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Anti Anxiety Medications

June 21st, 2008 · No Comments

by Mike

Are you suffering from anxiety for long time? Is it making your daily activities difficult or impossible? Then you need anti anxiety medication.

If your anxiety level is mild to moderate, counseling and non-medication treatments can help you. But if your problem is sever or your diagnoses require medicine, anti anxiety medication is essential.

Many people benefit from the use of anti anxiety medication. Surely it backs you up and provides instant relief. But, it’s not a permanent cure. Ultimately you have to discover the underlying cause and unfulfilled needs. Only then, you can heal your anxiety completely for ever.

However, here are some most useful anti anxiety medications…

Azaspirones

You can use these drugs if you have Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). These medicines are very effective. They work gradually over 2 to 4 weeks. You won’t have any severe side effects such as sedation, memory and balance problems.

Benzodiazepines

These are excellent for GAD (Generalized Anxiety Disorder), social phobia and panic attacks. Benzodiazepines relieve you instantly, but you will experience some side effects. You will also become dependent. So don’t take them for long time.

Beta Blockers

You can successfully control heart pounding, sweating and shaking etc with Beta Blockers. Besides controlling your adrenaline flow, they also bring down your blood pressure. So consult your personal doctor now and then.

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs)

These are the widely used medicines now. They helps you with panic disorder, depression, OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) and other challenges. But you also have some common side-effects like nausea, sexual difficulties and nervousness.

MonoAmine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOIs)

These anti anxiety medicines treat both depression and anxiety. If other medicines don’t work, these MAOIs will help you. But they interfere with what you eat and other medicines too.

And finally, use these anti anxiety medications in combination with other therapies such as cognitive-behavioral therapy. Then you can root out the anxiety disorder.

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