Xanax

Anxiety disorders are a group of illnesses which include phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder. Some symptoms of anxiety disorders include:

• Intense and excessive worry
• Unrealistic and/or intense fear of particular objects or situations
• "Flashbacks" of past traumatic events
• Inability to sleep through the night
• Numbness and/or tingling of the extremities
• Dizziness
• Fatigue

Patients suffering from anxiety disorders also tend to feel irritable, impatient and are easily distracted.

Xanax is used in the treatment of anxiety disorders to provide quick relief from its many symptoms. Clinical studies have also shown Xanax to be very effective for long-term treatment of these disorders.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Patients suffering from Generalized Anxiety Disorder tend to worry excessively and become preoccupied with the normal events and circumstances of daily life. For example, an individual with Generalized Anxiety Disorder may obsess about their financial situation, even though they have plenty of money in the bank and no debts to speak of. Patients with Generalized Anxiety Disorder often report that they feel on edge, shaky and sometimes ‘go blank’. Many sufferers of Generalized Anxiety Disorder also suffer from depression.

Panic Disorders

Panic disorders are characterized by an intense overwhelming fear for no apparent reason. Panic disorders can last up to 6 months and affect 1.5 million Americans each year. In addition to intense fear, sufferers of panic disorder can experience four or more of the following symptoms:

• Dizziness and/or vertigo
• Discomfort in the chest
• A feeling of being choked or smothered
• Difficulty breathing
• Elevated heart rate and/or palpitations
• Feeling faint
• Hot and/or cold flashes
• A general surreal feeling
• Tingling in the extremities
• Intense fear of death and losing control of the body, mind or situations

Many panic attack sufferers associate their first symptoms with those of a heart attack. Most patients cannot predict their attacks. However, if an attack occurred in a particular situation, such as driving a car, patients may associate their attacks with that situation. If sufferers fail to seek treatment, despair and suicidal tendencies can be the result.