What is high anxiety? Any solution besides going for treatment?
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Anxiety is a reaction to stress. An anxiety disorder ( high anxiety)is very different. These disorders fill people's lives with overwhelming anxiety and fear. Unlike the relatively mild, brief anxiety caused by a stressful event such as a business presentation or a first date, anxiety disorders are chronic, relentless, and can progressively grow worse if not treated. \n\nAnxiety disorders affect about 19 million people as we speak. Like many mental illnesses, anxiety can be treated. See a doctor or mental health professional for any concerns. \n\nThis can lead to suicidal thoughts or worse if not treated.
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Yoga would help, like the others said, but if this tension/anxiety is interfering with your life in a negative manner then you need medical/psychological help. It's possible you're suffering from a generalized anxiety disorder.  You should talk to your doctor (doesn't have to be a mental health professional, your regular family  physician can help and prescribe the medication, if needed) -- they can advise you whether or not this tension is "normal" or extreme.  I think you should try other things before resorting to medication, though, so see if the yoga helps, meditate, listen to soothing music, take warm baths and try drinking some hot green tea.  If it's possible, just pamper yourself and see if any of this helps.  Good luck.
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Anxiety is one of the underlying reasons for high blood pressure.No it can't permanently rise your blood pressure, but by a slow process unconsiously.  \n\nTest Yourself :\n--------------\nHigh blood pressure is therefore never diagnosed on just one or even a few readings. To confer a diagnosis of high blood pressure, persistently elevated readings has to be recorded at different times of the day, on \ndifferent days and in different circumstances. The blood pressure tends to be lower in the evening for example, than it is in the morning and after exercise.High blood pressure increases your risk of damage to the blood vessels, heart and kidneys. You might like to investigate the possibilty of buying a do-it-yourself electronic blood pressure machine, which you can obtain from high street chemists,\nand which are accurate and eminently portable. If you confirm persistently high blood pressure readings, you should be treated.\n\nInitial tests from your doctor should include analysis of your urine and a blood test for kidney function, glucose level, blood fats and electrolytes (minerals in the blood). An electrocardiogram would also be useful as an additional assessment of any organ damage. \n\nWhat if all the test are NORMAL :\n---------------------------------\nIf all tests are normal, and there is no underlying cause of your blood pressure, a beta-blocker type of medication would be ideal for you in view of your anxiety. A beta-blocker such as propranolol is effective in reducing blood pressure and at the same time would reduce any physical manifestations of anxiety such as sweaty palms, nausea, fast pulse and palpitations without causing sedation and \ntiredness like other forms of treatment for anxiety.\nOther types of anti-hypertensive treatments include diuretics, ACE inhibitors such as captopril and others which you should discuss in some detail with your own doctor before making any choice about any on-going therapy.\nFinally, don't let your high blood pressure become another cause of anxiety for you. It is eminently treatable and after a conversation with your own doctor you may find that some lifestyle changes alone might do the trick without recourse to therapy at all.\n\n\nNew Guidelines for Blood Pressure are:\n--------------------------------------\n\nSystolic Diastolic\n< 120 < 80 optimal\n120-129 80-84 normal\n130-139 84-89 high normal , note systolic 120-139 and diastolic 80-89 are also considered prehypertensive , a reading of 115/75 are now considered optimal or the new normal.\n\nMild hypertension = 140-159 systolic 90-99 diastolic\nModerate hypertension= 160-179 systolic 100-109 diastolic\nSevere hypertension= 180 and above systolic 110 and above diastolic.\n\nIf you are concerned with your readings consult with your doctor. As I understand it for mild hypertension weight loss, diet and exercise are usually the first measures taken, if that doesn't work then usually drug treatment is started. I am not a doctor but I understand treatment is usually recommended now if your B/P is consistently above 135/85.
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You may have a more serious anxiety problem. Speak to your doctor about it.
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The key to getting rid of this anxiety is doing something you love to do and that easily passes time. An example of something you might do to relieve your stress is exercise (lift weights, run, etc.).\n\nGood Luck!
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Counselling would also be of benefit to you. A therapist will help you to figure out what thought patterns or other triggers cause the anxiety in your life and provide you with the necessary mental tools to combat that anxiety.\n\nIt's a longterm treatment, but what you can apply those techniques you learn in therapy to all of your life for the rest of your life.\n\nOr find a support group. Contact your local Alliance for the Mentally Ill office. They are a wonderful resourse.\n\nwww.nami.org
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I am exactly the same. I don't think there is a cure, though. We just have to control ourselves from inside. Try deep breathing and talk to yourself. Tell yourself its OK and its just nerves. \nIt might help you. It helps me at times.
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You have a fairly common anxiety disorder that is beginning to generalize to other aspects of your life. The optimal treatment for panic disorder and specific phobias is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). You need to find a psychologist who specializes in CBT. The outcome of this therapy has been demonstrated to be superior to all other treatments, including medication. NIMH even list CBT as the primary treatment option for your problems over medication. When you look for a psychologist you want to find one who graduated from an APA accredited program. If you can see one with a Ph.D. or Psy.D. even better. You should expect therapy will last 5 to 20 sessions depending on the severity of your problems. I've treated this problem many times with patients and they typically find complete remission of their symptoms by session 10 and then I help them learn relaxation exercises for 2 to 3 sessions. You'll learn that anxiety typically is an adaptive emotion that helps people respond appropriately to stressors; however, in the case of panic and phobias, something has gone wrong and you have to re-learn how to react to anxiety symptoms in an adaptive, non-distressing manner. After therapy 80 to 90% of people's anxiety problems don't return--ever!! Or if they do they have the skills to easily control them. CBT is a highly effect therapy.
