become more and more restless in your soul, you must immediately begin to take action. First, it is best to undergo a complete examination of the work of organisms in order to exclude the option of a restless state due to a disease. If no deviations in health are found, it is worth moving on to searching for the causes of fears that are at the subconscious level.

When people are restless at heart, they turn to a psychologist (not to be confused with a psychiatrist). A psychologist is not a doctor, he does not write prescriptions, he does not make a diagnosis. The field of activity of professional psychologists is stressful situations, constant fears, panic attacks, anxieties, problems in communication. The specialist is able to provide not only verbal support, but also real help.

The specialist will help to identify from the thoughts of a person automatically flying in the brain those that cause such a feeling as "restless in the soul." This gives a person the opportunity to look at the problem that has tormented him all the time from a different angle, analyze its meaning, change his mind about it. This procedure will relieve anxiety and fear.

At the first session of psychotherapy, a psychological diagnosis is made. As a result of it, the true causes of states of anxiety and fear should be found and a plan for treating the disorder should be drawn up. In the process of treatment, the specialist uses not only verbal methods of persuasion, but also pre-designed exercises. After doing the exercises, a person should acquire new, more adequate reactions to various kinds of stimuli.

To get rid of anxiety and fear, it is enough to make 6-20 visits to a psychologist. The number of necessary sessions is selected based on the stage of psychological disorder, the individual characteristics of the person.

Note! It has been proven that the first signs of improvement appear after 2-3 sessions.

Antidepressants, tranquilizers and antipsychotics can eliminate the symptoms, but not the cause of the restless state of mind. The drugs relieve all symptoms of anxiety and fear, restore normal sleep patterns. However, these drugs are not as harmless as they seem: they are persistently addictive, entail many unpleasant side effects, weight gain.

The effectiveness of the use of traditional medicine will also not be able to eliminate the true motives of hidden fears and anxieties. Folk remedies are not as effective as the above medications, but they are safer in terms of the onset of harmful consequences, relieve a restless state of mind.

Important! Before using any medication, you should consult with a specialist.

Psychological problems are directly related to the work of our body, all its systems in the complex. If some system fails, this fact is reflected in our mental state.

For successful recovery from a mental disorder, you need to follow a few simple rules:

1. Get enough sleep. It's no secret that healthy sleep for a person is 8 hours a day. During sleep, a person rests both mentally and physically. Problems that tormented you during the day, fear and anxiety can be unexpectedly resolved in a dream - a rested brain presents answers to questions that hovered during the day. Sleep directly affects the mood of a person, his appearance, health, tone;
2. Eat right. Avitaminosis, that is, insufficient intake of seasonal vitamins, negatively affects health, both physical and psychological. With problems associated with anxiety in the soul, special attention should be paid to products that promote the production of the hormone serotonin;
3. Be physically active. Regular performance of simple physical exercises will improve the metabolic process in the body, which is most closely related to the mental component of human health;
4. Breathe fresh air, walk for at least an hour a day;
5. Limit or completely avoid the use of alcoholic beverages, cigarettes and other substances that cause unhealthy mental activity. As mentioned earlier, the substances contained in them have a depressing effect on the psyche, causing anxiety and fear.

The following tips will help you find peace in your soul, relieve fear and anxiety:

1. Treat other people with love and care. Try to drive out the accumulated fears, bitterness and resentment from the heart. Notice the positive qualities in people, treat them kindly. When you can establish relationships with people, unjustified fears of ridicule, envy, disrespect will disappear from your consciousness, a restless state of mind will pass;
2. Treat problems not as unbearable difficulties, but as an opportunity to once again prove yourself on the positive side;
3. Do not hold anger at people, be able to forgive the mistakes they have made. Peace of mind can be achieved by forgiving not only the people around you, but also yourself - you don’t need to reproach yourself for years for your mistakes or missed opportunities.
4. You can read a prayer when your soul is restless, turn to God;
5. Enjoy small pleasant things. Minor noticed things can maintain the mood and state of mind at the proper level, forget about anxiety and fear;
6. Set goals through the phrase "I want" and not through "I have to." Debt always causes unpleasant associations, as it is binding. “I want” is a goal, as a result of which you can get the desired reward.

Treatment of anxiety disorders with folk remedies should be carried out under the supervision of a neurologist. Anxiety disorders are understood as conditions accompanied by excessive excitability of the nervous system, unreasonable excitement and fear. Occur against the background of pathological processes occurring in the body, stress and recent severe illnesses. Psychiatrists often refer to these disorders as panic attacks. The main symptoms of a panic attack are dizziness, fear, pain in the abdomen and chest. A person is afraid of a possible catastrophe or death, it turns into an obsession. Treatment includes taking sedatives, talking with a psychologist and relaxing procedures.

