All the Diverse Choices Of Anti Anxiety Medication

March 3rd, 2010 Posted in Anxiety and Depression

An intense panic attack is usually followed by the administration of anti anxiety medicaltion to prevent other similar episodes. However, tranquilizers represent just a temporary relief method that can only be used in perfect safety for a very short period of time, due to the high risk of side effects. Here are some of the unpleasant and sometimes paradoxical adverse reactions related with the administration of anti-anxiety medication in general. While the major benefit from their use is the state of calm and relaxation, sometimes drugs can relax you to the extent that you feel drowsy all the time.

Since anti-anxiety medication blocks the secretion or the release of certain chemicals at the level of the central nervous system, this may often result in a poor coordination, lack of energy and slow reflexes. Some people also complain about dizziness, confusion, disorientation and impaired thinking, not to mention the impossibility to drive or operate machines. The extensive use of anti-anxiety medication can also cause depression with or without suicidal feelings. Drugs do eliminate the anxiety discomfort, but they also make it impossible for the sufferer to experience pain or pleasure thus affecting the quality of life in very many ways.

Some reactions to anti-anxiety medication are truly paradoxical. For instance, the use of tranquilizers aims at inducing relaxation and calm, but an increase of the irritability and agitation level has sometimes been signaled out. Plus, mania, hostility and even rage have been noticed in some cases. The severest forms of side effects include hallucinations and aggressive behaviors, which, although rare, remain very dangerous. The majority of peculiar reactions to anti-anxiety drugs has been reported with children or the elderly, as well as with people that suffer from some developmental disabilities.

Therefore, the choice of the treatment to stop anxiety attacks requires utmost care and it usually involves the use of a complementary therapy rather than the administration of drugs. Anti-anxiety medication only reduces or stops the symptoms without improving the health condition in any way. The problem or the trigger that generates the panic attacks is still there, somehow camouflaged, and once you cease taking the medication, anxiety will be back all over again. Therefore, all the treatment efforts should be directed towards attacking anxiety and depression by proper diagnosis and identification of the causes behind the disorder.