Anxiety

What is Anxiety?

Mental disorders such as anxiety affect 30% of adults at different points in adulthood. When anxiety disorders are present, excessive fear or anxiety is present, as opposed to normal feelings of nervousness or anxiety. Anxiety doesn't have to control your life. Here at Peak Wellness Psychiatry, we help you manage your anxiety with a personalized treatment plan aimed at helping you live a life of wellness.

Peak Wellness Psychiatry provides an holistic approach to online psychiatry. We also can incorporate medications when appropriate, lifestyle modifications, nutrition, and all aspects that encompass your complete wellness. With each patient, our aim is to help you to thrive at your best by moving you from a state of every day symptom management toward optimal mental wellness!

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What is Anxiety?

Mental disorders such as anxiety affect 30% of adults at different points in adulthood. When anxiety disorders are present, excessive fear or anxiety is present, as opposed to normal feelings of nervousness or anxiety. Anxiety doesn't have to control your life. Here at Peak Wellness Psychiatry, we help you manage your anxiety with a personalized treatment plan aimed at helping you live a life of wellness.

How is Anxiety Treated?

SSRIS (SELECTIVE SEROTONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITORS) 


What are SSRIS?

SSRIs are antidepressants that also work in treating anxiety. They act on serotonin, an important neurotransmitter implicated in feelings of happiness and well-being, as well as thinking, memory, sleep, digestion, and circulation. In many cases of anxiety, SSRIs are considered the first-line medication.


Below is a list of common SSRI medications:

  • Zoloft (sertraline) – has minimal side effects and creates a calming effect
  • Prozac (fluoxetine)
  • Celexa (citalopram)
  • Lexapro (escitalopram)
  • Pexeva (paroxetine)
  • Paxil (paroxetine)

SNRIS (SEROTONIN-NOREPINEPHRINE REUPTAKE INHIBITORS)


What are SNRIS?

The action of SNRIs is to prevent the brain cells from rapidly absorbing serotonin and norepinephrine. SNRIs stabilize these neurotransmitters, which help improve mood, reduce anxiety, and relieve panic.


Below is a list of common SNRI medications: 

  • Cymbalta (duloxetine)
  • Cymbalta (duloxetine)
  • Pristiq (desvenlafaxine)
  • Effexor (venlafaxine)

SNRIS (SEROTONIN-NOREPINEPHRINE REUPTAKE INHIBITORS)


What are SNRIS?

The action of SNRIs is to prevent the brain cells from rapidly absorbing serotonin and norepinephrine. SNRIs stabilize these neurotransmitters, which help improve mood, reduce anxiety, and relieve panic.


Below is a list of common SNRI medications: 

  • Cymbalta (duloxetine)
  • Cymbalta (duloxetine)
  • Pristiq (desvenlafaxine)
  • Effexor (venlafaxine)

BETA-BLOCKERS


What are BETA-BLOCKERS?

Beta-blockers help minimize the effects of your body's fight-or-flight response on your heart. The effects of beta-blockers can help manage some of the physical symptoms of anxiety, but they will not address the underlying psychological causes.


It is best for managing short-term anxiety by decreasing your body's physical reactions to stress. 


Below is a list of common Beta-blockers:

  • Propranolol

Anxiolytics


What are Anxiolytics?

Anxiolytics are anti-anxiety medications that help ease anxiety-related physical and mental symptoms. A majority of anxiolytic medications affect neurotransmitters in the brain, such as serotonin, the feel-good hormone, and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA).


 Below is a list of common

  • BUSPIRONE (BUSPAR)