There is a diversity of anxiety symptoms. Some of them are difficult to recognize particularly when they are mild. This explains why so many anxiety disorders go untreated for so long, until they become bothersome and interfere with the sufferer's normal activities. Over one hundred anxiety symptoms have been identified so far, and this great number finds an explanation in the unique chemical make up that defines every individual. While a person may have two or three anxiety symptoms, another one may face a real battle with numerous and severe manifestations.
Some Internet websites provide long lists of anxiety symptoms classified in such a way so that they make sense to the reader and throw light on one's condition. Needless to say that none of these lists can be exhaustive, due to the same individual uniqueness that we've mentioned above. The diagnosis for anxiety can only be given by a clinician, based on the patient's description of the symptoms. It is of paramount importance to give a detailed account of everything you feel so that the doctor may determine the kind of anxiety and recommend a form of treatment.
Drugs are often prescribed as a way of keeping anxiety symptoms under control. When these symptoms interfere with the individual's day-to-day existence, jeopardizing family life, work and the totality of one's living, something needs to be done fast. Tranquilizers usually bring immediate anxiety symptoms relief, but specialists are reluctant when it comes to prescribing drugs without trying other therapeutic strategies. Only in the severest of forms are drugs the best solution, although medication is not a cure for anxiety and panic disorders.
Therapy is the only kind of treatment that can get the patient rid of medication and allow the anxiety sufferer to lead a normal, balanced life. It's a long way to achieving the set objectives, but step by step, cognitive-behavioral therapy gives the anxiety patient the tools to fight anxiety, panic attacks, phobias and all the negative thoughts that encourage them. Individual counseling, group therapy as well as self-help strategies can beat anxiety symptoms by increasing the individual's awareness together with the capacity of self analysis or introspection.
Consequently, treating the anxiety symptoms with medication is just the first step of a much more complex approach to this mental health problem. Fortunately the sciences dedicated to the study and recovery from mental health ailments have made incredible progress with research and clinical experience, allowing for the rehabilitation of thousands of anxiety sufferers.
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