How Anxiety Disorder Is Treated And Its Complications Of Treatment
If there is no physical illness found, you may be referred to a mental health professional. They are trained to diagnose and treat these mental illnesses. Treatment usually consists of both medication and cognitive-behavioral therapy. Since anxiety disorder is a "behavioral" condition, it can only be treated successfully by behavioral techniques. Conventional anxiety disorder treatments focus on a combination of "talking therapies" and drug therapy. The treatment has to treat the root of the cause because treating the symptoms is not enough to remove it. The root cause is the way the Amygdala, or small organ in the brain, has become re-set to a higher level of anxiety than normal and the treatment has to addressing this is the only way to get back to normal.
There are medications that are available to treat those with anxiety that the anxiety interferes with their daily functions. The class of drugs that is usually used to treat anxiety is called Benzodiazepines or tranquilizers. These help you to feel calm and relaxed and work to reduce the symptoms of anxiety like restlessness and muscle tension. These medications include Xanax, Librium, Valium and Ativan. BuSpar is used to treat chronic anxiety and works by affecting the activity of neurotransmitters, including serotonin. BuSpar doesn’t cause sleepiness or cause dependency. Paxil and Effexor are also used to treat anxiety. The doctor will have to try a few different drugs and doses in order to find the best dosage and medication to treat your anxiety. Be patient with your physician because it can take time to get the desired results from the treatments so do not give up or switch to a different anxiety treatment. Do not stop your anxiety medications without seeking the opinion of your physician because most of the medications have to be tapered off slowly in order not to affect your body in a negative way.
People that suffer from anxiety usually participate in cognitive-behavioral therapy which you learn to recognize and change thought patterns and behaviors that lead to those troublesome feelings. This kind of treatment helps changed distorted thinking by looking at worries more realistically. In addition, relaxation techniques, like biofeedback and deep breathing, can help the muscle tension that often goes along with anxiety.
There are complications with the treatments of anxiety. You can become dependent on the anti- depressants and anti-anxiety medications, benzodiazepines. There are other side effects of these medications also, such as, sleepiness and sexual problems.
