Physical and mental stress often results to anxiety. These stress factors may be because of pressures from work or home, issues from personal relationships or financial burden. Some ailments may also cause anxiety, as well as the use and abuse of certain chemicals. Even withdrawal from these chemicals like amphetamines, cocaine, and nicotine has been found out to cause anxiety.
In turn, anxiety may result to insomnia, listlessness, and irritability. To combat these discomforts, persons with anxiety immediately turn to prescription drugs, particularly anti anxiety medicines. These medications may provide relief but they are only temporary and may have adverse effects. In some cases, anti anxiety medicines seem to help especially at times when the person is so distressed that anxiety attacks become debilitating and renders him incapacitated or unproductive. These anti anxiety medicines only target to cure the effects of anxiety, but then the real cause remains.
If anti anxiety medicines are as inevitable it is highly recommended that these medication be under strict control as it may provoke addiction. It has to be combined with psychotherapy to address the real cause. These therapy sessions will teach the person to acknowledge his anxiety, educate himself about his ailment, and then help him to cope and manage the ailment. But when anxiety turns to an avoidance behavior, he is taught how to handle his stress in such a way that it is not disruptive to his life and to his family, friend and coworkers. These psychotherapy sessions can also provide him with information on the different alternative and complementary treatments and remedies so he can take charge of his life without succumbing to hopelessness.
But no amount of treatment and no matter how scientifically effective the anti anxiety medicines are, the person has to have a full commitment towards recovery. This one hundred percent commitment is the key ingredient to any treatment that will allow the person to lead a stress-free life.
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