Shannon McDowell – One More Voice in Cyberspace

Xanax (1mg Tablets)

Anxiety attacks (also known as panic attacks) is a disorder when the body suddenly feels a fight-or-flight reaction. These usually occur due to stressful stimuli but can also occur at random periods. The sufferer suddenly feels a drowning sensation: unable to breathe or rapid breathing, tightness in the neck, shakiness, and sometimes they mimic the signs of a heart attack.

Unlike a phobia, which is usually an irrational fear of some sort, panic attacks usually surprise the sufferer. The person experiencing these episodes feels an impending sense of doom or that death is about to occur.

One form of treatment for this disorder is a class of medication called benzodiazepines. These medications include Xanax, Valium, Klonopin, and Ativan, just to name a few. For the alleviation of panic, they are miracle drugs. Then can either stop an attack from occurring or reduce the severity of it.

But like every medication, there are disadvantages as well. For one, benzodiazepines are known to be “habit forming.” “Habit forming,” to me, is an euphemism for addictive, as you shall see in my proceeding posts.

I should know. I was once a Xanax addict.

Part 2 of this topic here