Orange Lightning
22-11-13, 14:38
This just crossed my mind, so I'd like to hear as many opinions about it as possible. As we know, anxiety can cause maybe 100 and more symptoms of all types and severities. My question is, if you can treat a symptom with a non-anxiety-related drug, does that mean anxiety didn 't cause it?
Here's a couple of examples. Lots of people with stress get headaches or migraines. I do too, but a dose of 'Migraleve' gets rid of it, whereas Mirtazapine doesn't help. Also taking Gaviscon Advance or a H2 Blocker makes my reflux symptoms slightly better, again Mirtazapine does not help much here.
Does the fact that typical medications improve these very real symptoms probe they are NOT related to anxiety, or do they simply help relieve the stress of the anxiety symptoms? (I hope that made sense? :D)
Here's a couple of examples. Lots of people with stress get headaches or migraines. I do too, but a dose of 'Migraleve' gets rid of it, whereas Mirtazapine doesn't help. Also taking Gaviscon Advance or a H2 Blocker makes my reflux symptoms slightly better, again Mirtazapine does not help much here.
Does the fact that typical medications improve these very real symptoms probe they are NOT related to anxiety, or do they simply help relieve the stress of the anxiety symptoms? (I hope that made sense? :D)