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Lately I Been Feeling Like I Cant Control My Anxiety And My Anxious Thoughts Which Is Making Me Feel Horrible. My Heart Races All The Time. I Started Taking Medicine By Well Path For Stress Which Helped At First But Now I Think My Body Is Used To It And Wont Work I Think Is That Right?
Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
Hi,
The management depends on the duration and severity .This may include certain manures to reduce the anxiety like deep breathing exercise and attention diversion .
Besides this there are drugs very effective in controlling the anxiety for time being however long time use is not recommended.and only used short term. The drug of choice used for anxiety are SSRI like recitalist .They are effective and mostly safe treatment of anxiety if anxiety is prolonged.which is called generalized anxiety disorder ( more then 6 months)
Some times anxiety may be situational or after some event in which case the best treatment is managing the primary cause and may not need long term treatment.
There is also a huge role for psychotherapy done by specialist persons which some times may be the only thing needed.
All these medicine are on prescription only , and need detailed interview of the subject before deciding on any plan , So I would advise you should see a phsciactrist in time for proper managemnt.
For time being if you can't find a pshciatrist , you may go to ER as they can prescribe for brief time to control your symptoms. You can also be helped by the deep breathing exercise.
Anxiety maybe dreadfully to feel , but luckily it's not a serious or lethal disease most of the times.You would need to fight against it with your will.
Hopes it's clear now, L
please do ask me question if you ahve anything in mind.I will be glad to answer any further question about this.
Thanks.
Please see detaled answer.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
The management depends on the duration and severity .This may include certain manures to reduce the anxiety like deep breathing exercise and attention diversion .
Besides this there are drugs very effective in controlling the anxiety for time being however long time use is not recommended.and only used short term. The drug of choice used for anxiety are SSRI like recitalist .They are effective and mostly safe treatment of anxiety if anxiety is prolonged.which is called generalized anxiety disorder ( more then 6 months)
Some times anxiety may be situational or after some event in which case the best treatment is managing the primary cause and may not need long term treatment.
There is also a huge role for psychotherapy done by specialist persons which some times may be the only thing needed.
All these medicine are on prescription only , and need detailed interview of the subject before deciding on any plan , So I would advise you should see a phsciactrist in time for proper managemnt.
For time being if you can't find a pshciatrist , you may go to ER as they can prescribe for brief time to control your symptoms. You can also be helped by the deep breathing exercise.
Anxiety maybe dreadfully to feel , but luckily it's not a serious or lethal disease most of the times.You would need to fight against it with your will.
Hopes it's clear now, L
please do ask me question if you ahve anything in mind.I will be glad to answer any further question about this.
Thanks.
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