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Suggest Treatment For Nervous Stomach, IBS, Restlessness And TMJ
Brief Answer:
Check thyroid, consider antidepressant/antianxiety medicine.
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome,
If you know that anxiety/nerves are a problem on an ongoing basis, I would recommend the following:
1. Go to your doctor for blood work to make sure there is not a medical reason for your nervousness. Things to check include thyroid hormone levels and blood sugar.
2. If there is no medical cause for the nervousness, and if it is a chronic problem, then I would suggest a long term medication - an antidepressant/antianxiety medication such as the SSRI called Lexapro (escitalopram). This type of medicine does not treat anxiety immediately but may take a few weeks to work.
For immediate relief with or without the long term treatment, you might want to take a benzodiazepine medication such as alprazolam or lorazepam. This type of medicine works immediately.
3. You might want to talk with a counselor about ways to cope with nervousness. Exercise done regularly, such as walking 3x/week, has also been shown to help.
I hope this information helps and that you are soon feeling better.
Check thyroid, consider antidepressant/antianxiety medicine.
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome,
If you know that anxiety/nerves are a problem on an ongoing basis, I would recommend the following:
1. Go to your doctor for blood work to make sure there is not a medical reason for your nervousness. Things to check include thyroid hormone levels and blood sugar.
2. If there is no medical cause for the nervousness, and if it is a chronic problem, then I would suggest a long term medication - an antidepressant/antianxiety medication such as the SSRI called Lexapro (escitalopram). This type of medicine does not treat anxiety immediately but may take a few weeks to work.
For immediate relief with or without the long term treatment, you might want to take a benzodiazepine medication such as alprazolam or lorazepam. This type of medicine works immediately.
3. You might want to talk with a counselor about ways to cope with nervousness. Exercise done regularly, such as walking 3x/week, has also been shown to help.
I hope this information helps and that you are soon feeling better.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Will anti depressant/ anxiety Meds impair my thinking. I'm type A and on the go.
Very active and otherwise healthy. I take a sleeping pill to go to sleep
Very active and otherwise healthy. I take a sleeping pill to go to sleep
Brief Answer:
SSRIs will usually not affect thinking.
Detailed Answer:
An SSRI medication like escitalopram usually will not cause impaired thinking. The immediate relief (benzodiazepine) medications on the other hand can make people tired and sometimes affect thinking.
SSRIs will usually not affect thinking.
Detailed Answer:
An SSRI medication like escitalopram usually will not cause impaired thinking. The immediate relief (benzodiazepine) medications on the other hand can make people tired and sometimes affect thinking.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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