Overcoming Anxiety and Dizziness in a Natural Manner

Here, you will obtain a better understanding of the link between anxiety and dizziness, as well as how to deal with them.

Anxiety is defined as a feeling of worry, nervousness or agitation. It is a mood condition / disorder associated with uneasiness, constant worry or fear that often occurs for unknown reasons. This can include nutritional deficiencies that directly or indirectly affect the mind, brain or nervous system.

It is separated from fear in that fear has to do with something you are facing, while anxiety is brought on by the unseen - something pending or that could or may not occur. In the world of psychiatry, it signifies a medical condition displaying extreme apprehension.

In a normal situation, anxiety is considered to be a natural reaction to stress. Under the right circumstances, it can help people to deal with troubling situations by preparing the body for survival. It is a natural healthy reaction, unless you are a person with anxiety disorder and it occurs randomly.

And it is when the anxiety becomes excessive that it falls out of the normal range into a classification known as anxiety disorder. The cause of anxiety is undetermined, but studies lean toward a link between anxiety and the brain of the sufferer having difficulty in the maintenance of chemical balances.

So, how are anxiety and dizziness connected?

Anxiety disorders are involved in some 60% of the chronic dizziness cases and affect approximately 20 million people beginning as early as childhood. Dizziness is a symptom of a greater problem, and not the disease. In the majority of cases of anxiety and dizziness, once the anxiety issues have been dealt with, symptoms including dizziness disappear.

Although an exact treatment is not always easy to determine, there are some natural steps an anxiety sufferer can take to help himself not only with the disorder, but with symptoms such as dizziness.

Medication, of course, is one way of dealing with the symptoms of anxiety and dizziness. These include anxiety-reducing drugs and anti-depressants, but should be used only to get a severe case under control, especially when the body has a built-in mechanism to heal itself.

Here are some possible natural remedies.

• Psychotherapy, which is a type of counseling, helps an anxiety sufferer, through the expertise of a professional, address the emotional aspects of his disorder.
  
  
• Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is another type of psychotherapy where an individual learns to recognize what is happening to such an extent that he can work through and change his thought patterns.
  
  
• Relaxation therapy, including such activities as deep breathing, meditation and yoga techniques.
  
  
• A lifestyle change deals with areas of the sufferer's life that add to the problems, such as smoking, drinking, lack of good sleep, overeating and inactivity. All of these lead to the inability to focus, or rather stay focused. Good lifestyle habits can help with preventing and treating both anxiety and dizziness.
  
  
• Diet is the fifth and most life-changing approach to a natural remedy for anxiety and dizziness.

  - Drink lots of water (8-12 glasses) which will help keep blood pressure stable and also help with dizziness.

  - Eat 5-6 small meals a day, thus stabilizing blood sugar throughout the day.

  - Increase carbohydrates and carbohydrate-rich meals to help serotonin levels in the brain, creating a calming effect, as does tryptophan in foods such as bananas, soy, oats, nuts, sesame seeds, poultry, cheese, and peanut butter.

  - Include vitamins A, B complex, C, and E for various antioxidants which help in the reduction of anxiety and dizziness.

  - Choose foods like peas, beans, tomatoes, citrus, poultry / fish, whole grains, nuts, cabbage, berries and lettuces.

  - Do not forget the multivitamin / mineral tablets for supplementation. A whole food supplement is preferable.

  - Eat foods in a whole, natural manner (or lightly steamed) whenever possible.

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