Anxiety Road Podcast

Deciding on taking medication is a choice and a responsibility.  If you have been diagnosed with an anxiety condition or disorder, you probably have been told that one of the treatment options is medication.    As I mentioned in ARP 169, It is ok to decide if medication is right for you.    It is equally ok that you don't want to take medications. First step is to get a through checkup to make sure it isn’t a physical health problem. Many anxiety symptoms are similar to a physical illness.    Anxiety medications can help reduce your symptoms, but it's not a cure.    Your symptoms are telling you that there is a problem.  Your challenge is to figure out the underlying cause.    In the meantime, your next step is to learn about the types of medication for anxiety:    Short term medication can help you with embarrassing or symptoms that are affecting your work or personal life. They are in and out of the body quickly. It is sedative opioid level medication.    Long term non-opioid medication takes a while to bui