Treatment for Anxiety

Treatment for anxiety is a broad topic to discuss because it ranges on various activities that can are natural anxiety medications (from herbs, shrubs and plant roots), over the counter prescribed medications, guidance and counseling therapies, lifestyle practices like jogging, meditation and even yoga have been known to be treatment of anxiety.

Natural remedies

There are some known herbs used for the treatment for anxiety which include Chamomile, Kava, Valerian root, Phellodendron bark, Passionflower, Omega fatty acids, Skullcap and St. John's Wort. The over the counter drug that is prescribed by a physician - Alpranax - contains several of these herbs as part of it’s main ingredients. Some of these herbs like St. John’s Wort should not be used with other drugs but should instead be used alone or in very small quantities just as it is in the drug Alpranax.

Other herbs like – B vitamins, valerian and passion flower - can be taken with other drugs either to complement or to supplement the main drug. One thing that the patient should note is that self medication with either of these herbs is not encouraged but one should visit a herbalist or a doctor for the prescription of these drugs. It should be duly noted that natural remedies for the treatment of anxiety are not just herb plans but there are also vitamins, minerals and amino acids that treat anxiety.

Prescription medicine

For the longest time treatment for anxiety has been through medication. The medical treatment for anxiety is done through several drugs such as benzodiazepines, antidepressants, beta-blockers and tricyclics. Alpranax falls under neither of the categories because it achieves much more than the previously named drug types. These medicines are used to control just some of the physical and mental symptoms.

Alpranax treats the chemical imbalance of the patient’s brain that is associated with anxiety. What it actually does is that it calms the brain and mind so the patient feels a mild sedative effect on the brain. Alpranax is taken in an assortment of dosages as prescribed by your doctor. Over the counter prescription medication for treating anxiety is quite expensive and has some side effects.

Counseling

This form of treatment for anxiety is whereby the patient seeks advice and for help from a therapist, psychologist, psychiatrist, counselor or a clinical doctor who specializes in therapeutically healing anxiety disorders. These forms of therapy include psychotherapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy or a combination of therapies. For psychotherapy, the patient and therapist explore the causes of the anxiety and the possible ways of coping with the symptoms. Cognitive behavioral therapy is a form of anxiety treatment which involves the therapist changing the patient’s thoughts. The patients are asked to explain how they feel towards certain things or occurrences that have caused them to have the anxious behavior.

Other methods of managing anxiety

Apart from the named forms of treatment for anxiety, there are other recommendations that help the patient to have a quick recovery from any anxiety ailment or to take preventive measures to prevent the occurrence of an anxiety attack. They are just some lifestyle changes that someone can practice and they are yoga, meditation, jogging and eating healthy balanced diets. These methods seek to trains you to relax, to breathe slowly and to move your body in a calm manner so that the mind and the heart rate can experience a calming and soothing effect.