Truth About Anxiety Drugs

So what is so harmful about anxiety drugs? The most popular anti anxiety drug on the market to-day is Xanax. It is what is known as a benzodiazepine which really does nothing more than slow down the central nervous system. It relaxes the patient and calms him down. The hardcore truth is that these types of anxiety drugs have rather unpleasant side effects.

This drug acts real fast and can stave off a panic attack in a matter of half an hour. As we said above this anti anxiety drug slows down the whole system so that means that the price of a little calm or tranquillity in the savage rat race has a downside. The problem is that the patient (and I know many) feels that he or she is rather drowsy, has problems in driving and productivity at work is affected negatively. It is like taking a few cylinders out of a car so of course the car will go at a pretty low speed. It is in a way like looking at somebody in a slightly slowed down movie. So, what happens over the long term? Well, the body becomes over-sedated and that leads to zombie like behavior, slow uncoordinated movements (hence the problems in driving) .

Another one of the popular and powerful anxiety drugs is Valium which has been on the market now for a very long time. These drugs should never be taken with alcohol as they may cause even more problems and they may also induce even more anxiety and drowsiness so that driving a car may well be dangerous. Another popular anti anxiety drug is Klonopin which can cause depression, fatigue, inflamed sinuses and memory problems. It can also result in aggressiveness, hostility, nightmares and insomnia in some patients.

A natural anti anxiety medicine which uses herbs is ideal as it has he same effects as the medicines I have mentioned above but the side effects are minor and also there is no drowsiness or that hung over feeling which many patients complain about. The site below will give you all the information you need on natural alternatives to anxiety drugs.