New Year resolutions causing you anxiety?  Find the homeopathic remedy that works for you.

The expectations of modern living can leave most of us feeling pressured to live up to expectations, that may or may not be unrealistic.  At the start of every New Year it is culturally acceptable to lay out our goals in order to achieve personal or financial success.  Although most start out with enthusiasm and good intentions, the pressure to succeed can put too many strains on an individual that symptoms of anxiety can develop. 

Mild anxiety is often the body’s normal response to stress.  Where anxiety becomes an issue is when it starts to interfere with our daily life.  Common symptoms of anxiety include excessive, persistent and uncontrollable worry, and fear about everyday life.  It can come in waves, where there is an intensity of fear and panic, which can lead to panic attacks and rapid heartbeat.  What triggers anxiety is individual for every person, and that is why homeopathy can be a very helpful tool for supporting anxiety symptoms.

Homeopathy works by matching your mental, emotional and physical symptoms to a remedy that best matches you.  Remember homeopathy looks at the whole person and every individual will have a different remedy that works for them, despite having the same condition.  Some remedies that can really helpful in supporting anxiety symptoms include, aconite, argentum nit, arsenicum, calc carb, phosphorous, pulsatilla and sulphur.

ACONITE:  For anxiety symptoms where attacks come on suddenly and intensely.  There is a feeling of sudden death, with hyperventilation (with difficult breathing), palpitation, numbness and tingling in the extremities.  Feeling suddenly anxious in open and public spaces, combined with an intense restless feeling.

ARGENTUM NIT:  Feelings of fear and anxiety about upcoming events, crowded places, open spaces.  Anxious when thinking about disease.  Anxiety symptoms is felt in the abdomen and can have diarrhoea and/or spastic colon.

ARSENICUM:  Anxiety and fear about survival, particularly about finances and diseases like cancer.  Anxiety symptoms wakes you up at night after midnight.  Sleep is restless and often sleepless.  Anxiety symptoms are worse when alone.

CALC CARB:  People who feel anxious about their responsibilities, stresses of everyday life.  Anxious about future survival, their health, hearing about cruelties of the world and anxious about falling asleep.  Feel exhausted from the stress often on the verge of collapse, as pressure is too much to bear.

PHOSPHORUS:  Anxiety caused by too many thoughts and worries.  When anxious they need company and reassurance.  They feel scattered and out of control, imagine all kinds of problems and worry about unimportant trifles.

PULSATILLA:  Anxiety is felt when going to sleep.  Anxiety symptoms include palpitations, weepiness and feelings of loneliness with a strong need for company and security.

SULPHUR:  Anxiety felt worse for deadlines.  There are feelings of agitated frenzy, impatience and irritability.  There are feelings of heat, restlessness and insomnia.

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