The choices in treatment include behavioral therapy, lifestyle changes and/or pharmaceutical therapy (medications). Sometimes a change in lifestyle is all that a person needs to treat the anxiety. With most, however, getting relief can be far more complex.
There is some controversy over how to treat anxiety disorders. Mainstream treatment for anxiety consists of the prescription of anxiolytic agents and/or antidepressants and/or referral to a cognitive-behavioral therapist. Treatment controversy arises because, while some studies indicate that a combination of the medications and behavioral therapy can be more effective than either one alone, other studies have shown that the majority of anxiety disorder sufferers benefit most from pharmaceutical therapy (and not so much from behavioral therapy).
The right treatment may depend very much on the individual's genetics and environmental factors. Therefore, to get the best treatment results, it is important to work closely with a psychiatrist, therapist or counselor who is familiar with anxiety disorders and current treatments.
A number of drugs can be used to treat these disorders. These include benzodiazepines (such as xanax) and antidepressants of most of the main classes (SSRI, TCAs, MAOIs), and possibly Quetiapine
Saturday, August 18, 2007
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