We have talked such a lot about anxiety, its causes, and its triggers. However, do you know how it feels to be suffering from anxiety? Do you know what the symptoms you should watch out for are? An anxiety attacks often feels like a heart attack. You experience chest pain, shortness of breathing, head reeling and heart palpitations. You will also find that your mouth is dry, palms and feet are ice cold and often your hair stands up on end. The symptoms are severe and scary enough to motivate you to rush to the hospital; in most cases people think they are having a heart attack.

There are side effects. There is a downside involved in the treatment and cure of anxiety. However, complete cure is often a good possibility and suffering the side effects for a brief period well worth the trouble in the end. Normally doctors are very carefully about both the prescription of anti-anxiety medicines and the possibility of the surfacing of side effects. This is why most doctors would never prescribe any anti-depression or anxiety drugs over the phone as they feel that without a face-to-face evaluation it is impossible to judge correctly, how much and what is needed for best results.

Everybody would have a first-aid kit at home, which is meant for administering medical care until you reach a medical facility. Often, first aid is enough to reassure you and put you on your way to recovery. Similarly, if you were anxiety prone, it would make sense to have a self-help kit at your fingertips, which could help you manage your anxiety until you consult your doctor. This chapter will give you a few first aid techniques for anxiety, which could put you back on track every time anxiety threatens you.

I cannot emphasize enough the importance of positive thinking, positive energy and positive behavior. This is because being positive is the best vaccine against anxiety. It is only when you allow yourself to be overwhelmed by negativity that anxiety is able to get hold of you and harass you. As long as you are successful in keeping negative thoughts at bay, you would be anxiety free.  When you manage to do so, you would be as close as you would ever be to identifying a “cure” for anxiety.

We have seen that stress is at the root of all troubles, particularly in triggering anxiety and depression. The following quiz would help you find out whether stress has become part of your life style yet. Answer the quiz with ‘YES’ or ‘NO’.

Since anxiety attacks silently and stealthily, you need to ensure that you are able to recognize it early and you can assist the medical practitioner in the diagnosis. An early treatment and targeted action to eliminate stress from your life are the best remedies for anxiety.

Here is a quiz that would help you understand better what is going on with you when you are preyed upon by anxiety. All you need to do to find out whether or not you are suffering from anxiety is take these quizzes as truthfully as you can. At the same time, I like to underline here that this is by no means a medically prescribed method for diagnosis. These quizzes are meant to put you on the right track to (i) understand what happens when you suffer from anxiety, and (ii) recognize the symptoms so you could seek medical help at the earliest possible.

Do you know why many anxiety patients suffered long term panic attack and only able to control their condition with medication? When the person became rely on the medication to control their anxiety, they risk more severe anxiety attack as those treatment will only relief the sensation of the body but not the mind.

Long term or heavy dosage of most medication will have different level of side effects, that’s why many people turn their attention to herbal or natural treatment for anxiety. Using natural remedy is good, but will not have “instant effect” like medication, it takes time and effort to see result.

You would have definitely heard of yoga, which is one of the hot favorites in the USA today. The Western world is gradually looking into the secrets of youth and health that ancient civilization of the East followed. The Indian civilization is one of the oldest and extremely rich in scientific applications not only in medicine but also in engineering, physics, mathematics, astrology and astronomy among others.

These kind of exercise is not as common as Yoga, but the effect to relief the body and mind from anxiety are equally encouraging, but you need to do it consistently for at least 3 months to see greater results.

Taiji is a martial art developed around 200 years ago, the original form evolve from the Chen style Taiji and evolved into the modern Yang Style Taiji. The Chen style is martial art oriented, some of the move might not be suitable for treatment purpose. While Yang style is the modern popular Taiji that remove most fast and more extreme and high difficulty movement to suite the general public.

Doctors would usually prescribe therapy along with medication. The common medication for anxiety consists of benzodiazepines or benzos as they are otherwise known. You will find this medication under the trade name of Xanax, Niravam and Xanor - this is a short acting benzodiazepine. Because it is such excellent relaxant, the benzos (especially Xanax) is liable to be abused by teenagers who are out for a “going on a trip”.