Doctor’s Corner:
Anxiety/Stress
Details
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
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.