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ANXIETY AND ARGENTUM

By Dr. Vikas Sharma MD 6 Comments

MY friends call me a scary little bird. They think I live in a world full of fear, irrational impulses and a forsaken feeling. I am always in a state of worry. The question “what if?” constantly nags me. What if my car breaks down? What if I get late for my exam? Frankly, I suffer from a severe anticipation anxiety – a meeting with my boss gives palpitations, trembling, a cramping pain in the abdomen and at times a strong urge to pass stool. Avoiding crowded places, parties, narrow streets and alleys have become a compulsion; looking down even from the second floor sends shivers down the spine. Acrophobia (fear of heights) – that’s what I believe it is called. To tell you the truth, I am an agitated Argentum Mind. Oops! Forgot to mention an important symptom…. I am very forgetful.

Remedies, as we homoeopaths learn to realise, step forth as personalities. They haunt us in buses and queues, and confront us in our patients. They become creatures of temperaments – mental and physical. They have likes and dislikes, cravings and aversions. Sensitiveness to meteoric conditions as well as to human interaction and environment are well known. We realise their terrors, real or imaginary; their strange obsessions! And in a measure as this is so. We are able to apply them with success for the relief of persons of such idiosyncrasies and distress. Argentum Nitricum (silver nitrate)leads the homoeopathic table for treating what is called generalised anxiety disorder or anxiety neurosis. No other medicine in homoeopathy covers so strongly the symptoms of anxiety disorder.

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Treating Phobias With Homeopathy

By Dr. Vikas Sharma MD 35 Comments

will it be beyond belief if someone told you that he or she feared his or her own voice? More astonishing, if a homoeopath had a specific medicine for this symptom listed in his book! Along with 400 different fears with near specific remedies, you will find this symptom in the Complete Repertory. Unquestionably, the instance exemplifies homeopathy’s perception or understanding of the intricacies of the mind. More common fears are social phobia, agoraphobia (fear of open spaces or crowds), claustrophobia (fear of closed places) and acrophobias (fear of heights). Social phobia, also called social anxiety disorder, involves overwhelming anxiety and excessive self-consciousness in everyday social situations.

People with social phobia have a persistent, intense and chronic fear of being watched and judged by others and being embarrassed or humiliated by their own actions. The fear may be so severe that it may interfere with work or school, and other ordinary activities. Many people with social phobia recognise that their phobia is an exaggeration. But they may be unable to overcome it. They often worry for days or weeks in advance about a dreaded situation. Argentum Nitricum, Lyssin and Gelsemium lead the homeopathic table in treating social and agorabhobias.

Claustrophobic individuals are fearful of closed and narrow spaces, making themselves unfit for travelling in tunnels and lifts and working in basements. Homoeopathic medicines, Lycopodium and Pulsatilla, are asked for treating this situation.

Life can be very distressing for people suffering from acrophobia (fear of heights). It can be seen in Alfred Hitchcock’s classic “Vertigo’. Poor Madeliene! For sure, a dose of Argentum Nitricum would have changed the course of the story – yes, perhaps!

Treating phobias requires a deep insight into the case; do consult your homoeopath before using any of these medicinesprofile pic

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