FIRST STAGE OF STRESS BREAKDOWN: SEDATIVE WITHDRAWAL
Withdrawal of sedative drugs such as alcohol and the benzodiazepine drugs such as diazepam (Valium), oxazepam (Serepax) and nitrazepam (Mogadon) will produce an agitation which is indistinguishable from mild anxiety. In general, people are aware of what the symptoms of hangover are from drinking alcohol several hours previously. It is not so widely recognized that the sedative drugs usually prescribed to relieve anxiety will leave a feeling of vague agitation when the sedation wears off. The vague agitation usually persists for about four times as long as the duration of the sedative action of the drug.Thus, a person may be suffering from feelings of anxiety due simply to withdrawal of the sedative action of a drug, leaving the agitation. This does not mean that at that moment he is suffering from stress-breakdown symptoms. However, a person seeking to use the anxiety equation for self-diagnosis at the time should be aware that anxiety does occur as a result of sedative withdrawal.
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Withdrawal of sedative drugs such as alcohol and the benzodiazepine drugs such as diazepam (Valium), oxazepam (Serepax) and nitrazepam (Mogadon) will produce an agitation which is indistinguishable from mild anxiety. In general, people are aware of what the symptoms of hangover are from drinking alcohol several hours previously. It is not so widely recognized that the sedative drugs usually prescribed to relieve anxiety will leave a feeling of vague agitation when the sedation wears off. The vague agitation usually persists for about four times as long as the duration of the sedative action of the drug.
Thus, a person may be suffering from feelings of anxiety due simply to withdrawal of the sedative action of a drug, leaving the agitation. This does not mean that at that moment he is suffering from stress-breakdown symptoms. However, a person seeking to use the anxiety equation for self-diagnosis at the time should be aware that anxiety does occur as a result of sedative withdrawal.
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