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torsdag 22 oktober 2009

Anxiety Medication

By Robert Hardy

Anxiety medicine administration ought to be done under close medical scrutiny at the doctor's recommendation. Anti-anxiety drugs or tranquilizers are not a treatment for the panic disorder in itself, but a mere way of coping with the very strong symptoms.

Mouth dryness, nausea and weight gain to depression with suicidal tendencies, hallucinations and other impairments of the central nervous system are some of the side effects of a number of anxiety medicine types. Among the most regular categories of anti-anxiety medication we ought to refer to the traditional benzodiazepines, the antidepressants and the beta-blockers.

Valium is an anxiety medicine that is well known and falls in the benzodiazepine class together with drugs like Xanax or Klonopin. Their key problem is the hazard of causing physical dependence within months if not weeks of meting out. Vigilance and a minimum usage period are the only way of staying on the safe side during administration. This danger of dependency is considerably lower with the use of an anxiety medication in the antidepressant category. Suicide, hostility and agitation are the hazard that antidepressants transport, often worsening the panic disorder.

An anxiety medicine from the set of the beta blockers that are normally used for the treatment of heart disease and hypertension could also be prescribed by the doctor. Their use for the handling of panic disorders is justified by their lessening of the stress hormone secretion that triggers the body's fight-or-flight response.

Many of the symptoms particular to panic attacks can be kept under control by means of such an anxiety medicine, yet, the most regular conditions treated like this incorporate social phobia cases as well as performance anxiety. Do not use beta-blockers or any other variety of medication lightly or without medical advice because of the threat of side effects.

The doctor who is familiar with the patient's condition and medical history as well should be in charge of the option of the anxiety medicine. To make sure that one does more good than bad, the pros and cons of drug usage have to be weighed very well.

A number of specialists will not even prescribe drugs but instead go for therapy as the top way to care for panic attacks and end the nasty circle of anxiety episodes. In fact psychotherapy represents the only way of curing this nervous health dilemma, given the drug efficiency on symptoms alone with no any further positive impact on the health condition.

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