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 Many
people wonder if treating anxiety
naturally is as effective as taking medications.
In my experience, treating anxiety with medications rarely
produces good results, and often leads to a "victim mentality"
that can keep an individual locked in a downward spiral of
anxiety and panic.
As
a former anxiety medication user, I will admit that some anti-anxiety
medications can be beneficial to the sufferer in the short-term.
In my experience, I did see some improvement by using Paxil
in the first three to six weeks. However, the long-term side
effects and withdrawal symptoms were far worse than I could
have ever imagined the first day I filled my new Paxil prescription.
Treating
anxiety with medication long-term was a horrible
solution in my case, and I have heard the same sentiment echoed
by hundreds of former anxiety medication users over the years.
The central problem is this: anxiety medications tend to create
a state of mind where you don't “feel” very much
at all. Consequently, you don't feel as anxious, but you also
don't feel as happy or as motivated.
Additionally,
many people who use anti-anxiety medications experience a
significant loss of libido, and other types of sexual dysfunction.
This is just another example of how anti-anxiety medications
managed to repress basic human emotions and even your natural
personality. It's a scary idea, that taking a medication everyday
for several months could effectively brainwash you into being
someone else -- and that you could actually "forget"
who you are and what you are all about. Scary, but true.
While
many doctors continue to go about treating anxiety with drugs,
there are very real alternatives. For example, several natural
supplements have been shown to have approximately the same
anti-anxiety properties as prescription medications -- and
for the most part, without the risk of side effects and withdrawal
symptoms.
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You can also treat anxiety naturally by using
a cognitive approach such as the EasyCalm series. Programs
such as EasyCalm use a variety of different techniques to
change the individual's "thinking habits" and confront
the root causes of anxiety and panic attacks. Treating anxiety
and this manner has been proven very effective, and has no
side effects or other counter indications.
The
other benefit of treating anxiety naturally is that it is
a real long-term solution; attempting to treat the "symptoms"
of anxiety with medications is not a real solution. To stop
anxiety and panic attacks it is necessary to get to the root
causes of these problems. Natural programs such as the EasyCalm
anxiety series focus on the underlying "control issues"
to treat anxiety and panic attacks from the "bottom up."
Unlike medications, treating anxiety naturally
does not simply put a Band-Aid on the symptoms -- it actually
confronts the underlying causes of the symptoms to reduce
and even eliminate the occurrence of anxious and panicky thoughts.
Of course, if you're currently taking medication
for anxiety, you can still begin the process of using a cognitive
program like EasyCalm to make long-lasting results. And as
always, consult your doctor before discontinuing any medication
you might be currently taking -- especially anti-anxiety medications,
as many of these drugs tend to have nasty withdrawal effects
if discontinued "cold turkey."
Although
medications can sometimes be useful short-term, such as when
an individual is in a crisis situation; for the vast majority
of people, treating anxiety naturally is
the only real long-term solution.
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