Valium

There are varying degrees of anxiety. Your ability to function is de-pendent on the level of discomfort you experience.

Mild anxiety can be a good thing. Without it, you’d be constantly drifting off to sleep, probably couldn’t hold a coherent discussion or achieve any of your goals. Mild anxiety is necessary for learning to take place.

As anxiety increases, your perception of what is going on around you decreases. Your hands or underarms may start to perspire, pulse and respiration increase, you may have “butterflies” in your stomach, diarrhea, frequent urination, tension headaches, fatigue, and/or increased muscle tension. You may speak more quickly, or more slowly, than usual.

When severe anxiety occurs, you start to pay attention only to parts of experiences and begin to block out the threat you feel. Learning does not occur at this level of anxiety, and your attention span is short. Your chances of understanding what is happening to you or of taking reasonable action are nil. You may focus on one small detail or on scattered details from many experiences. You may perspire profusely, and your pulse and blood pressure rise even higher. You may breathe rapidly in the upper part of your chest, and your lips and mouth may be quite dry. You may stammer, speak loudly, rapidly, in a high-pitched voice, or be hesitant. You may tremble, shiver, hold a rigid posture or clench your fists. Nowadays there are powerful medications to treat anxiety. One of them is Valium that we discuss here. Another one is Xanax, and there are some more…

Panic is the most extreme level of anxiety. You may blow things way out of proportion, may experience terror and feelings of unreality and be unable to communicate with other people. Because the higher levels of anxiety are so distressing, you may convert your anxiety to anger, which can bring you back to feeling in control again, even though your anger is unreasonable. You can also convert your anxiety into withdrawal by calling in sick, canceling appointments, or retiring to bed. You may convert your anxiety into physical symptoms such as high blood pressure, tension headaches, diarrhea, fatigue, or other physical symptoms.