What is the best medicine for social anxiety?

Table of Contents:

1. What is the best medicine for social anxiety?
2. How do you make someone feel better with anxiety?
3. What do I do if someone is having an anxiety attack?
4. How do u know if ur having a panic attack?
5. Can I go to the hospital for a panic attack?
6. Can you pass out due to anxiety?
7. What do you do when panic attacks won't stop?
8. Can the ER do anything for anxiety?
9. Can you have anxiety all day?

What is the best medicine for social anxiety?

Though several types of medications are available, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are often the first type of drug tried for persistent symptoms of social anxiety. Your doctor may prescribe paroxetine (Paxil) or sertraline (Zoloft).

How do you make someone feel better with anxiety?

As a caregiver, there are some things that you can do to help yourself and the person living with anxiety:

1. Listen without judgement to their experiences. ...
2. Encourage the person to get enough sleep, be physically active, and eat healthy food.
3. Discourage the use of alcohol and/or drugs as a way to manage anxiety symptoms.

What do I do if someone is having an anxiety attack?

Helping Someone During a Panic Attack

1. Stay with the person and keep calm.
2. Offer medicine if the person usually takes it during an attack.
3. Don't make assumptions about what the person needs. Ask.
4. Speak to the person in short, simple sentences.
5. Be predictable. ...
6. Help slow the person's breathing by breathing with him or her or by counting slowly to 10.

How do u know if ur having a panic attack?

Panic attack symptoms

1. rapid heart rate.
2. sweating, trembling, or shaking.
3. shortness of breath.
4. feeling sick or nauseated.
5. a loss of control.
6. sense of impending danger.
7. chest pain and stomach cramps.
8. lightheadedness or faintness.

Can I go to the hospital for a panic attack?

If doctors didn't find a health issue then and you have the same symptoms now, it's likely that you're having another panic attack. But if you're not sure, you should go to the hospital. Most panic attacks pass within 30 minutes, but you can take a few steps to calm them on your own.

Can you pass out due to anxiety?

1 Panic attacks will lead to fainting: Fainting is caused by a sudden and significant drop in blood pressure. When you're anxious, your blood pressure rises. So, it's extremely unlikely that you will faint when you have a panic attack.

What do you do when panic attacks won't stop?

Make a deliberate effort to tighten and then relax those parts of your body. Or, if those parts feel like they won't obey during an anxiety attack, pick a body part that will respond, such as your toes or your shoulders. The more you can breathe deeply and relax, the easier it will be to cope.

Can the ER do anything for anxiety?

Going to an ER for anxiety will most likely help with the frightening symptoms the sufferer is experiencing. Their blood pressure can be monitored and the doctor can oversee their current state to administer advice or medicine to calm the patient down.

Can you have anxiety all day?

But if you have an anxiety disorder these feelings of fear and danger can be ongoing and interrupt your daily routine long after the threat has gone. They can make you feel as though things are worse than they actually are. Everyone's experience of anxiety disorders is different.