Archive for November, 2006

Natural Treatment of Anxiety

Tess November 20th, 2006

All of us have had our own share of anxious times. Be it a feeling of having butterflies in stomach before making an important presentation or increase in the heart rate before a difficult examination, there are numerous such instances in our everyday lives.

Some level of anxiety is healthy and it helps to provide a person with required motivation to accomplish a task. But, there are times when it becomes so severe that it begins to interrupt one�s daily life. Anxiety disorder may manifest in different forms and is generally characterized by an overwhelming feeling of worry and fear.

Adult ADD Homoeopathic Treatment and Principles

Tess November 20th, 2006

Founded by Samuel Hahnemann, in 1755, on the principle of “Similia Similibus Curentur” (Like Cures Like), the homoeopathic treatment regime is basically a holistic method of healing that seeks the help of healing properties of your own body. Homoeopathy focuses on the treatment of each patient as an individual addressing all expressions of a person, be it mental, emotional or physical. The best part of a homoeopathic treatment is that its remedies are gentle yet powerful and at the same time have minimal or no side effects.

Help For Concentration and Memory Problems

Tess November 16th, 2006

Use Brain Tonic regularly to:

* Ensure systemic balance of biochemic tissue salts in the body
* Optimize health at the cellular level
* Relieve symptoms of disease
* Restore health and vitality
* Safely treat a wide range of symptoms without side effects
* Optimize the therapeutic effects of other remedies by improving systemic functioning and metabolism

The ideal choice for people with concentration and memory difficulties

What are tissue salts?

Adult ADD and Anxiety: The Other Side of ADD

Tess November 16th, 2006

Most people with ADD suffer from anxiety too. In theory, if symptoms of adult attention deficit disorder are caused by anxiety, it need not be stipulated that the condition be classified as ADD. Actually there has not been enough research on ruling out anxiety.

Imagination plays havoc with a person’s brain, it is better to check out the facts rather than let your imagination run wild and lead yourself to anxiety. Better ways of getting over anxiety is by praying, meditating, humor, sharing worries with friends rather than rushing to medication.

All that you want to know about anxiety and depression during pregnancy

Tess November 14th, 2006

Even though pregnancy is supposed to be the happiest period in the life of a woman, a tenth of all women go through this phase facing some symptom of anxiety or depression. About 5 percent of women undergo major depression during pregnancy. Anxiety and depression during pregnancy is fairly normal and if you are going through this phase, you should know that a large number of women face similar thoughts and worries.

Signs of ADD and Depression in Adults

Tess November 14th, 2006

Adult Deficit Disorder, commonly called ADD is a developmental disorder manifested by the requirement of unsuitable levels of attention. Some people describe ADD as a profusion of attention as some people find it difficult to focus attention on one thing at a time especially when it appears meaningless and boring to them rather than a lack of attention.

Even though studies estimate that almost 3.5% of the population is affected by ADD, diagnoses of ADD is a controversial issue, since many experts believe it to be a psychological rather than a biological disorder.

Symptoms to watch out for - Diagnosing Adult ADD

Tess November 13th, 2006

The essence of the symptoms of adult attention deficit disorder is development of inappropriate levels of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. You cannot expect any laboratory or centers of image testing to indicate with reasonable reliability whether such symptoms are that of ADD or not. The only way a doctor can diagnose ADD is by eliminating other behavioral disorders. The most difficult part of this elimination is the similarity of symptoms of other disorders that co-exist or cause ADD like symptoms. As such, the specialists have to rely mostly on clinical judgment.

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) : Challenges Established Family Norms and Beliefs

Tess November 12th, 2006

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most common behavioral disorder of childhood. It is commonly estimates that from 3% to 6% of the child and adolescent population in the United States is diagnosed with ADHD. However, a recent report issued by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) suggest that ADHD may affect as many as 8% to 17% of America’s youth. The APA report indicating a greater public health threat than previously thought.

Homeopathic Medicine for Men

Tess November 12th, 2006

Prostatitis. Premature ejaculation. Arthritis. Erectile dysfunction. And gout. These are just a few of the extremely common conditions that are constantly presented to me by male clients, friends, and family members. Often, they consult me as a sort of “last resort.” I’m a homeopathic practitioner, after all, and many people in my world consider homeopathy to be an “alternative” medicine that is a little too “woo woo” to treat such “manly” disorders.

Parenting - not one of the causes of ADD

Tess November 12th, 2006

Even though a large proportion of children in the United States suffer from symptoms of ADD, scientists and doctors have yet to come up with conclusive causes for ADD. There was a time when people blamed parents for a child that exhibited signs of ADD since it was considered that the cause for ADD was poor upbringing. But further research has proven that the causes for ADD are more likely to be biological ones and are not related to parenting and rearing.

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