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- These are several types of anxiety including panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, specific phobias, and generalised anxiety.
- Anxiety is a normal human emotion.Many people feel anxious or nervous,when faced with problem at work, before taking a testor making an important decission.Anxiety disorders are different.They can cause such distress that it interferes with a person"s ability to lead a normal life.
- According to ayurveda it comes under MANASICA ROGA.In this condition both body dosas like vata,pitta,kapha & manasika dosas like rajas,tamas are involved.mainly this condition is due to vitiation of prana vata and manasica rogas ( rajas & tamas)
- Stress: is the root cause of various physical ailments and mental illness. Stress is a term that refers to the physical, mental and emotional strains or tensions on a person.
CAUSES:-
- Toxic waste products in the environment.
- Personality, behaviour and lifestyle of an individual.
- Emotions such as aggression,impatience,anger,anxiety and fear all of which kindle the body’s stress responses.
- Eating unhealthy food,smoking,alcohol intake .
- Internal emotional conflict.
- Mental stress causes the number of psychosomatic disorder like Hypertension, migraine, severe headache.
Primary Psychological conditions caused purely by mental disorders are:-
- Kama(lust)
- Krodha(anger)
- Lobh(greed)
- Moha(delusion)
- Irshya(jealousy)
- Mana(pride)
- Madha(euphoris)
- Shoka(sorrow)
- Chinta(anxiety)
- Udvega(neurosis)
- Bhaya(fear)
- Harsha(happiness)
Psychiatric conditions caused by the Psycho-physical combination:-
- Unmada(psychosis)
- Apasmara(convulsive disorder)
- Apatanaka(hysteria)
- Atattvabhinvesha(obsession)
- Bhrama(illusion,vertigo)
- Tandra(drowsiness)
- Klama(neurasthenia)
- Mada-murcha-sanyasa(loss of sensory perception leading to coma)
- Madatyaya(alcoholism)
- Gadodvega(hypochondriasis)
SIGNS OF MENTAL HEALTH:-
- Good memory
- Taking right food at right time
- Awareness of one’s responsibilities
- Awareness of self and beyond self
- Maintaining cleanliness and hygiene
- Doing things with enthusiasm
- Cleverness and discrimination
- Being brave
- Perseverance
- Maintaining cheerfulness irrespective of the situation
- Fearlessness in facing situation
- Sharp intellectual functioning
- Self sufficiency
- Following goo value system
- Ability to proceed steadfastly against all odds
SYMPTOMS:
- Feeling of panic,fear,and uneasiness
- Problems in sleeping
- Cold or sweaty hands and/or feets
- Short ness of breath
- Heartpalpitations
- An inability to be still & calm
- Dry mouth
- Numbness or tingling in the hands or feet
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Treatment Case Study
- Age:30yrs Gender:F
- C/O Panic attacks since 10years.
- She came here with severe panic attacks,could not sleep properly,could not concentrate on her work becauseof panic attacks.
- she felt very tired, she was getting severe head aches also.
- she was under anti anxietymedicines for many years.she does not want to continue the medicines,so she came here.
- Lot of counselling was required in this case along with the life style modificationsnad diet changes.She was
- put under the therapies for 14 sessions along with the ayurvedic medicines.After the 7days of therapy.
- shewas better,she got panic attacks only once or twice in 7 days,her sleep also increased,gradually her conditionhas increased following further course of therapy.
- after completion of the therapies no panic attacks,sleep increased,energy levelsalso increased.
- Asked her to follow same diet, life style and medication for another 2 to 3 months.
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