| Natural treatments for anxiety such as | | | | meditation founded in the 1950s by Maharishi |
| meditation and hypnotherapy are gaining in | | | | Mahesh Yogi, mental activity is slowed while |
| popularity amongst sufferers of common stress | | | | alertness and clarity remain. Actual |
| as well as more serious anxiety disorders. | | | | physiological changes include slowing of the |
| | | | metabolic rate, increased cerebral blood flow |
| While drugs and supplements can promise some | | | | and changes in muscle resistance. |
| effectiveness in treating anxiety, holistic | | | | |
| methods can help you to make an overall | | | | The changes are a direct reaction to |
| reduction in stress through long-term | | | | physiological changes induced by heightened |
| lifestyle changes. | | | | and continued stress. After Transcendental |
| | | | Meditation, the patient reports feeling |
| Even for those severely stricken with | | | | relaxed, happy and better able to function |
| anxiety, remedies such as Xanax and Buspar | | | | both personally and professionally. |
| are meant to treat the symptoms of anxiety, | | | | |
| not address the root causes. Xanax and other | | | | Hypnotherapy is another natural treatment for |
| anti anxiety treatments can also have serious | | | | anxiety that is increasingly beginning to be |
| side effects including hallucinations, | | | | accepted as valid in the medical community. |
| rashes, mouth sores, yellowing of the skin, | | | | Through guided imagery and positive |
| dry mouth and headache. In addition, anti | | | | associations, the patient works with the |
| stress medication can cause serious addiction | | | | hypnotist to recognize underlying triggers |
| and withdrawal symptoms if the dosage is | | | | and causes behind anxiety-ridden behavior. |
| decreased suddenly. | | | | Hypnotherapy has also showed promising |
| | | | success in treating addictive behaviors such |
| Various natural supplements such as ginseng | | | | as drinking, overeating, smoking and drug |
| and valerian have been used successfully as | | | | use. What makes hypnotherapy so effective is |
| anxiety treatments. For example, ginseng has | | | | that it cuts directly to the unconscious |
| been shown to have positive effects on | | | | mind, where fears and phobias are housed. |
| anxiety, in addition to cardiovascular | | | | There are also physiological effects which |
| health, menopause, physical endurance and | | | | occur during hypnotherapy (lessening of the |
| diabetes. However, once the substance is no | | | | heart rate, reduction of the stress inducing |
| longer ingested, the beneficial effects | | | | hormone cortisol etc.) which lessen overall |
| slowly dissipate. Like prescription drugs, | | | | anxiety and stress. |
| natural supplements fail to address | | | | |
| underlying triggers behind anxiety and | | | | Drugs and supplements can be an instant fix |
| stress. | | | | for anxiety and stress and do promise a |
| | | | certain amount of effectiveness and relief. |
| It is interesting to note that doctors are | | | | In fact, doctors may prescribe medication as |
| increasingly turning to natural treatments | | | | a means of getting some of the more immediate |
| for anxiety, in addition to more traditional | | | | symptoms under control. However, if you are |
| methods. Studies are beginning to show the | | | | suffering from an anxiety disorder or a |
| physiological effects which occur in the body | | | | heightened stress level, be sure to inquire |
| during holistic practices such as meditation | | | | about natural treatments for anxiety such as |
| and hypnotherapy. For example, during | | | | meditation and hypnotherapy. |
| Transcendental Meditation, a style of | | | | |