Anxiety

What are the symptoms of an anxiety disorder?

Anxiety disorders cause serious and disruptive anxiety on a daily or near-daily basis. While some anxiety is occasionally normal, anxiety disorders cause problems such as: 

• Frequent nervousness
• Difficulty focusing on anything but your current worry
• Constant worry that is out of proportion to the issue 
• Feeling ill-at-ease
• Sensations of incoming disaster 
• Rapid heartbeat
• Shaking 
• Sweating excessively
• Breathing too rapidly
• Insomnia (difficulty sleeping)
• Stomach upset and pain

Many people with anxiety disorders find that their anxiety takes up a lot of time and even dominates their life. Anxiety disorders can be so disruptive that they keep you from being able to live normally.

 What are the treatments for anxiety? 

The most common anxiety treatments include psychotherapy and medication. But, about half of people with generalized anxiety disorder don’t get the results they need from medication. 

Ketamine Health & Wellness Clinics of Ohio specializes in ketamine treatment. Ketamine is a groundbreaking drug that offers rapid anxiety relief. When administered intravenously, ketamine can start easing anxiety symptoms within 40 minutes of treatment in the office, and its beneficial effects peak within two to four hours. 

The effects of ketamine for anxiety can last for anywhere from a few hours to several days. It’s different for every person, so the team creates a personalized treatment plan based on your response.

How does ketamine help with anxiety?

Experts are still learning about the way that ketamine relieves anxiety. Currently, research suggests that ketamine improves levels of glutamate, a brain chemical that affects mood. Ketamine also fixes broken connections between brain cells, leading to more balanced moods and emotions. 

Another leading theory is that the drug may lower activity in specific parts of the brain that are overactive in people with anxiety disorders. This helps reduce fear and other negative emotions that people with anxiety disorders experience too acutely. 

Is ketamine right for my anxiety disorder?

A psychiatric consultation at Ketamine Health & Wellness Clinics of Ohio can tell you whether ketamine infusions are a good option to relieve your anxiety. In general, ketamine is best suited for people who have exhausted other treatment options. 

Because ketamine works differently than oral medication and other treatment approaches, it can offer amazing results for many people who have stubborn and debilitating anxiety disorders. 

To learn more about anxiety treatment options, call Ketamine Health & Wellness Clinics of Ohio or book your appointment using the online scheduler now.