Anxiety Treatment With Drugs
Anxiety Do you often find yourself stressed out because of
certain misfortunes of the past or uncertainty of future? How
frequently do you feel a pang of an unpleasant emotion in
anticipation of some ill- defined calamity? If very often it is
time for you to realize that you are suffering from some anxiety
disorder that causes innumerable psychological and physical
tribulations.
How to get help? Once diagnosed, anxiety can be treated fairly
fast. There are many ways of treating anxiety. * Since anxiety a
psychologically originated disease, at the primary stage it can
be treated through counseling provided by, psychologists, social
workers, and counselors. However these counselors should have
specialized in behavior therapy or cognitive development or in
any such related area. * Anxiety can be cured by cured by
prescribed medications. Psychiatrists or physicians usually
prescribe anti depressants or anti anxiety drugs that help
during the advanced stages of anxiety. * Other ways of treatment
are group therapies or combination of all the above. This would
mean psychologists and counselors work closely with the
physicians and psychiatrists and help the patients.
Anxiety drugs: While focusing on the second method of treatment,
namely intake of prescribed drugs, we must realize certain
important facts about drugs prescription. * The physician begins
by giving low dose of the drug at first however gradually
increases it. * These drugs have side effects; however the body
gets accustomed to them over the passage of time. * The dosage
is tapered slowly once the doctor feels that the patient is
nearing normal state.
Some anxiety drugs: Some of the anxiety drugs are given below. *
Doxepin : is a common drug with regular side effect incase of
over dosage. Common side effects like nausea and vomiting *
Clomipramine: over dosage can toxicity to the individual. *
Amoxipine: it comes along with the general instructions of how
to use the drugs and the common side effects. * Ziprasidone: is
another kind to monitor anxious behavior. * Moclobemide: this is
taken to regulate the mental functioning. Anxiety Pills
Severe anxiety is unfortunately one item among the unwanted
stuff. The more one tries to forget an experience that caused
fear or severe discomfort, the stronger the memory of it
becomes. When people suffer from recurring panic attacks or from
a specific phobia such as that of height, bridges or highways,
they usually don't think of a specific memory or thought as the
real culprit behind their predicament, but there often is one
Anxiety and pills: Anxiety is more of a mental and psychological
condition which many people feel cannot be cured (like physical
ailments) using medicines. But the reality is the fact that
anxiety can be controlled using drugs called "tranquilizers"
whose basic aim is to relive stress and make the patient feel
better and more positive about life. Also known as "chill pills"
some drugs can really help the patients a lot. Anticonvulsants
like Neurontin and Gabitril for anxiety. Seroquel, which works
on schizophrenia and manic depression, also seems to control
anxiety and stabilize sleep patterns in low doses. There was a
study in which one group of dental-phobic patients was given
Geodon, an anti-psychotic, and another group was given Valium
before a dental visit. Geodon was just as effective as Valium,
but without the sedative effect.
The most popular of these tranquilizers is Valium, which doctors
have long prescribed to relieve symptoms of anxiety. The drug is
also used to lessen the anxiety, agitation and tremors that
occur during alcohol withdrawal. The results of one study
conducted in 1993 showed that valerian and hops are calming to
the central nervous system and reduce depression and anxiety. In
fact, the herbs were reported to work faster than the
prescription drugs. Hops and valerian worked in only two weeks,
as opposed to a longer period required for conventional drugs.
The herbs also caused far fewer side effects.
Anxiety pills and their future: The chemical cousin to
Neurontin, Pregabalin, is an anticonvulsant that's in trials.
It's also being looked at for social-phobia anxiety disorders.
There's another type of drug in development that works on
regulating the pathway of the stress hormone cortisol directly.
But that's down the line. Anxiety and non- prescribed remedies:
Too many people self-medicate their anxiety with alcohol or
marijuana. While those options might bring acute relief, later
on they can lead to a worsening of anxiety symptoms. So,
unfortunately, they represent a bad pharmacological choice.
Why take drugs? Drugs help a great deal to overcome that
problems arising out of anxiety. Following are some of the
reasons why drugs are advisable. * They help to reduce extreme
sadness. * They reduce lack of interest in life. * They help to
treat obsessive-compulsive disorder. * They also cure the pain
arising out of problems like approaching menopause etc
Thus, prescription drugs are advisable; however one must be
aware of its side effects, the most vital of which is addiction.