PSY 410 Week 2 DQ 1 Are anxiety disorders over treated with medication
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Are anxiety disorders over-treated with medication? Explain your answer.
I believe that they are over-treated. I want to speak from experience. I have had GAD, and the first thing I was prescribed was xanax. I have to admit instead of me being offered counseling or someone to talk to I was given pills. I did take these pills and they made me feel strange. I would have trouble functioning the next day. So I stopped taking them. It seems that with some of the disorders we need to find other means of addressing their anxiety. I don't believe a person should be given pills because they are afraid of spiders or snakes. If a person is afraid of elevators, then take the stairs. I just feel that some people make themselves more afraid than what they really are, and medication companies...