Anti Anxiety Medications

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Anxiety, panic and stress can all add up to make for a very difficult life. More than ever before people are stressed to their breaking points. The economy has slowed to a crawl, jobs are hard to find and let’s not even begin talking about parenting issues. Combine all of the above with drugs, crime rates and natural disasters and it is little wonder that panic attacks and anxiety disorders are on the rise! Luckily, there are more than a few ways to address this issue including anti anxiety medications.

Benzodiazepines are the most commonly prescribed anti anxiety medications, especially for extreme cases of panic or anxiety disorders. For milder anxiety, your doctor might want to try anti-depressants first, because of the addictive nature of tranquilizers. The most prescribed Benzodiazepines are:

• Xanax
• Klonopin
• Valium
• Ativan

These drugs are so commonly used because of the quick results they offer. Most of the time these anti anxiety medications will work in a manner of minutes to calm a patient down and relieve the symptoms of a panic attack. However, as with any strong medication there are bound to be side effects.

Side Effects of Tranquilizers

Tranquilizers are so effective because they slow down brain activity, as you might imagine this can bring up several side effects. The most often reported effects of Benzodiazepines are:

• Slow reflexes
• Drowsiness
• Trouble speaking
• Disorientation
• Depression
• Memory loss
• Blurred or double vision
• Impaired thinking

These are not the only effects tranquilizers can have on people. In some individuals, there is what is called a paradoxical effect. In other words, the drug has the opposite result, what is supposed to calm instead excites and in rare extreme cases, a patient may even experience rage, mania, hallucinations, or aggression. When you first anti anxiety medications of this caliber it is a good idea to be closely monitored by a health professional.

Anti-Depressants

Doctors are becoming more inclined to prescribe anti-depressants for anxiety disorders instead of tranquilizers due to dependency and other issues. The biggest problem with using these medications as anti anxiety medications is the fact that they take 4-6 weeks to become effective. This means they will never be able to be used on an as needed basis. If you were to wait until you felt the first signs of a panic attack to take these medications you would not get any relief.

Commonly prescribed anti-depressants:

• Bus prone
• fluoxetine (Prozac)
• paroxetine (Paxil)
• sertraline (Zoloft) c
• Citalopram (Celexa)
• fluvoxamine (Luvox)
• escitalopram

Conclusion

No matter which anti anxiety medications you and your doctor decide on the important thing is that you seek help. Untreated anxiety or panic disorders can escalate and can affect other family members. Current studies suggest that children who have a parent with anxiety are seven times more likely to experience panic disorders.

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