| Here is the good news about anxiety | | | | techniques, doctors will sometimes recommend |
| disorders: They are treatable. There are a | | | | prescription medication for anxiety -- most |
| variety of treatments for anxiety, including | | | | often benzodiazepines like Xanax. These |
| behavioral therapy, cognitive-behavioral | | | | medications should not be taken for more than |
| therapy, relaxation techniques and | | | | a few months at a time and should not be |
| medication. But the question more and more | | | | relied upon as a permanent treatment option. |
| patients are posing to their doctors is: Is | | | | They can be highly addictive and can also |
| prescription medication the best treatment | | | | produce disturbing side effects, which makes |
| option? Anxiety is | | | | many examine them closely before agreeing to |
| complicated to diagnose because it is often | | | | try them. |
| found to be a symptom of other medical | | | | |
| conditions or a side effect of other | | | | In many cases, anxiety can be treated without |
| behaviors. For example, some people react to | | | | any medication at all. In cases where |
| too much caffeine by exhibiting symptoms of | | | | medication is recommended, there are also |
| anxiety disorders, including, occasionally, | | | | natural treatment options for those who are |
| panic attacks. Other conditions that can be | | | | reluctant to begin a regimen that includes |
| accompanied by anxiety are hypoglycemia, | | | | prescription medications. If you decide to |
| hyperthyroid, insomnia, premenstrual syndrome | | | | pursue this route to anxiety relief, look for |
| and, most often, depression. | | | | remedies that include ingredients like |
| | | | passion flower, which is also used to |
| When a patient who is suffering from | | | | alleviate hypertension, insomnia and nervous |
| depression is also suffering from anxiety | | | | tension. Other effective ingredients are |
| disorder, doctors can often see it as a good | | | | lavender, which is one of the most popular |
| sign. In general, it means that the person | | | | panic attack treatments, and lemon balm, a |
| has not accepted or given in to their | | | | natural anxiety treatment that also serves as |
| depressed condition, and is anxious about it. | | | | a general tonic for the nervous system. |
| To alleviate the anxiety, doctors can | | | | |
| recommend different types of therapy, each of | | | | Whichever methods you employ, remember that |
| which can work equally well. Most doctors | | | | there are many effective methods of treatment |
| recommend cognitive-behavioral therapy, which | | | | for anxiety and depression, and that patience |
| helps the patient first to identify the cause | | | | and persistence will eventually lead you the |
| of his anxiety, talks him through it, and | | | | healthy option that is best for you. |
| then slowly and carefully exposes him to | | | | |
| situations which make him feel anxious and | | | | Webmaster: You are authorized to reprint this |
| teaches him how to cope. | | | | article providing the author bio/resource box |
| | | | is left completely in tact - including all |
| In addition to therapy and learned relaxation | | | | hyperlinks. |