Anxiety is a common mental illness. According to the results of the first national epidemiological survey of mental disorders in China, anxiety disorders are the most common mental disorders in China, with an annual prevalence of 50% with a lifetime prevalence of 76%。
Many anxiety patients are always suffering from recurrent illnesses and are very painful. Can anxiety be cured? What are the ** precautions? Today, Good Mood will take you to understand!
Early identification, early **
I'm an anxiety sufferer myself.
At first, I didn't know that I had an anxiety disorder, but it wasn't until I went to the hospital with physical symptoms and was diagnosed with anxiety by the doctor that I realized that I might really be sick.
The above is the self-report of a patient with anxiety disorder, anxiety disorder is a disease, and it is necessary to go to the hospital for early diagnosis.
Anxiety disorders are characterized by excessive nervousness, fear, worry, avoidance, and dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system. This nervous fear usually has no specific cause, or is obviously disproportionate to the real threat, lasts for a long time (at least 3 months), does not disappear with the resolution of the objective problem, and seriously affects the patient's daily life.
Anxiety disorders are not only the inner experience of constant nervousness, anxiety, fear, fear, and worry, but also often accompanied by different physical symptoms.
If the diagnosis of anxiety disorder has been confirmed in the hospital after a detailed consultation and exclusion examination by a psychiatric or psychological professional, then the next step is to receive medication ** and/or psychological ** depending on the severity of the condition. Generally speaking, mild anxiety symptoms can be self-regulated under the guidance of a doctor to achieve self-healing, while patients with severe anxiety disorders must actively cooperate with the doctor's ** in order to achieve complete **.
Medications** Anxiety disorders should be noted
At present, there are still many drugs used for anxiety disorders in clinical practice, and commonly used anti-anxiety drugs are antidepressants (such as escitalopram, paroxetine, sertraline, etc.), benzodiazepines (such as ap**, diazepam, lorazepam, etc.), etc., they have their own advantages and disadvantages, so they are particular about their use.
Benzodiazepines, for example, have a role in relieving anxiety, sedation, and improving sleep, and they work quickly. However, this kind of drug should not be used for a long time, otherwise it is easy to become addictive, and bring drowsiness, cognitive impairment, etc., and antidepressants can reduce anxiety and anxiety-related depressive symptoms, such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are effective by 60% 70%, but they also have a major disadvantage, that is, it takes at least 2 weeks to take effect.
Anxiety disorder is a mental illness that predisposes to the disease, and in order to reduce, the entire course of the disease should be followed.
Acute phase**:The main thing is to control anxiety symptoms and try to achieve clinical **.
Consolidation Period**:Generally at least 2 to 6 months, at this stage of the disease is unstable, the risk of recurrence is greater, mainly to prevent recurrence.
Maintenance Period**:It is generally necessary to maintain **for at least 12 months to prevent**.
Therefore, even if you feel much better or the clinical symptoms disappear completely after taking the medicine, you cannot stop the drug without authorization, and you still need to continue to take the drug for a longer time to minimize the probability of **.
Cognitive-behavioral** improves anxiety symptoms
Among the many psychological methods, cognitive behavior is the first choice for patients with anxiety disorders, which can help patients solve the cognitive root behind the problem - irrational beliefs, and reshape the patient's way of thinking and outlook on life.
In the minds of people with anxiety disorders, a lot of negative perceptions about themselves and others often pop up involuntarily:
There is an over-assessment of the possibility of negative events, such as always worrying about getting into a car accident when riding in a car, always being afraid of catching fire when cooking, etc., thinking that some accidental events will happen, and constantly being nervous and fearful, and panicking.
Catastrophic imagination that exaggerates the consequences, such as small mistakes at work, can be infinitely magnified into a serious chain reaction in the eyes of people with anxiety disorders, believing that their mistakes will lead to greater losses for others. This distorted way of knowing not only triggers a physical and behavioral anxiety response, but can also further reinforce self-deprecation, creating a vicious cycle and exacerbating anxiety.
In addition, if the patient's negative cognition does not change, even if the symptoms of the disease are relieved by the effect of drugs, the effect will not be long-lasting.
Therefore, to defeat anxiety, it is important to change the patient's thinking patterns, and cognitive behavior** is a great way to do this, which in turn reduces the patient's symptoms.
Several studies have suggested that cognitive-behavioral** is as effective as medication in improving anxiety symptoms, and that the long-term efficacy is relatively stable. Currently, it has been listed as a first-line anxiety disorder by multinational guidelines. If you have mild to moderate anxiety and are reluctant to take medication, you can try the above methods
Anxiety is a long process, and I hope you will find strength and support in the process, and eventually overcome your anxiety and embrace a more active and healthy life. I wish you all a speedy **!
References: 1Lu Lin. Psychiatry of Shen Yue Chuen (6th Edition)[M].Beijing: People's Medical Publishing House, 2018
2.Hao Wei, Lu Lin. Psychiatry (8th ed.).Beijing: People's Medical Publishing House. 2018.