Anxiety||8 Symptoms of anxiety||5Main Drugs anxiety

Anxiety

It is  a psychiatric disease in which patient has excessive worries about several life events or activities for at least 06 month.

8Symptoms of anxiety

The basic symptom is worry about a event from atlest 6 monthes.

Some othe symptoms are:

  • Fear

  • Irritability

  • Headache

  • Sleep disturbance

  • Tremors

  • Palpitation

  • chest pain

  • Shortness of breath

Treatment of Anxiety

Before starting treatment,meducal and surgical diseases should be exculded e.g 

  • Amenia

  • Hyperthroidism 

Treatment inculdes reassurance of the patient and one of the following drugs.

5 Main Drugs for Anxiety

  1. SSRI:Slective serotonin reuptake inhibiters:especially paroxitence

  2. TCA:Tri cyclic antidepressent e.g >>Amitryptilene >>Nortryptilene

  3. BUSPIRONE

  4. BENZODIAZEPINE:e.g aplrazolam 0.25 mg-0.5mg.Although most commonly used but they have mostly short term benefits.Theiruse should be decreasesd because of their side effects e.g dependence impaired performance and withdrawal effects.

  5. Beta blockers e.g propranolol 10mg-40 mg TDS.

This short information about Anxiety is for you.more will uploade soon.

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