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• Anxiety medication to take as needed how to#

Your GP can prescribe a variety of different types of medication to treat GAD. If the psychological treatments above haven't helped or you'd prefer not to try them, you'll usually be offered medication.

practising relaxing your muscles in situations that make you anxiousĪs with CBT, applied relaxation therapy will usually mean meeting with a therapist for a 1-hour session every week for 3 to 4 months.

Anxiety medication to take as needed how to#

learning how to relax your muscles quickly and in response to a trigger, such as the word "relax".The technique needs to be taught by a trained therapist, but generally involves: Applied relaxationĪpplied relaxation focuses on relaxing your muscles in a particular way during situations that usually cause anxiety. It usually involves meeting with a specially trained and accredited therapist for a 1-hour session every week for 3 to 4 months. Studies of different treatments for GAD have found the benefits of CBT may last longer than those of medication, but no single treatment works for everyone.ĬBT helps you to question your negative or anxious thoughts and do things you'd usually avoid because they make you anxious. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)Ĭognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is one of the most effective treatments for GAD.

If these initial treatments don't help, you'll usually be offered either a more intensive psychological therapy or medication. Or you may be offered a group course where you and other people with similar problems meet with a therapist every week to learn ways to tackle your anxiety. This involves working through a CBT-based workbook or computer course in your own time with the support of a therapist. Your GP or psychological therapies service may suggest trying a guided self-help course to see if it can help you learn to cope with your anxiety. Find an NHS psychological therapies service (IAPT)