Tips for dealing with anxiety? i've never had a history and now i'm on xanax (alprazolam). please help i can't deal with it anymore, my heart rate is always up.

Anxiety symptoms: What amount of xanax (alprazolam), (alprazolam) and how often? You can have rebound anxiety in between doses. You've had some studies of your chest, but you also need studies of heart, thyroid, etc. If all is well there, a psychiatrist can help with meds as xanax (alprazolam) is not good for chronic use; psychotherapy for anxiety too. On your own you can practice breathing exercises, meditation, yoga, tai chi, etc.

Is it anxiety!!: Although your symptoms can be explained by anxiety . I wanna make sure that you don't have an organic problem causing it. For example thyroid disease can cause anxiety like state. Some rare heart problems. You can discuss these issues with your doctor and make sure you rule them out befoe you get diagnosed as anxiety. Xanax (alprazolam) is a fairly short term solution. . You might wanna consider meditation..

The best approach to: Deal with anxiety is combination of psychotherapy ( primarily ) and medication . The role of xanax (alprazolam) is limited only for couple of weeks until the effect of ssri / snri and psychotherapy kicks in.

See below: Are you anxious about every day stuff or particular events? Contact your primary for further eval to rule out organic causes. Consider psychotherapy. Practice relaxation, meditation, guided imagery. Keep a diary of the events when you happen to be anxious: what happened (the event), thoughts you had; things you've done to decrease anxiety; how you body responded: where it felt in your body.