Anxiety during perimenopause or menopause
Getting worried, stressed, anxious and tensed is a regular part of life and every individual tends to experience it every once in a while. However, if these symptoms occur too frequently with high intensity, last for a long time and tend to interfere with your everyday life, then there are chances that you have an anxiety disorder. Anxiety can become more troublesome during perimenopausal and menopausal times. One of the main contributors are the fluctuation of oestrogen and another key hormone, progesterone, in your body that can cause feelings of anxiety or sadness.
How can homeopathy help you fix it?
Homeopathic medicines are of great help in the treatment of anxiety, have no side effects, and work to strike out the root cause of anxiety. Homeopathic remedies are very beneficial in both inducing calmer feelings as well as improving the quality of life. What’s more, Homeopathic remedies for anxiety do not cause any psychological or physical dependency. Once the problem has been resolved, one can gradually stop the medication, or take it intermittently, if needed. Homeopathy also works especially well for chronic anxiety-related issues and can help resolve the problem for good.
Do conventional medicines for anxiety have side effects?
The most commonly prescribed medicines for anxiety are made of substances like benzodiazepines and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). These medications have shown side effects like low blood pressure, nausea, depression, lack of coordination, emotional dysfunction, memory loss, dizziness, weight loss and more. These drugs may also cause ‘paradoxical effects,’ where a person may suffer a worsening of the symptoms.
Homeopathic Remedies for Anxiety
There are many homeopathic remedies that can offer you relief from anxiety. In order to choose the right homeopathic remedy, it is to think about questions like; how long have you had it for? What's causing you to be anxious? How does it affect you in terms of what physical and general symptoms you are experiencing?
Aconite – Homeopathic Remedy For Menopause With Anxiety
Aconite is used to control and treat anxiety that occurs along with menopause. Women who are mentally and physically very anxious are treated well with this homeopathic remedy. Anxiety, along with excessive restlessness, a need to change position very often while sleeping, doing work in haste, and excessive thirst with a desire to drink cold water are some other symptoms that indicate the need for Aconite in case of menopause.
Lycopodium – Homeopathic Remedy For Menopause With Hairfall
Homeopathic medicine Lycopodium works well to treat cases of menopause where the affected woman is known to suffer from incidences of hair fall. Women who need Lycopodium often crave sweets and hot drinks excessively and tend to have a history of chronic gastric troubles.
Pulsatilla – Homeopathic Remedy For Menopause With Weeping
The woman needing this remedy will notice that her symptoms are changeable. Things shift and change and move around in her body. She is often anxious and pretty emotional. Weeping comes easily.
Calcarea Carb – Homeopathic Medicine for Anxiety with Fear of Misfortune
Calcarea Carb is for anxiety with fear of some impending misfortune where the person develops an intense fear of some terrible mishappening. Symptoms like palpitations, shuddering, and restlessness with anxiety, sweating and trembling, nausea and a fear of death and hopelessness indicate the need for this medicine. The anxiety tends to get worse at night.
Argentum Nitricum – Homeopathic Medicine For Anxiety from Anticipation
Argentum Nitricum is a natural medicine for anxiety that links with anticipation, also known as anticipatory anxiety. Anticipatory anxiety means anxiety from constant thoughts about events that are about to take place in the future. The person tends to think constantly about the event until the final day. Diarrhea may set in during the anxiety phase. Hurriedness and impatience, and weakness in the legs are other associated symptoms.
“It’s been an extremely stressful week, even though I NO LONGER feel anxious and stress. That seems like a step in the right direction.”
General Lifestyle and Self-help Tips to Manage Anxiety
* Taking a walk in nature regularly
* Doing regular exercises, implementing techniques like yoga and meditation to manage stress
* Ensuring adequate sleep
* Avoiding or minimising the use of alcohol
* Quitting smoking if you are habitual to it
* Increasing the intake of water, green vegetables, and fruits and minimise dairy and gluten
* Joining some anxiety support group
* Sharing your problems with a friend, family members or doctor and avoiding isolation
For a more long-term approach, it is best to consult with a professional homeopath to find an individual treatment plan for you, which we homeopaths called constitutional remedies.
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