"It requires a great deal of inexperience to be beyond the reach of anxiety". (anon)
This is the age of anxiety! Seventy percent of citizen today are stressed out from overload - working harder for the same pay, juggling family and work, and worrying about money. As well, some citizen have Anxiety disorders such as panic, phobias, obsessions and compulsions - illnesses in which anxiety comes from within. To sacrifice stress and anxiety effectively we need to understand our symptoms and emotions, worry accurately, learn coping strategies, and find support. But there must be an easier way - what about 'nerve pills'?
Benzodiazepine Withdrawal
A tranquillizer can calm racing minds, slow pounding hearts, ease tight breathing, relax tight, painful muscles and help us sleep. The Benzodiazepines, such as 'Xanax' (alprazolam - short-acting) or 'Rivotril' (clonazepam - longer acting) can help in dealing with major life stresses especially if taken at night when anxiety symptoms such as insomnia interfere significantly with work or caring for a child.
But taking more than just occasional doses can cause problems. Tranquillizers have potentially hazardous side effects along with reduced mental alertness, concentration and memory, as well as corporeal unsteadiness. Driving may come to be dangerous, they may precipitate a depression and react badly with alcohol. Regular use can lead to tolerance and addition doses - citizen in abusive situations or who have problems with alcohol or other drugs seem to be especially at risk for this. Tranquillizers must be stopped gradually, or you risk hazardous seclusion symptoms, along with seizures. In most stressful situations, it would be best to experience and express our emotions rather than just numbing them, and apply the power of anxiety to looking healthier ways to come to be equal to the stress.
Anxiety disorders such as generalized anxiety, panic, phobias, obsessions and compulsions, have much more severe symptoms and anti-anxiety medications may be invaluable in allowing us to function, at least in the early stages. But in the long run it's best to literal, any basic biochemical imbalance using antidepressant drugs such as 'Paxil' or 'Zoloft'. These damp down immoderate or obsessional worry without making you dopey, sacrifice the frequency and severity of panic attacks and treat the depression which is often part of mood disorders. Knowing you can operate your anxiety improves motivation to find more long lasting success through self-management. However, a few citizen need to take medication indefinitely just to function adequately, and they shouldn't feel any more guilty about it then a someone with diabetes taking insulin.
Anxiety disorders can start young - many students quit high school because of a phobia about communal speaking. If we started teaching about anxiety and coping skills early, maybe we could sacrifice the rates of serious anxiety disorders and alcohol and drug abuse.
Tranquilizers in effect help in disabling anxiety, but using drugs (or alcohol) to cope the coarse stresses of modern life is hazardous - like painting over a rust spot on your car without removing the rust. If you do take tranquilizers, work intimately with your doctor, aiming to slowly sacrifice the dose while studying efficient coping techniques. Ask your doctor about cognitive-behavioural therapy, anxiety programs, and reserve groups. Yoga, relaxation, some herbal remedies and acupuncture can also be helpful. Read books and learn from others who have recovered, because with knowledge, skills, reserve and persistence, the battle against anxiety can be won!
Stress And Anxiety - Do You Need 'Nerve Pills'?