Techniques to Help Control Anxiety and Panic Attacks
Posted in Fitness, Medical, Yoga on February 2nd, 2010 by Health & Fitness Guru – 1 CommentPrescription tranquillizers such as diazepam ( Valium ) aren’t all bad. They can help you cope with acute anxiety. When you take tranquillizers day by day to control chronic anxiety, they can actually cause the very problem they’re suppose to treat.
That’s because tranquillizers are addictive. Your brain and body may develop a physical dependence on them within 4 weeks of daily use. Then, if you try to stop using them, the inevitable period of physical withdrawal produces anxiety. Therefore if you have been taking prescription tranquillizers daily for more than 4 weeks, you need a program to help you stop taking the drugs, since the symptoms of sudden withdrawal can be overwhelming.
