Agoraphobia Questions

It depends on many factors - duration of illness, past treatment history, family history, severity of illness, it's effects on life and required response. Based on all these factor one can decide the treatment which may be psychotherapy or medication or both together.

Agoraphobia can be effectively helped by seeking session from a clinical psychologist. We use two methods in these cases. Systematic desentisitation where we expose person slowing to these places first with pictures, then with videos, then at the actual place. Along this relaxation therapy is taught. The person is taught how to feel relaxed in these situations - the body finally gets accustomed and results are seen. This takes between 5-6sessions. Another new and effective method is Cognitive Dr...more

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Agoraphobia treatment usually includes both psychotherapy and medication. It may take some time, but treatment can help you get better.
Psychotherapy
Also known as talk therapy or psychological counseling, psychotherapy involves working with a therapist to reduce your anxiety symptoms. Cognitive behavioral therapy is one of the most effective forms of psychotherapy for anxiety disorders, including agoraphobia.
Generally a short-term treatment, cognitive behavioral therapy focu...more

Hello, Lybrate user,
Under agoraphobia one becomes panic to visit crowd, certain place, to use public transportation. Owing to fear and anxiety.
This is a sort of social anxiety, can be taken care of by homoeopath, well with a little change in life style.
Most of d. Cases r influenced with stress & anxiety.
Please, carry on d under noted norms to check your problem
- *.Tk, plenty of water ,free from contaminants to eliminate toxins, regulate metabolism to preventing constipat...more

Don't rely on lonazep on longer run. You might require ssri s consult with a psychiatrist and take. Continue with cbt, hope the person giving cbt is well trained.

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One best thing is do yoga, walking and along with start doing Pranayama.
Take off the negative feeding to your mind. Fill up with positive thoughts
Take online consultation appointment. I could try help you out.

The remedy and treatment for your problem is Psychological counselling and psychotherapy with Autosuggestion new technique by online.

Exposure therapy helps you. You have to keep saying to yourself that you will come out of this problem. If you decide, then it becomes easy for you. In this therapy, you should start going out to places which you fear directly and face the consequence. Or take someone with you and go the places . First day just go near that place, next go a bit forward, third day some more distance. In the same continue till you come out of that fear. You can and you will definitely overcome fear.

Hi,
Can totally understand your situation, how scary it would be. While, medication part is to be dealt by a psychiatrist I can tell you its psychosocial management being a psychologist. You need a detailed analysis and plan to over come agoraphobia for which you can consult me.
As for now Learning more about agoraphobia and its association with panic disorder and panic attacks may help you control your symptoms better.
For example, there are techniques you can use during a panic att...more

A panic attack is a sudden episode of intense fear that triggers severe physical reactions when there is no real danger or apparent cause. Panic attacks can be very frightening. When panic attacks occur, you might think you're losing control, having a heart attack or even dying.
Many people have just one or two panic attacks in their lifetimes, and the problem goes away, perhaps when a stressful situation ends. But if you've had recurrent, unexpected panic attacks and spent long periods in c...more