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Hello there! I know how you feel as I have a fiancee with same problem. However, he is on therapy for something much worse so he also treated social anxiety....for a bit.....but i read a lot about it to be able to understand him and help him....all I can say now he is back to his university :), he is so much better!!! Definitly if you can, go to therapy it really helps, and you have to keep yourself in contact with social events so you don't get rasty too much :) as fear tends to grow in our minds for the things we are afraid of, and we are afraid of the things we don't know. So force yourself into it, and you will see after some time you will have more confidence, and you will see that it's not so scary as it seemed. In my "research" to help my fiancee I found this site that could be of a great help to you as well. It's a forum where you can chat with people with same problems as yours, just to know you are not alone...maybe you find out much more about your fear through them and their posts. www.socialanxietysupport.com\nGood luck!
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Homeopathic Treatment can help you overcome your disorder.\nPlease Feel free to contact me if really need help.
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Find a good therapist.  A psychologist would be a good person to talk to.  Check with your insurance provider to see whick doctors they'll take and start calling those doctors.  His issue might not be anger, but a manifestation of anxiety.
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Tell your doctor. You may be experiencing low-grade anxiety.
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Talk to a psychaitrist.You are probably stressed out and when it gets to this point, you need help.Try to talk, maybe counseling sessions.If that dosent help, they have medications that may help you calm down some.But you should try to talk first and get things off your chest before resulting to meds.
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Hi, I know all too well about anxiety. I have generalized anxiety disorder, which means I am always on edge and find it very hard to relax and am always tense. I do take medication for this and it helps. There are different types of anxiety and everyone experiences some at one point in there life. Panic attacks(anxiety attacks) which are linked to anxiety, is having "a fight or flight" feeling, you may get a fast heartrate, sweat, feel disoriented, confused. etc. Adrenaline gets into your body and at times you may feel like "your dying", it is a very unpleasant feeling, however, there is medication like SSRI's (the newer anti depressants, and "nerve pills", which calm you down), though these medications should be prescribed my a reputable doctor and taken exactly as prescribed, also exercise helps a lot.\nHope this helps.
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forget medication, they treat the symptom not the problem ... the best thing to do is learn relaxation techniques and put them to use if an attack comes on
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Your symptoms and your prior diagnoses seem indicative of chronic panic attacks. Do you suddenly get nervous almost jumpy, begin sweating, have shortness of breath and what can only be described as chest pains when these attacks happen? If so, I would probably have to go with my first assessment. You may want to see your doctor and let him know of all of these symptoms (should they apply to you). He can then prescribe an anti-anxiety medication such as valium, xanax, buspar, etc. Do you have any idea what causes them? Have you suffered a traumatic experience in the past that could have been the basis for this? What generally trigger's this? Sometimes simple panic attacks happen as we remember or are exposed to a situation that is similar to a negative/traumatic experience in ones past. Also, panic attacks and some fears stem from the unknown. Have you heard of the phrase, "What you don't know won't hurt you?" This doesn't apply to people who suffer from panic attacks. The best way to combat this is to research what it is that scares you and trigger's these symptoms. To understand ones problem is to put oneself at ease. Try not to read too much into a situation as this will just increase your anxiety and make it worse. Have you heard of the K.I.S.S. Principle? It stands for Keep It Simple Stupid/Silly. The last "S" is part of the original phrase as Silly is a new variation. Don't take it personally. Anyways, life is already complicated enough without having our own fears and anxieties flare up and make life worse. Try to get to the bottom of this as it can be a learned behavior as a way to compensate for traumatic experiences in your past. I hope that I have been of some help to you in this endeavor. Good Luck to you!\n\nps: Anxiety will increase ones blood pressure and the lack of help and confusion will eventually fuel your anger making things worse. Keep calm as you don't want to give yourself a stroke as it could happen when left unchecked. \n\n\npps: That reminds me, also see your doctor about a blood pressure medication and to also recommend a good therapist as it will provide you with an outlet for your stress. Don't be worried about shame or stigma as over 50% of all Americans suffer from one kind of mental illness or another (no matter how mild of how bad it could be). You are in the majority in this respect. Remember, there is no shame in wanting to get better.\n\nppps: The stress that you are undergoing will lead to a build up of stomach acids which will create heartburn and if left unchecked GERD and/or esophageal varices (an ulcer in the esophagus where it meets your stomach opening), and eventually a gastric ulcer. Eat a lil something low in salt, sugar, fat and acid. This will allow the excess acids to work on the food and not your insides. BTW, sugary, salty and fatty foods will also elevate stomach acids. On a holistic note: I read that the drinking of certain types (not any and all) of vinegar will help to neutralize stomach acids. This makes sense as vinegar is an alkali and will neutralize acid. In any case, always consult your doctor before taking anything to help ease your problems as there may be an allergic or adverse reaction that you don't want to find out about the hard way.
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I had anxiety problems once in awhile and I just told a doctor. He gave me medication for any time the feeling accured. I also learned that when I had anxiety attacks, which wasnt often, to breathe in a paper bag for awhile. The carbon dioxide you breathe in, with less oxyagen in you system calms you down. Hope I helped you out. advise, see a doctor for sure.