When I first started having panic attacks, I went to the GP who listened and started writing out a prescription for Valium, or the equivalent. I told him I'd rather not take them, and would prefer a couple of pints if I was feeling edgy. He left that decision up to me.
I've never taken drugs for anxiety because I think I believe anxiety is an emotion, mood or feeling. As such, I feel I can influence it through thoughts as opposed to chemicals, and would argue firmly that I've had success this way. When I read the posts about going on and coming off prescribed drugs, it seems to me they do little else than my "couple of pints" would. They work for a time, can break a cycle, but in the end the problem remains and has to be dealt with by yourself - unless you fancy a lifetime on Valium, Prozac or whatever the latest drug craze is. Am I wrong? Has anyone out there cured their anxiety through prescription?
Jim