Online Anxiety Treatment

Anxiety disorder is far different from the occasional anxiety that we experience due to day to day affairs. The former causes intensive and persistent worry accompanied by fear when performing the routine tasks. The condition is episodic; sudden and causes an intense feeling that reaches peak within minutes.

The feeling is hard to control and can cause several negative effects on your mental health. The negative effects of the condition lasts a long time. Patients tend to avoid places or situations that can trigger the feelings of severe anxiety.

Following are the types of anxiety disorders:

• Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD): The condition involves excessive and unrealistic worry without any reason.
• Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD): The condition causes an intense fear of being around people in a social setting or in a one-on-one talk. It is often accompanied by thoughts related to being judged by others by others.
• Panic Disorder: Caused by a sudden intense fear due to a traumatic experience or situation. Patients may breakout in sweat, chest pain and palpitations.
• Phobias: An intense fear of objects or situations such as heights or flying. This is unlike normal fear.
• Separation Anxiety: Patients who have this type of anxiety feel extremely fearful and anxious when a close person leaves too long from sight.
• Selective Mutism: This type of anxiety is associated with patients who do not talk in social settings but do it naturally among loved ones.
• Medication-induced Anxiety Disorder: As the name suggests this form of anxiety disorder is caused by abusing medications whose major side effect is anxiety.

Online Anxiety Treatment vs. Offline Treatment:

Online anxiety treatment is more convenient than offline anxiety treatment. Patients can easily schedule their video appointments for online mental assessments from their remote locations. There are faster prescription refills and easier access to online doctors for anxiety at any time.

	Online Anxiety Treatment	Offline Anxiety Treatment
Provided by a licensed doctor	✅	✅
Flexible scheduling and rescheduling	✅	❌
Complete mental health evaluation	✅	✅
Availability in remote locations	✅	❓
Prescription medications	✅	✅
Convenient prescription refills (If authorized)	✅	❓
Therapy & Counseling	✅	❓
Contactless and secure	✅	❌
Time-saving process	✅	❌
Travel costs	❌	✅
FSA / HSA eligible	✅	❓
24/7 Care support	✅	❌

Symptoms of Anxiety Disorder

Common Symptoms of Anxiety Disorder include:

• Overthinking
• Panic
• Fear
• Uneasiness
• Insomnia
• Shortness of breath
• Hyperventilation
• Palpitations and
• Dizziness

Medications for Anxiety Disorder

There are several types of drugs that are prescribed for treatment of anxiety disorders. Our mental health experts will discuss the pros and cons of every medication before prescribing the most suitable one for your condition:

Non-Narcotic Treatments for Anxiety:

Patients who have been struggling with substance abuse can be prescribed either of the two non-narcotic medications:

• Gabapentin
• Buspirone

SSRIs (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors):

It is the most prescribed medication for anxiety. They control the condition by increasing serotonin levels in the brain.

• Escitalopram (Lexapro)
• Fluoxetine (Prozac)
• Paroxetine (Paxil)
• Sertraline (Zoloft)

Benzodiazepine:

These medications are known as tranquilizers. True to their name these drugs help to calm the patient down by increasing inhibitory neurotransmitters in the brain. We prescribe the following Benzodiazepines:

• Alprazolam (Xanax)
• Chlordiazepoxide (Librium)
• Clonazepam (Klonopin)
• Diazepam (Valium)
• Lorazepam (Ativan)

At our clinic in Miami, our doctors know how anxiety can disrupt your life and affect social engagement. That’s why we thoroughly look over your medical history and provide a consultation to determine if an anxiety prescription should be recommended to help you reduce or prevent anxiety.

To learn more about using prescription drugs for anxiety, call our clinic in Miami at (305) 776-2898 or click below to schedule an appointment today.