What are anxiety disorders?

Anxiety disorders are understood as a series of malfunctions in the work of the nervous system, causing a feeling of unreasonable anxiety. The feeling of fear arises spontaneously, without any serious reasons. In this case, symptoms of diseases of the internal organs may appear. For example, the patient may feel cough, sore throat, abdominal pain.

The causes of these conditions have not yet been identified. Some doctors believe that anxiety disorders occur when the functions of parts of the brain are disturbed. Psychologists explain the occurrence of disorders by previous psycho-emotional shocks. Anxiety can occur in cases where a person has no idea about certain facts, which causes him unreasonable fear. Since a modern person is forced to accept and process a large amount of information, an anxiety disorder can visit each of us.

How to distinguish the natural feeling of fear, which helps a person to survive in dangerous situations, from unreasonable anxiety? First of all, you should know that a panic attack is not associated with a specific dangerous situation.

The reason for its occurrence is exaggerated or completely far-fetched. A non-existent situation arises in the patient's subconscious. Fear in this case torments the patient, exhausting him both morally and physically.

A natural feeling of fear always arises when a person is in danger. It does not affect the physical condition of a person. When the dangerous situation is eliminated, the anxiety disappears by itself. Fear of situations that, according to the patient, will certainly arise in his life, is the main symptom of anxiety disorders. A person becomes irritable, tearful, his mood constantly changes. Over time, respiratory failure, insomnia, impaired attention and memory, and decreased intelligence appear. Constant stress does not allow you to relax.

Very often, anxiety disorders are accompanied by pain in the lower back and neck, nausea and diarrhea. Since these symptoms occur with many somatic pathologies, the patient may be misdiagnosed. Treatment in such cases does not work, and the patient seeks help from another specialist. But he just needs to visit a neurologist.

Anxiety disorders often occur in conjunction with phobias. The most common of them are:

• nosophobia - fear of incurable diseases, such as malignant tumors;
• agoraphobia - fear of open spaces and crowds;
• social phobia - fear of speaking in front of the public, eating in public places, communicating with strangers;
• claustrophobia - fear of tight spaces;
• fear of insects, animals, etc.

Pathological fear paralyzes a person, completely changing his behavior. Another symptom of anxiety is obsessive-compulsive disorder, in which ideas arise that cause a person to repeatedly perform the same actions. For example, if a person has a fear of germs, he constantly washes his hands. During an attack of panic attacks, the patient's heart rate increases, there is a fear of death.

Anxiety disorders in children are consequences of phobias. Children suffering from phobias become withdrawn, avoid communication with peers. They feel safe only with their parents. Such a child has low self-esteem, experiences an unreasonable sense of guilt.

When a person is in danger, it is normal to feel fear and anxiety. After all, in this way our body is preparing to act more efficiently - "fight or run away."

But unfortunately, some people tend to experience anxiety either too often or too much. It also happens that manifestations of anxiety and fear appear for no particular reason or for a trifling reason. When anxiety interferes with a normal life, the person is considered to be suffering from an anxiety disorder.

Symptoms of Anxiety Disorders

According to annual statistics, 15-17% of the adult population suffers from some form of anxiety disorder. The most common symptoms are:

Cause of anxiety and fear

Everyday events are often associated with stress. Even seemingly mundane things like standing in a car during rush hour, celebrating a birthday, running out of money, living in cramped quarters, being overwhelmed at work, or having family conflicts are all stressful. And we are not talking about wars, accidents or diseases.

In order to cope with a stressful situation more effectively, the brain gives a command to our sympathetic nervous system (see figure). It puts the body in a state of excitement, causes the adrenal glands to release the hormone cortisol (and others), increases the heart rate and causes a number of other changes that we experience as fear or anxiety. This, let's say - "ancient", animal reaction, helped our ancestors to survive in difficult conditions.

When the danger has passed, the parasympathetic nervous system is activated. It normalizes the heart rhythm and other processes, bringing the body to a state of rest.

Normally, these two systems balance each other.

Now imagine that for some reason a failure has occurred. (Detailed analysis of typical causes is presented).

And the sympathetic nervous system begins to get excited, reacting with a feeling of anxiety and fear to such meager stimuli that other people do not even notice ...

