Agoraphobia Questions

Dear lybrate user. I can understand. Agoraphobia treatment consists of cognitive behavioral therapy, life style changes, relaxation therapy and meditation. Once you learn how to manage your anxiety yourself with the help of the above treatment methods, you will be cured and you can stop the medicines if any. You are already under cbt treatment. Usually it takes 6 months to one year for a complete cure. The improvement purely depends on the efficacy of the cbt. Hope your cbt is good. Take care.

Hi Saood.. the best and permanent treatment of it is in homeopathy..
You may consult for the treatment as it may need to be taken at least for 6-8 months...

Dear Lybrate user. I can understand. Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by symptoms of anxiety in situations where the person perceives the environment to be unsafe with no easy. Agoraphobia can be diagnosed with the help of anxiety / phobia assessment tools. All these irrational fears can be cleared with the help of online counseling and CBT. Take care.

You need to consult a psychiatrist. You seem to have classical anxiety symptoms. Anxiety is due to altered serotonergic system in the brain, and can very well treated with medications, All the best.

Allopathy medicines will only do symptomatic relief work but not re obe the cause of the illness. Panic and anxiety occurs when people feel unsafe and threatened in social situations thus refusing to socialise. Counselling can help you by slowly empowering you to integrate back I to the society as this is a basic need for humans. The counsellor will help you to work through the outdated thoughts and beliefs which create the panic attack and replace them with more helpful and updated thoughts and...more

Add CBT to the medications, if CBT starts showing improvement the medications can be tapered by the psychiatrist. All the best.

Anxiety is the mind and body's reaction to stressful, unfamiliar situations. It's the sense of uneasiness, distress, or dread you feel before a significant event.Let's have a detailed discussion for better advice and healthy lifestyle.

It is curable to a good extent with medicines and counselling. You can talk in detail privately by asking private consultation.

Dear lybrate-user, welcome to lybrate. Agoraphobia is social anxiety disorder. Ayurvedic medicines are not effective enough for short term. Social anxiety disorder treatment consists of cognitive behavioral therapy, life style changes, relaxation therapy and meditation. Once you learn how to manage your anxiety yourself with the help of the above treatment methods, you will be cured and you can stop the medicines if any. The process could take some time according to the depth of the problem and ...more

Dear Lybrate User, Thank you for reaching out. If you feel anxiety and panic in social situations, here are a few things you can try to relax:
Look around you and identify:
-5 things you can see
-4 things you can feel
-3 things you can hear -2 things you can smell
-1 thing you can taste
This type of anxiety requires professional help and time in therapy. Please consult privately for further advice. Good Luck.