Anxiety, The Prognosis And Prevention
The prognosis of anxiety depends on the person’s age, sex, general health, faith and religion, living situation, social support network, and responses to anti-anxiety medications and forms of therapy. Your doctors have to distinguish among the different anxiety disorders to get an accurate and better treatment and a better prognosis.
There are precautions that you can take to prevent anxiety attacks. You need to avoid caffeine because it can keep you in a tense and excited condition. Some of the foods that have caffeine in are coffee, tea, chocolate, and many soft drinks. Another precaution is not to smoke or use smokeless products, because these stimulate your body’s processes physically and psychologically because it causes your blood vessels constrict and forces your heart to work much harder.
Cognitive-behavioral therapy can also help eliminate your symptoms of anxiety and panic attacks. In order the prevent anxiety you have to be aware of your life’s stresses and know your ability to cope with them which can be very difficult in stressful and busy times. You have to develop ways that you personally can learn to cope with life’s stresses such as exercise, meditation, deep breathing and relaxation exercises, visualization, develop and learn skills in dealing with difficult people and situations, and/or take more classes in parenting skills to help you deal with your children with less stress.
Anger that is not dealt with properly and is held inside the person can be a underlying cause of anxiety. This anger would be an emotion that has stemmed from frustration, hurt, disappointment, or of being annoyed, but if it isn’t dealt with immediately it can mushroom inside and cause problems. So as a preventative measure to avoid anxiety attacks, you need to learn how to deal with your anger and solve those problems before they take hold of your life and anxiety attacks arise.
The main prevention method is taking care of your body physically. It would include of regular exercise, health care maintenance, and diet, which is the largest factor. Some of the greatest factors that contribute to anxiety are caffeine, stimulants, lack of exercise and lack of rest.
Most people can prevent anxiety disorders if they get the proper treatment in the early stages or if they can get treatment soon after a trauma has occurred. The delay in treatment, plus the lack of knowledge about anxiety are what lead to developing an anxiety disorder.
