Is Medication the Answer
Is Medication the Answer
Is medication the answer, this is a question that is often asked by people going through stress related illnesses.
It's not uncommon for people suffering these types of stress related illnesses to question everything.
It's part of the illness that goes on in your thoughts and brain.
You have gone to your doctor because you could not cope with the effects of anxiety, depression, insomnia and other stress related illnesses.
Your doctor has checked you physically and they have asked you some questions in their initial examination, they have assessed you so that they could make a diagnoses and to see what your illness is.
Your doctor is the person who will advise you on what is the best course of treatment for you on the information that you have given them.
Your doctor is treating you as an individual and they are treating you for the symptoms that you have told them about.
There are many medications at the doctors disposal if they think that this is the appropriate course of treatment for you.
It may be that the doctor thinks that a minor tranquilliser or an anti depressant will the best course of action for you.
You doctor may also decide that seeing a psychologist or a psychiatrist would be of benefit to you.
This is not unusual depending on how far the problem has gone or how deep the problem is.
You get an appointment and the psychologist asks you some questions, they do an assessment of your psychology.
This is to make sure you are not a danger to yourself or anyone else.
It is also to make sure that you are not liable to do anything out of character or anything irrational that would endanger you or others.
A psychologist will give you counselling so that you can talk about your problem, this allows you to get it off your chest and out of your brain.
These are all the thoughts that you have let run wild in your brain and in your head.
If the doctor thinks that the patients problem is deeper they can recommend that they see a psychiatrist.
This will be used in the case of problems that need further investigation.
There are no instant cures and it may be that you need to see the psychologist over a period of time, it may also be that you need to be on medication for awhile until you settle down again.
Meanwhile the treatment that your doctor is giving you is what they deemed appropriate as a qualified medical practitioner.
They have decided that this the best course of treatment for you because you went to them.
Your mind had run amok, your routines are all upside-down, you are very sharp and abrupt with other people.
It may be that you feel bad for quite awhile and it must be said, that everybody goes through their own feelings (although it is the same illness).
Going out and mixing with other people and getting yourself back into a routine is a very important part of the healing process for anyone going through anxiety, depression and other stress related illnesses.
This is so that you can build up your confidence again and get your body clocks back into time.
One way to look at it is to say, if I went into hospital for an operation, would you get out of bed right after the operation, would you be healed.
The answer to these questions must be no, it takes time to heal.
The mind is the same, it takes time to heal, but it will heal given time.
Some people may find it difficult with medication, no matter what that medication is, but it is there to give the patient relief from their own thought processes, the doctor has prescribed something to give you relief from your illness if that is what is required.
It may be that your doctor thinks that a minor tranquilliser or an anti depressant is the best course of action for you.
You are given the medication by the chemist telling you what dosage to take.
When you start taking your medication, your mind might start running amok again.
This is because the medication has started working on the brain and the central nervous system.
The medication is there to help you to relax the brain, and this is the way it works.
The length of time you are on the medication depends on how you adapt to it and what you do about the thought processes in your brain.
It is not a instant fix nor is it an instant cure, it is there to help you get over the hard times of the illness and it will take as long as you as an individual will require it.
Your doctor or psychologist will keep telling you to find ways of relaxing.
Most people going through these sorts of problems have lost the art of relaxation.
They have forgotten how to do it and they need to be shown how to relax the brain and take control of their thought processes again.
Some people mask or shroud the problems of anxiety, depression, insomnia and other stress related illnesses by using alcohol or illegal drugs that can be bought almost anywhere or on the Internet and through other sources.
This may be the answer for the short term, but it is not the long term solution if the underlying problem is not tackled.
It can add to the problems of anxiety, depression, insomnia and other stress related illnesses.
We live in a world where people want instant solutions for everything and they might think in their heads that this is the answer for them because it makes them feel good or it makes them feel better in the short term.
Because there is more going on that what they understand, they may feel better after awhile, but when the problem happens again they find themselves taking more alcohol and more self prescribed drugs to get that sense of calm in their head.
Anxiety, depression, insomnia and other stress related illnesses are a problem that are in your head and some people can get by without medication, again the doctor is the person who needs to make that judgment because they are the people making the assessment on what they have been told.
In the past some tranquilliser and anti depressants have caused problems for the people coming off them.
But again it has to be questioned if the problem is caused because they haven't learnt the art of relaxation and controlling the thoughts in their head?
These problems have been caused by specific and named medications such as Valium, Seroxat, Sleeping medications and other drugs that work on the brain.
Before coming off of any medication a patient should talk it over with their doctor to see if they are ready to come off it for the long term.
Take advice from the doctor who will have the information as to how medication should be reduced.
It may be that the medication that you were on will cause you no problems, but for some it may cause the problems of anxiety, depression, insomnia and other stress related illnesses to come back again for a short time.
The feelings of these medications will wear off given time and relaxation.
The effects of some of these drugs can be uncomfortable for awhile and some people may need reassurance along with the relaxation that they have been taught, but the drugs that they have been on are for a specific illness and that's the way they work.
Don't go over the same old ground with your thought processes again, because you might create the problems of anxiety, depression, insomnia and other stress related illnesses again.
It might mean that you have not learned how to relax or shift your thought process away from your problems.
Anxiety, depression, insomnia and other stress related illnesses can be understood and overcome if you understand what the causes of them are.
The quality of life that you have depends on how you handle it in your head.
Is medication the answer written by Andrew Murphy 18 February 2008
Take great care with alcohol and drugs you can buy from the Internet, there are confidence tricksters trying to sell all types of medications, and you just don't know what's in them or what you are getting. For someone who is confused with anxiety or other stress related illnesses this is not the answer.
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