| Most people know what anxiety is and will suffer at | | | | disorder may be deficient in such vitamins as the B |
| some point in their lives. It's natural to be anxious, for | | | | vitamins or minerals such as calcium and magnesium. |
| example, before giving a speech, taking a test, and so | | | | The vitamins and minerals are necessary for good |
| on. However, some people will experience anxiety for | | | | health anyway, and if you are low in them, you could |
| no reason, or they will experience anxiety that is out of | | | | be worsening your anxiety disorder. |
| proportion to the event at hand. For these people, | | | | Once you've begun to address the symptoms with |
| anxiety can begin to affect the quality of their lives. | | | | supplementation so that you feel better, you will have |
| These people may have what is known as anxiety | | | | the time and energy to begin to focus on why the |
| disorder. | | | | anxiety has occurred in the first place and change the |
| What is anxiety disorder, and how do you treat it? | | | | behaviors associated with it. For example, if you are |
| Anxiety disorder can be something known as | | | | under stress because of your job or for any other |
| "generalized anxiety disorder," where the disorder does | | | | reason, one of the best ways to relieve stress is to |
| not have a specific focus and instead is pervasive and | | | | eat a proper diet (also ties in with getting proper |
| continual. This type of anxiety becomes a way of life | | | | nutrition so that you don't lack in vitamins and minerals |
| for people who suffer from it, and it affects how they | | | | that may contribute to an overall sense of well-being), |
| live, negatively. | | | | to get enough sleep, and perhaps most significantly, to |
| Anxiety disorder usually is present to at least some | | | | exercise. Exercise is not only good for you, but it also |
| extent all the time for those who suffer from it. In | | | | helps you relieve stress and release endorphins, which |
| otherwise calm situations, for example, people will still | | | | are the body's own "feel-good" substances, similar to |
| experience some low-level uneasiness. In acute | | | | opiates but with none of the side effects. |
| situations, such as social interaction, people with anxiety | | | | In addition, if you suffer from anxiety disorder, it may |
| disorder can experience symptoms such as heart | | | | be true that you've begun to avoid situations you feel |
| palpitations, sweating, twitching, and hypervigilance | | | | cause physical symptoms such as sweating, |
| (paying inordinately close attention to the situation | | | | palpitations, and so on. Once you begin to address the |
| around you as though it's dangerous, even though it's | | | | physical symptoms through other remedies, you can |
| not). | | | | begin to re-challenge yourself (slowly) by exposing |
| Treating anxiety disorder is often done with drugs, true. | | | | yourself to those situations that brought anxiety |
| However, although these can ease the symptoms | | | | symptoms on for you. By re-challenging yourself with |
| over the short term, they do nothing to correct the | | | | situations that have provoked anxiety in the past |
| initial problem and can become addictive. Therefore, | | | | instead of avoiding them, you help dissipate your |
| the best way to handle anxiety disorder is without | | | | anxiety for good by realizing that you can indeed |
| drugs. | | | | handle these situations, and can be proud. |
| In lieu of drugs, some herbal remedies can be used to | | | | Of course, your anxiety may also have medical |
| that are not addictive and will help ease anxiety | | | | reasons, so you should get a thorough physical to |
| symptoms so as to begin to change your perceptions | | | | make sure you are in good health and that your |
| at their core through behavioral modification. | | | | anxiety has no underlying medical cause. That said, |
| Therefore, when treating anxiety disorders, some | | | | though, if you've done that and you still have anxiety |
| herbal remedies you may use and that you may find | | | | disorder, treating your anxiety disorder can be done |
| helpful include St. John's wort, valerian root, and kava | | | | without the use of drugs and instead through natural |
| kava. In addition, some people who suffer from anxiety | | | | means. Why not give it a try? |