| In today's fast-paced world, do most of the | | | | here, since the results for this kind of |
| people find 24 hours a day enough to | | | | illness are not instantaneous.The important |
| accomplish the tasks that they wanted to? | | | | thing in dealing with such cases is the |
| More often than not, they may find that they | | | | knowledge of the physician. The physician |
| do not have enough time. This lack of time, | | | | dealing with such kinds of cases must be well |
| load and pressure of work creates anxiety and | | | | informed of the past and all the other |
| produces panic situations. The result is mind | | | | related events in connection with the |
| full of tensions and worries. All these | | | | patient. He must also be well informed of the |
| factors combined cause loss of sleep, loss of | | | | past illnesses and medication prescribed. It |
| health and other kinds of mental and physical | | | | is the responsibility of the doctor that he |
| illnesses.All these things combined drive a | | | | must not make the patient entirely dependant |
| person to the use of anti-depressants and | | | | on drugs. He should also encourage the |
| other medications. Anti-depressants have been | | | | patient to undergo psychotherapy as the main |
| quite popular in treating stress related | | | | course of recovery and drugs should be used |
| diseases in the past and to an extent even | | | | as a secondary curing agent.Latest trends |
| now. Taking pills is a commonly observed | | | | have proven that when psychotherapy and drugs |
| scene across the world now. Nevertheless, is | | | | are used together, they have a far more |
| it the correct way out? Is there any other | | | | beneficial result than with pills alone. In |
| alternative to it?Millions of people across | | | | addition, in most of the cases of mild attack |
| the globe have been taking anti-depressants | | | | only psychotherapy should be prescribed. This |
| for years and are if not completely | | | | would also help in keeping the patient away |
| satisfied. However, anti-depressants take at | | | | from otherwise almost addictive anti-anxiety, |
| least a few weeks to act on our body and a | | | | anti-panic drugs.Panic and anxiety lead to |
| significant number of people taking these | | | | depression at a later stage and are the most |
| drugs are not very satisfied.The biggest | | | | common causes of suicides. Most of the |
| problem with the general physicians is that | | | | teenage suicide cases have been largely due |
| they have very little training in the field | | | | to the factors. As such, we do not see |
| of anxiety and panic situations treatments. | | | | suicides as an innate part of depression but |
| Thus, it does not become difficult only for | | | | it is the end result in many a |
| the patient but also the doctor to prescribe | | | | cases.ConclusionBut at the end of the day it |
| drugs under such circumstances.The point here | | | | is up to you to decide whether you want to |
| is that it is not difficult to deal with | | | | take these anti-depressant and anti-anxiety |
| cases of high cholesterol or blood pressure | | | | pills or not, but you must weigh the pros and |
| or high blood sugar etc. the doctor can | | | | cons of these medicines before taking any |
| prescribe any particular treatment for any of | | | | further steps. You must consult not just your |
| these diseases because there are established | | | | doctor but also your parents, your friends, |
| standards. You can take a few pills and it | | | | your spouse before making a final decision. |
| will come under control. However, unlike all | | | | Above all, you must be totally convinced of |
| these depression and anxiety is a very | | | | your state before going in for any kind of |
| complicated illness. It cannot be analysed in | | | | therapy.Joshua Poon is the webmaster and |
| a matter of a few hours and tests. The | | | | publisher of He had been counselling people |
| treatment for such illnesses can go on for up | | | | with depression, anxiety and panic attacks. |
| to a few months or years and even the | | | | He also writes articles about self help, |
| medication goes on for an equally long time. | | | | inspiration and personal development. |
| Treatment could be very clearly inferred from | | | | |