How exactly do anxiety mediactions work?
Aug 30, 2010 in
Health FAQs
I was just prescribed an anti anxiety medication today for my social anxiety. Could anyone explain how it works exactly? Like how it affects my brain and my thinking and everything?
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6 comments
crzycatldy on August 30, 2010 at 1:43 am
They alter the neurotransmitters in your brain, creating a calming effect. There are a few mechanisms of action depending on the drug. I would google the drug name and go to an official website or read the package insert if you have it.
I am not numbed or dramatically transformed by my anti-anxiety medication- I am the real "me" with them and am an overworked, tortured soul without them. They help me live my life, be productive, and get the rest and happiness I need.
Harold Stanfield on August 30, 2010 at 1:43 am
It works by disabling your brain, these are brain disabling drugs.
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♪♫GЯAC3♪♫ on August 30, 2010 at 1:43 am
Harold is wrong, they do not "disable your brain". It depends on which one you are talking about, anti anxiety drugs like Xanax and Ativan are sedatives or hypnotics, they are drugs that have a calming effect so the anxiety is decreased. Drugs like Zoloft that are taken daily for anxiety work with the seratonin in the brain. Your doctor can explain the details more to you if you ask him or her.
LEOcab '89 on August 30, 2010 at 1:43 am
They force the release of certain chemicals into your brain. You feel anxiety because a certain chemical is released in abnormally high quantities for whatever reason (could be either a psychological development, a genetic tendency, or both) so what the medication does it fire the ‘opposite’ chemical.
I know you asked a specific question, but after the things I’ve personally been through with ruthless psychiatrists and psychoactive drugs I must give you a couple warnings.
First, drugs of this type always have side effects. Make sure you understand them and are willing to live with them for at least twice as long as your psychiatrist’s estimated time of recovery. Chemicals of this type have more than one purpose in your brain, so although it will make you less anxious it will also have other effects that may not be so desirable. For example, a great deal of these increase your chance of gaining weight.
Second, you shouldn’t treat this as a permanent solution. It’s like treating a leak hole in your roof by putting buckets below it: you have to keep replacing the bucket. What would be cheaper time-wise, finding a permanent solution or keep replacing buckets for the rest of your life? It’s not just time in this case, however, because these pills can cost a fortune. You should always be working to improve yourself and making sure that your dosage is being lowered by your doctor.
Good luck!
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