Xanax information

What is Xanax?

Generic Name: alprazolam (al PRAY zoe lam)
Brand Names: Niravam, Xanax

Xanax is in a group of drugs called benzodiazepines (ben-zoe-dye-AZE-eh-peens). It affects chemicals in the brain that may become unbalanced and cause anxiety.

Xanax is used to treat anxiety disorders, panic disorders, and anxiety caused by depression.


Important information about Xanax

Do not use this medication if you are allergic to Xanax or to other benzodiazepines, such as chlordiazepoxide (Librium), clorazepate (Tranxene), diazepam (Valium), lorazepam (Ativan), or oxazepam (Serax). This medication can cause birth defects in an unborn baby. Do not use Xanax if you are pregnant.

Before taking Xanax, tell your doctor if you have any breathing problems, glaucoma, kidney or liver disease, or a history of depression, suicidal thoughts, or addiction to drugs or alcohol.
Do not drink alcohol while taking Xanax. This medication can increase the effects of alcohol. Xanax may be habit-forming and should be used only by the person it was prescribed for. Xanax should never be shared with another person, especially someone who has a history of drug abuse or addiction. Keep the medication in a secure place where others cannot get to it.

It is dangerous to try and purchase Xanax on the Internet or from vendors outside of the United States. Medications distributed from Internet sales may contain dangerous ingredients, or may not be distributed by a licensed pharmacy. Samples of Xanax purchased on the Internet have been found to contain haloperidol (Haldol), a potent antipsychotic drug with dangerous side effects. For more information, contact the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or visit www.fda.gov/buyonlineguide.

Next post i will blog about what to do before taking xanax in more details.

Panic Attack Syndrome

As a continuation of the serie of articles i publish, this article titled panic attack syndrome will try to give you some information on to how to eliminate these panic attacks and depression panic.

So let's begin:

A neurotic is not mentally ill, it does not become. The neuroses are quite serious still, since they are chronic. They lead to a social embarrassment among those who suffer, and many become an obstacle in their individual life.

Neurotic anxiety is characterized by regular occurrence, on a permanent anguish, anxiety attacks or repeated panic attack syndrome.

This neurosis develops on anxious personalities, which generally have the following characters:

An important shyness;

A great emotion and hypersensitivity;

A major difficulty in making decisions;

A state of permanent mental tension;

A search of perfection;

A need to be reassured constantly.

Anxiety attacks or panic attack syndrome are painful episodes that reflect intense fears, uncontrolled and without reason. They last a few tens of minutes to several hours. At the end of the crisis, the person is able to recognize the absurd and excessive. The characteristics of the crisis are:

* They may be more or less frequent (daily, weekly, ...) and it is their frequency that determines the impact of the disease on sick people.

* The beginning is brutal, often at night. The patient with a very strong feeling of imminent danger, disaster inevitable. Often, there is a feeling of imminent death or sink into madness.

* At the same time there is a sense of helplessness, and the belief that there is nothing to do, there is no way to avoid this danger. This conviction leads to a permanent state of agitation, or rather a turn inward and prostration.

* The subject often has difficulty breathing and a pressure of a weight on the chest, it is also common to have at the same time "dizzy": these symptoms are purely imaginary and there is not really dizziness or trouble breathing real.

* There are some physical signs that are associated with the crisis, such as increased heart rate, tremors, sweating and a pale face.

Apart from these anxiety symptoms there are a number of symptoms that are only psychological in their origin, they are not based on a biological problem but can "simulate" other health problems (fifths of coughing, difficulty breathing, feeling ball in the stomach, hiccups, heart palpitations, sexual difficulties, tremor, headache, ...).

The True Anxiety Panic Disorder Treatment

The anxiety and anguish are not emotions itself. They are not carriers of information as are the emotions (sadness, anger, for example). Instead, they hide their emotions and concerns. If I sincerely ask myself this question, I have a reliable answer. If I listen carefully to my answer and does not deny I will be in contact with a hot topic probably, but crucial.

We all have moments of anxiety. Certain types of people, however, are more likely to live or frequently over a long period. These are people who tend to put their problems aside. It is well known, this is not because we try to forget a problem that disappears on the contrary, it amplifies usually. Among these people, anxiety is growing as concerns pile. That is perhaps why we have the impression that people anxious and distressed continuously walk on tiptoe, as to avoid walking on eggs. It is that there are lots of eggs that dot their way! Moreover, such as unresolved problems can generate other, they give the impression to walk in a circle suffocating in which they end up having difficulty breathing.

This is often done to anticipate the action to take to resolve the problem that arouses fear to confront the problem. If I believe that I must cancel my invitation, leave my job when identifying my problem, it is possible that I'm hurried. I am not ready for it immediately and I probably do not know yet if this is the solution to choose. I'll have me look at the problem and examine it before considering the solution.

