| Why could I possibly say that? Isn't taking medication a | | | | situations. If you would change that, you would be able |
| good thing? | | | | to feel different about the same social situations. |
| Taking medication for treating social anxiety can be a | | | | If your brain does not operate in a different way and if |
| good thing and a bad thing. In the long run, it is seldom a | | | | you stop taking medication, it will soon get back to the |
| good thing. | | | | familiar and old way of working. In other words, after |
| Here are the reasons why you need to forget taking | | | | you stop taking medication you will begin to react in the |
| medication and start taking responsibility and action | | | | same way in social situations. |
| towards a free anxiety life. | | | | 3. They have a host of unpleasant side effects. |
| 1. Medications don't bring long term results. | | | | Each anti anxiety medication has its own side effects. |
| Medication alone can not work long term because it | | | | People may react differently to anti anxiety medication |
| works in one of the following 2 ways:a) It slows your | | | | but most people out there feel negative effects due to |
| brain activity. As a result, you begin to feel more | | | | taking anti anxiety medication. |
| asleep. You lack energy.b) It tries to change the brain's | | | | Some of the possible side effects include: lack of |
| chemistry. Their assumption is that if you change the | | | | energy, diarrhea, constipation, headaches etc. |
| brain chemistry, the anxiety will cease to exist. This is | | | | In conclusion, if you want to get well quickly you need |
| true but only for a while. This is why you need to keep | | | | to change the way you look at the social situations |
| taking more and more medication. And after your brain | | | | and at yourself. Take the shortcut which is to start |
| figures out that if you don't take medication you feel | | | | changing your mind. The problem comes from how |
| anxiety, then it becomes addicted to taking medication. | | | | your mind works. Solve this simple problem and you |
| 2. They don't teach your brain anything. | | | | will soon solve a lifetime of anxiety problems. |
| They don't change the way you think about social | | | | |