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Suggest Treatment For Inappropriate And Easily Triggered Anxiety

Posted on Tue, 24 Mar 2015

Question: Inappropriate and easily triggered anxiety such as being in a grocery store, on the phone, in public, and sometimes at home. Hands always shake often, if not all the time, shortness of breath, , along with mood swings and heavy heart beat.

Answered by Dr. Shubham Mehta (4 hours later)

Brief Answer:
SSRIs; psychological treatments.

Detailed Answer:
Hello
Welcome to HCM.

Inappropriate and Easily triggered anxiety that is present almost always is suggestive of generalised anxiety disorder.

Biologically, neurochemical imbalance in brain is said to cause this.

So, for the treatment, drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are helpful. These are commonly escitalopram, sertraline or paroxetine(prescription drugs).

There some psychological treatments like biofeedback therapy and progressive muscle relaxation exercises which help to keep your body and mind relaxed.

Apart from this, xanax(prescription drug) can be taken on SOS basis when there is intense anxiety.

I would also suggest you to continue with meditation and deep breathing regularly.
Green is a good antioxidant as well.

You can consult a local psychiatrist for proper prescription and psychological treatments.

Hope this helps.
Feel free to discuss further.

Thanks.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Yogesh D