How to Treat Anxiety Symptoms

Constant absurd worry, or fear, about your health or finances that gets in the way of your life can be treated. Making symptoms easier to handle improves a patient's ability to work on the cause. Five steps can relieve the excessive physical arousal and thought disturbances that patients experience.

Things You'll Need

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Instructions

Symptom Treatment Steps

• 1

  Learn coping mechanisms for your life. Improve your physical health by exercising, eating healthy and getting good rest until you are comfortable in life. Limit drinking sodas or coffees, or eating treats, that contain caffeine. Consuming small amounts of caffeinated food and beverage will not have a noticeable effect. If you use prescription medicine, do so only as recommended, and moderately. Learn relaxation exercises, and do them daily with deep breathing.

• 2

  Ask family members to provide a realistic view on your concerns. Talk to family members about the facts in your life that concern you. Then, ask them to tell you their thoughtful opinion on how serious it is. Take time to consider their opinion, and think about how realistic your concerns are.

• 3

  With the aid of family members, develop structured activities and problem solving skills that make your relationships better. Put the plan for social activities on a calendar. Sticking to a good plan for social activities keeps you involved and in touch with the people who can be a comforting support instead of a source of concern. Good problem solving skills for living keep problems to a minimum.

• 4

  If you believe you need help to manage the stressful symptoms, engage in psychotherapy for tension and poor concentration with a psychologist. The psychologist guides you through deep psychological relaxation exercises to relieve stress and fatigue. They teach you your heart pulse and rhythm, thought patterns and breathing cycle with a procedure called biofeedback to make you aware enough to control them with your mind.

• 5

  If symptoms do not subside to a level you can handle, ask a doctor or psychiatrist to prescribe benzodiazepines for pharmacotherapy. The doctor prescribes regular doses to calm excessive vigilance and relieve muscle tension and other physical symptoms. A prescription could last six months to a year.