Anxiety Attacks Questions

Accept that it is going to be difficult and you will not come out of it in an overnight - depression & anxiety are very poorly researched areas in the field of medicine. There is no definitive cure to this illness. Apart from that, depression is under-estimated. You will usually find people telling you to "not be depressed" or "ease down a bit" or "stay happy" when in reality it is very difficult, or rather, impossible to "not be depressed" or "to ease down" or "be happy" there is a very little ...more

Dear lybrate-user,
you have expressed your feelings nicely. Still you may not be satisfied, if your family has not understood the disorder. Please take your family to the psychiatrist or psychiatric social worker along with you for the next consultation. She/he will educate your family about major depressive disorder that is a brain chemical disorder. It has to be treated with a chemical called as antidepressant. Even if they understand your feelings, they may try to help you in other ways (...more

Ativan (lorazepam) is often used to treat insomnia and anxiety disorder for short term. There are usually other safer drugs which are started along with lorazepam who takes at least a week to show its effect and thereafter lorazepam is usually tapered off and stopped. Taking lorazepam for longer duration, especially without a clinician's advise, will make you dependent on same, after which it becomes really tough to stop/quit same. So it's in your best interest if you visit a psychiatrist to con...more

Hello
you please undergo an evaluation. It is not necessary to be a panic disorder.
How ever be relaxed. Do some breathing exercises, distract yourself to activities, talk to people around. Eat adequate food and sleep well. But need a direct consult or a video consult at the earliest.
Take care.

Dear Lybrate user,with medication meet some psychotherapist and take cognitive behavior therapy to strengthen your emotional well-being.As soon as you will be confident,u will be alright and then Psychiarist will reduce the dose and you will be happy and healthy again. For the time being you can start taking beatroot and cucumber salad with some lemon,it will help you. Use morning sunlight and deep breathing in the morning to heal your body with oxygen.But do it daily.Your condition will definit...more

Dear Lybrate user
it is recommended to visit a child or developmental psychologist. Your child is small and at such tender age using play-way therapy will bring wonderful results. You may also talk to school counsellor and get help on this matter. Please don't worry, after pandemic many children are facing similar issues. You may request the school authorities that they allow you to sit at school for few hours and slowly slowly you may stop doing the same. Or they may allow your child to att...more

Hi Monika

There are lots of children with similar problems. This is post COVID, post online phenomena.
Dont make the thing worse with too much of treatments.
Need to be patient enough bring him back.
Take him to school and allow to play in school after discussing with teachers and school authorities.
Also provide counselling to get him cope with the school situation.
parents should not get disturbed at the behaviour of the child.
No need of long term medication f...more

Better skip to Hypnotheraphy and take ayurvedic medicine which give good result to you.I If you are interested you may take Hypnotheraphy from me at free of cost Best wishes.

Dear lybrate-user, it is good that you are following your doctor's instructions. But in addition to that, I would like to know if you are aware of your disorder other than just anxiety. Along with a doctor's prescription kabir please take the help of a counselor who can help you in dealing with your thoughts and behavior. you are being treated for a serious condition that will take a long time to recover. The medication seems fine but you need intense therapy for a long time. Your cooperation is...more

Dear lybrate-user,
whenever a medical/dental problem comes up, the anxiety seems to worsen. Let these problems get treated soon. If not, your psychiatrist will adjust the doses of tablets.