Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD), or treatment-refractory depression, is that which tends not to respond to ordinary medications. People with it try a variety of prescription medications and different kinds of therapy without seeing any improvement. However, experience tells us that...
Zolpidem, also known as Ambien and Stilnox, is used for occasional sleep disorders, like insomnia. It's a fast-acting, nonbenzodiazepine sedative, making it useful for people who have trouble sleeping or who wake up a lot at night. A lot of you...
Propranolol is possibly the most widely known drug used to treat social anxiety. It is a very effective relaxant, helping with tachycardia, general tension, and sweating. This beta-blocker is also prescribed to treat migraines and headaches, and even has...
When you see a doctor for some kind of mental illness or emotional problem, what should happen? The fact is that you're probably going to be prescribed medication or be sent to a psychiatrist. But not a psychologist, even...
Lexatin is a drug derived from benzodiazepines and is usually prescribed to treat severe anxiety. It reduces tension and nervousness. In higher doses, it acts as a muscle relaxant. In general, treatment with this psychoactive drug should be short-lived. (more…)
Lorazepam (also called Orfidal in some countries) is one of the best selling drugs today, almost to the level of aspirin. The fact that it's become one of the most widely prescribed drugs for anxiety and insomnia is due to...
Antipsychiatry is a controversial movement that emerged in the late 1960s and early 1970s. One of its main inspirations was the Hungarian psychiatrist Tomas Szasz, who was also a professor at the University of Syracuse in New York. However,...
We know that taking a pill does not solve psychological pain (though it may give temporary relief). We know that anxiolytics do not cure anxiety or make your energy-sucking boss disappear. However, they do help. They help with emotional distress...
Benzodiazepines live on our nightstands and inside our handbags. They're pills for the pain of life, the guarantee insomnia won't creep up on us and the monster of anxiety will stay asleep. They're magically blended by those enormous pharmaceutical companies, but...