| Anxiety medication is over prescribed these days. | | | | a young girl. Later that year her mother died and the |
| Many patients go into the doctors office sometimes | | | | doctor thought it was a success that the child did not |
| offering their fake stories to try and trick doctors | | | | worry, cry, or feel anything about her beloved |
| into thinking they are sick. In many cases this works | | | | mother's death. This doctor will keep prescribing the |
| because mental disorders have no physical symptoms | | | | medication to other patients with this example in |
| that a doctor can look at to tell if the person is | | | | mind because it was "successful". |
| truthful or not. Unlike a heart condition or some other | | | | Anxiety medication usually effects serotonin in the |
| diseases, mental conditions are diagnosed through | | | | brain. It blocks your brain's ability to remove the |
| questioning a patient and listening for responses and | | | | neurotransmitter serotonin from actively working. |
| actions. | | | | Serotonin is responsible transmitting feelings and |
| In other cases, doctors will prescribe medication | | | | actions related to mood, stress, and other anxiety |
| based on their personal opinion and their personal | | | | related issues. By keeping more serotonin in the brain |
| experiences with other patients. This can be both | | | | doctors believe that this helps the patient. In some |
| good and bad. Just because a doctor thinks | | | | cases this medication is beneficial because the panic |
| medication worked well on a patient does not mean | | | | attacks are so severe that the patient needs some |
| it worked. This same doctor will keep prescribing this | | | | immediate relief. |
| medication too all patients that have the same | | | | Medication for anxiety is one for great debate. You |
| symptoms because it worked the first time. For | | | | have to decide if it is right for you. |
| example, a doctor prescribed anxiety medication for | | | | |