Anti Anxiety Medication

An intense panic attack is usually followed by the administration of anti-anxiety medication to prevent other similar episodes. However, tranquilizers represent just a temporary relief method that can only be used in perfect safety for a very short period of time, due to the high risk of side effects. Here are some of the unpleasant and sometimes paradoxical adverse reactions related with the administration of anti-anxiety medication in general. While the main benefit from their use is the state of calm and relaxation, sometimes drugs can relax you to the extent that you feel drowsy all the time.

Slow reflexes, poor coordination and fatigue are the anti-anxiety medication side effects resulting from the drugs blocking some specific chemical secretion in the brain. Some people also complain about dizziness, confusion, disorientation and impaired thinking, not to mention the impossibility to operate machines and drive. The extensive use of anti-anxiety medication can also cause depression with or without suicidal feelings. Drugs do eliminate the anxiety discomfort, but they also make it impossible for the sufferer to experience pain or pleasure thus affecting the quality of life in very many ways.

There are also some unexplained

paradoxes in some people's reactions after the administration of anti-anxiety medication. For instance, tranquilizers are supposed to induce calm and relaxation, but an increase of the irritability and agitation level has sometimes been signaled out. Plus, mania, hostility and even rage have been noticed in some cases. The severest forms of side effects include hallucinations and aggressive behaviors, which, although rare, remain very dangerous. The majority of paradoxical reactions to anti-anxiety drugs has been reported with children or the elderly, as well as with patients with developmental disabilities.

Therefore, the choice of the treatment requires utmost care and it usually involves the use of a complementary therapy rather than the administration of drugs. Anti-anxiety medication only eliminates or alleviates symptoms without improving the health condition in any way. The problem or the trigger responsible for the panic attacks remains lurking at the back of the mind, somehow camouflaged, and once you cease taking the medication, anxiety will be back all over again. Therefore, the therapeutic efforts should be directed towards identifying and eliminating the cause and not merely treating the unpleasant symptoms of anxiety.