Some of us may require medications to relieve stress; however, scientists have recently discovered that some medications cause stress. Effexor XR is prescribed to patients that suffer depression. The patient also has an underlying diagnose and is prone to breaking when stressors trigger stress. Effexor XR is also a medication that treats OCD or Obsessive-Compulsive [...]
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Stress and Anxiety Medications
I’ll never forget the first time thoughts of suicide first entered my mind. By then I had been having anxiety attacks for years. I have a general anxiety disorder that led to depression. Once I got depressed, my thoughts began to spin out of control. I started convincing myself that life [...]
I know that some very legal prescribed drugs are just as addictive as some illegal drugs. It seems self-defeating to me to take a medication that only creates a whole new problem addiction. But the good news is there are antidepressants that aren’t addictive. These drugs are called SSRI antidepressant medications. [...]
Every newspaper, magazine and TV show is punctuated with ads describing some form of stress relief. Often it is a story about an exercise program, meditation technique or some form of medicine. Most of us understand that stress relief is an internal process that we must control and drive ourselves. As [...]
I struggled with the idea I might have to start taking anti-depressants in order to aid my recovery from depression. My anxiety had gotten so bad I spiraled into a depression I couldn’t seem to do anything about relieving. I have spent a long trying all the other treatments including behavior and cognitive [...]
Most people live with some form of stress or another on a daily basis. In many cases, mild stress is considered quite normal and even beneficial. When stress is sudden, acute or completely overwhelming, a person’s ability to cope is generally compromised. This is when many doctors prescribe stress medications, such as sedatives or antidepressants.
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