Living With Anxiety
Anxiety and depression can impact our lives daily. Many who suffer from these two ailments express that anxiety does not allow them to experience their days with ease and confidence fully.
Some note that from the moment they wake up, they are flooded with debilitating thoughts that make them lose their drive to start the day. Others note that even small daily difficulties make them feel impaired, stuck, and angry. With our modern-day lives constantly filled with financial concerns, politics, and social media pressures, it’s no wonder our society ranks anxiety as their top medical concern.
Natural treatments for anxiety and depression:
Most patients see me for a natural treatment for anxiety and depression, as their doctors readily prescribe medication to deal with their issues. Common prescribed selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) like Prozac, Zoloft, Lexapro, and Paxil have left many patients dealing with more symptoms like headaches, dry mouth, nausea, insomnia, nervousness, and sexual dysfunction. Sometimes, medication does little to improve anxiety, and patients are told to “wait it out.” It’s no wonder people are searching for natural treatments for anxiety and depression, especially for those who are pregnant or breastfeeding. Depression and anxiety treatments without depending on lifelong prescription medications should be every patient’s goal.
How to cure anxiety and depression:
For most, the real struggle with curing anxiety is breaking away from daily habits and relationships that cause anxiety in the first place. An even bigger hurdle is that most patients don’t realize the source of their distress. This allows the distress to store itself within the body, causing numerous somatic responses like a racing heart, profuse sweating, lack of appetite, diarrhea, etc…Awareness here is key, and you can ask yourself questions such as:
What triggers lead me to feel anxious?
Who contributes to my anxious state?
What emotion is truly buried deep down in my depression?
What trauma lies deep within this pain?
What dream do I have that I am not living?
What love do I need that I am not receiving?
These questions are rarely given weight when speaking to conventional western physicians who rarely cure Depression and anxiety treatment without medication. Our goal is to help the patient both psych-emotionally and physically. Through the acupuncturists' extensive schooling and experience, we can access parts of the psyche that are in a protective hiding state, trapped within our bodies.
Acupuncture for Anxiety:
Acupuncture for anxiety focuses on finding the areas of the body that has trapped the distress, causing the somatic symptoms to run wild. This holistic treatment for anxiety allows the body to heal from within, allowing it to self-regulate and find its natural homeostasis. After locating the root cause of the anxiety, ultra-thin sterile needles are inserted into the body in tender and stagnant areas. These needles reach the fascia layer of the muscle, which regulates our parasympathetic and sympathetic autonomic nervous system facilitating internal regulation and repair. The true treatment for anxiety is within the self and very much within reach.