People then experience fear and anxiety with or without cause. Sometimes their condition is constant and enduring anxiety. Sometimes they feel agitated or impatient, impaired concentration, problems with sleep.

If such symptoms of anxiety persist long enough, then, according to the DSM-IV, the doctor can make a diagnosis of " generalized anxiety disorder».

Or another kind of "failure" - when the sympathetic nervous system hyperactivates the body for no particular reason, not constantly and weakly, but in strong bursts. Then they talk about panic attacks and, accordingly, panic disorder. We have written quite a bit about this variety of phobic anxiety disorders elsewhere.

About treating anxiety with medication

Probably, after reading the text above, you will think: well, if my nervous system has been unbalanced, then it needs to be brought back to normal. I'll take a proper pill and everything will be fine! Fortunately, the modern pharmaceutical industry offers a huge selection of products.

Some of the anti-anxiety drugs are the typical "fuflomycins" that have not even passed normal clinical trials. If someone is helped, then due to the mechanisms of self-hypnosis.

Others - yes, really relieve anxiety. True, not always, not completely and temporarily. We mean serious tranquilizers, in particular, the benzodiazepine series. For example, such as diazepam, gidazepam, xanax.

However, their use is potentially dangerous. First, when people stop taking these medications, the anxiety usually returns. Secondly, these drugs cause a real physical dependence. Thirdly, such a crude way of influencing the brain cannot remain without consequences. Drowsiness, problems with concentration and memory, and depression are common side effects of anxiety medications.

And yet ... How to treat fear and anxiety?

We believe that an effective, and at the same time, gentle for the body way of treating increased anxiety is psychotherapy.

That's just not outdated conversational methods, like psychoanalysis, existential therapy or gestalt. Control studies indicate that these types of psychotherapy give very modest results. And that, at best.

What a difference modern psychotherapeutic methods: EMDR-therapy, cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy, hypnosis, short-term strategic psychotherapy! They can be used to solve many therapeutic problems, for example, to change inadequate attitudes that underlie anxiety. Or teaching clients to “control themselves” in a stressful situation more effectively.

The complex application of these methods in anxiety neurosis is more effective than drug treatment. Judge for yourself:

the probability of a successful result is about 87%! This figure is not only the result of our observations. There are many clinical trials confirming the effectiveness of psychotherapy.

a noticeable improvement in the condition after 2-3 sessions.

short term. In other words, you do not need to go to a psychologist for years, usually 6 to 20 sessions are required. It depends on the degree of neglect of the disorder, as well as other individual characteristics of the person who applied.

How is fear and anxiety treated?

Psychological diagnostics- the main goal of the first meeting of the client and the psychotherapist (sometimes two). Deep psychodiagnostics is what further treatment is based on. Therefore, it must be as accurate as possible, otherwise nothing will work. Here is a checklist for a good diagnosis:

found the real, underlying causes of anxiety;

a clear and rational plan for the treatment of anxiety disorder;

the client fully understands the mechanisms of psychotherapeutic procedures (this alone gives relief, because the end of all suffering is visible!);

you feel sincere interest and care for you (in general, we believe that this condition should be present in the service sector everywhere).

Effective treatment, in our opinion, this is when:

scientifically proven and clinically tested methods of psychotherapy are applied;

the work takes place, if possible, without medication, which means that there are no side effects, no contraindications for pregnant and lactating mothers;

the techniques used by the psychologist are safe for the psyche, the patient is reliably protected from repeated psychotrauma (and we are sometimes approached by “victims” of amateurs of all stripes);

the therapist promotes the autonomy and confidence of the client rather than making them dependent on the therapist.

Sustainable result This is the result of intense collaboration between the client and the therapist. Our statistics show that on average 14-16 meetings are needed for this. Sometimes there are people who achieve excellent results in 6-8 meetings. In especially neglected cases, even 20 sessions are not enough. What do we mean by “quality” result?

Sustained psychotherapeutic effect, no relapses. So that it doesn’t turn out the way it often happens when treating anxiety disorders with drugs: you stop taking them - fear and other symptoms return.

There are no residual effects. Let's go back to medication. As a rule, people taking medications still feel anxiety, albeit through a kind of “veil”. From such a "smoldering" state, a fire can flare up. It shouldn't be like that.

A person is reliably protected from possible stresses in the future, which (theoretically) can provoke the appearance of anxiety symptoms. That is, he is trained in self-regulation methods, has high stress tolerance, and is able to properly take care of himself in difficult situations.