If the first treatment option (applied relaxation, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), or medication) doesn’t manage Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) well, your health-care professional should provide another treatment option, which has not been offered before.
If medication is helping you, but you still have some symptoms, you may be provided one of the psychological treatments (CBT or applied relaxation) along with the medication.
If none of the treatment options has helped you manage GAD, the health-care professional may arrange an appointment with a specialist.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Monday, March 18, 2013
Medication for Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
If you chose to have medication than psychological management, or psychological treatment didn’t help you, your health-care professionals should provide medication. They will offer a kind of anti-depressant known as a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI). Fluoxetine, Sertraline, Citalopram, Fluvoxamine, Paroxetine, and Escitalopram belong to the SSRI group. Anti-depressants can be an efficient management for generalised anxiety disorder (GAD). Taking an anti-depressant doesn’t mean that you have depression.
If the initial SSRI doesn’t work well, or you have adverse effects, which are troublesome, you should be provided a different SSRI or another kind of anti-depressant known as a serotonin-noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor (SNRI). Duloxetine and Venlafaxine are members of the SNRI group.
If the initial SSRI doesn’t work well, or you have adverse effects, which are troublesome, you should be provided a different SSRI or another kind of anti-depressant known as a serotonin-noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor (SNRI). Duloxetine and Venlafaxine are members of the SNRI group.
