I have high blood pressure and sometimes have trouble falling asleep and I have problems dealing with stress and anxiety. Can anyone give me any tips?

Thanks!

Chosen Answer:

Below are some proven methods you can use to reduce or eliminate anxiety:

a) Meditation is proven to help reduce anxiety and is also not difficult to learn. 10 minutes a day is all that is required to help calm your mind

b) Self Hypnosis: You should buy a good book on this and learn self hypnosis

c) Repeating Positive Affirmations: The best time to do this is at night before bed or in the morning when you wake up. About 7 to 8 minutes is all you need.

d) Try to learn the root cause of your anxiety. For example I use to be scared of the dark, and learned I was accidentally locked in a dark basement as a child. As soon as I learned this my fear of the dark immediately went away.
by:
on: 16th December 11

I get anxiety sometimes and when im nervous I tense up. but afterwards it feels like some is punching my collarbones? Does anyone else do this? is this normal?

Chosen Answer:

It’s normal.You must learn to control yourself and trust yourself 100%.
There is no 100% cure to this and only you can achieve it.
You can try asking some experts and tell them your story.
I found the best at http://firstaidblog.net/anxietyexpert.html and they are live all the time.
You should check them out
by: Roxanne B
on: 20th September 10

I don’t think my anxiety is that bad.If I calm myself a little bit,I turn out fine.
When I have an anxiety attack,I get extremely nervous with a racing heart.
How do I calm myself?

Chosen Answer:

A therapist would call this “grounding techniques”
What is involved is to access one or more of your 5 basic senses – focusing on it – until the danger is passed. This is a way to re-direct your mind on purpose, and to avoid feeling the negative feelings.

Single focus example –
For a person who becomes easily upset, purpose to carry a smooth rock in your pocket. At a time of stress this person would hold and rub the rock, blocking out all other thoughts, concentrating on the shape and feel of the rock in their pocket.

Multi-focus example –
Recognizing negative or upsetting thoughts, purpose to access each of the 5 senses. Look in your immediate area for:
5 colors
4 sounds
3 different textures to touch
2 smells
1 change the taste in your mouth – gum, candy, etc mint works well here
by: Hope
on: 31st May 11

I’ve had an anxiety disorder for as long as I can remember. But it is gradually getting worse, to the point where the simplest things will cause me to have a panic attack. It’s taking over my life. Every therapist I’ve ever tried seeing has always just given me prescription after prescription. I want to know if any of you have this problem- if so, how do you deal with it? How do you calm yourself down? How do you cope with it?

Chosen Answer:

Ive had an anxiety disorder for a while as well, and I deal with it without prescription drugs.

Basically, to deal with my panic attacks and general anxiety I will do one of 3 things.

1. If possible, I will take some time to sit alone and meditate, it really helps to clear your mind. I cannot suggest this technique more – it takes a while to get to the point where you can meditate easily, but it works better than any medication I’ve ever taken.

2. Write/Talk out my fears at that time. I will write down or say out loud what is causing my anxiety, and the more I read or say them, the stupider they seem.

3. Talk to someone about it. In the past I used to talk to my therapist about my issues, and it did really help, but now that I don’t have health insurance, I talk to my girlfriend about it, and it really helps me out.

I hope these techniques can help you, they really help me.

I really dislike prescriptions and medications in general, I believe they cause more problems than they fix.
by: googlegot
on: 1st November 09

I am without health insurance, and suffer from moderate anxiety/depression (diagnosed by my doctor) and am looking for information on herbal or natural remedies to help calm my anxiety. I have tried st. johns wart more than once, and didn’t notice any difference, and I am looking for other herbs and such that might help, preferably with knowledge from experience.

Chosen Answer:

1) Wild Kratom (strongest and best, guaranteed to work for EVERYONE)

2) Kava-Kava (works for most, not for everyone and NO it is NOT toxic, that study was debunked and Kava is now approved by the FDA)

3) St John’s Worth (works for few, not for most)

4) Salvia (works for everyone, except it’s very tricky, as at higher doses it can cause hallucinations for up to 10 mins)

5) Marijuana (only resort to it if it’s legal in your State)
by:
on: 30th May 09

Is there a way to naturally reduce anxiety in my dog, Wasabe? He has been very upsetting moving to a new house. I really want to help him calm down without drugs. I have some wolfsbane capsules that I’ve been taking to help me get pregnant. I’ve read online that wolfsbane can be used to treat anxiety and depression. Would it be alright to give him one of these capsules or is wolfsbane toxic to dogs? I feel so sorry for the poor boy!

Chosen Answer:

Wolfsbane or monks hood is quite toxic to everything when used in the wrong dose. Back in the day it was used to kill wolves hence the name wolfsbane. There are several homeopathic medications for dogs available. I would not use wolfsbane
by: Lacey UD, RE
on: 15th December 10