To overcome all of this there exist several treatment, but in reality there is no such a magical treatment for anxiety panic disorder, it's all up to you and you need to take action to change your life.

The Effective Treatment For Anxiety and Panic Attacks

Sometimes, it manifests itself in an abnormal way and becomes a fully fledged disease. Phobias, panic, obsessive-compulsive disorder and sometimes anxiety may go out of control, giving you an overwhelming sense of dread and fear for no apparent reason. This kind of anxiety can disrupt your life with it presence, at least if they occur in unpredictable ways and unexpected., but regardless of what you have been led to believe, panic attacks and general anxiety can be cured in easy-to-follow steps without any medication.

Now let's briefly describe some common panic attack:

Social phobia

This panic attacks are triggered by social situations where you are afraid of being judged by others. You are very interested in what your entourage and others in general may think of you.

An example of this situation is where a student must make an oral presentation in class, it is normal to feel some anxiety, but if it paralyzes it totally he may enters the pathological situation. The boundaries between normality and phobia is not always clear ...

Specific phobias

This panic attacks are triggered by a stimulus (blood, spiders, mice, snakes, heights, germs, airplanes, dog, etc..) Or a particular situation (arriving late for work, crowd, department stores, elevators, and so on. ). The object or situation is clearly defined and its presence is seen as a threat, which invariably leads to a response of the person anxiety (panic, need to drink to the point that many people can not leave without a bottle of water). This problem usually leads the subject to behave "avoidance" where possible.

How to Cure Anxiety Attack and Depression Panic

Because we are afraid that we escape when necessary to dangers that we can not face: a fire, an armed robber, for example.

Now let's briefly describe most known anxiety attack and depression panic. Anxiety occurs as a result of events clearly identifiable, to helps us cope with them and then disappears at the same time that his cause.

But it happens in some people that anxiety manifests itself in an abnormal way: either because it occurs without reason, or because its intensity and the answers that are involved don't commensurate with the triggering event. This is known as pathological anxiety.
This pathological anxiety can take many aspects of which usually distinguish schematically five main scenes:

• The generalized anxiety disorder;
• The phobias;
• The obsessive-compulsive disorder;
• The panic;
• The post-traumatic stress.

These tables are quite frequent since estimated that 3 to 5% of the population has presented one of them at one time or another of his life.

The multiple causes

The causes of pathological anxiety are poorly understood. It is clear that some people are more prone to anxiety attack and depression panic than the average. We also know that social factors play an important role: hyperanxious parents tend to transmit their own anxieties to their children. Some families where children are neglected or abused are obviously providers of anxiety disorders. The psychological traumas of childhood or adulthood are often a triggering event.

How to Cope With Panic Attacks

It will be promoted by stimulants (coffee, tea), inactivity, isolation, loneliness, illness. It is calmed by some drugs whose use is more alcohol with its risks of toxicity and dependence. The feeling of insecurity has nothing to do with real security.

Do you feel any of the following bodily sensations?

* Dizzy spells leading to panic

* Tightness in throat and chest- shortness of breath

* Racing heart with tingle sensations

* Hot flushes followed by waves of anxiety

* Obsessive worries and unwanted thoughts

* Not feeling connected to what is going on around you

* Overwhelming fear that the anxiety will push you over the edge?

This can make your daily life a challenge, now let's see what may an anxiety become if not cured quickly.

The first thing that will disturb your life is panic disorder, It is characterized by the presence of panic attacks with at least a few occur in unpredictable ways and unexpected. The trouble moved suddenly with intense fear and uneasiness. The main symptoms are the same as a generalized anxiety but more intense and with a fear of losing control, going mad or dying. Panic disorder can be accompanied by avoidance agoraphobic which is to avoid places or situations where you are concerned it is difficult to get help in case of panic attack. Nearly 10% of the adult populations have lived at least some occasional panic attacks.

Dealing With Anxiety Attacks

It manifests itself in a state of tension, permanent worry without any external event which explains. Those who suffer are concerned about all the time. They are unable to relax, often have trouble falling asleep, are irritable, impatient, have difficulty concentrating.

anxiety attacks are often accompanied by physical disorders: excessive sweating, stomach pain, diarrhea, needs frequent urination, cold hands, dry mouth, dizziness, headache ... This is disabling disease because it causes difficulties standing in the daily life, both at work and your daily life. It is estimated that about 3% of the population is confronted with this disorder.

It is fairly easy to understand this feeling because everyone or almost felt at one time or another a panic attack before a terrifying event. But here these crises recur frequently and without cause. Gradually anxiety attacks are getting worse because the person who is prone to this disorder will be obsessed by the fear that the crisis back, it can occur at any time and your challenge will be dealing with anxiety attacks. All mental and physical signs of anxiety are present in a form exacerbated, resulting in a major discomfort, and a feeling of unbearable oppression, which sometimes gives the impression that we are going to die or become insane.