Treatment matters

A VARIETY of treatment methods are available for anxiety and panic disorders. From the medical perspective, the use of medication can be helpful and is usually reserved in more severe cases, where the level of functioning of an individual is moderately to severely impaired.  

Medications can be broadly divided into two categories. Tranquilisers are commonly used to treat these disorders and are useful in the short term. Long term use can bring about the problem of dependence and tolerance. What this means is that one can get physically dependent on these drugs and after long term use, increasing doses are needed to obtain the same therapeutic effect.