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Medication: Benzodiazepines have a large number of uses, including treatment of panic attacks and the treatment of anxiety, Unfortunately, benzodiazepines are addictive, and so efforts must be made to limit their use whenever possible. Medications include: Alprazolam (Xanax), Clonazepam (Klonopin), Diazepam (Valium), and Lorazepam (Ativan).

Psychotherapy: The goal of psychotheapy is to help the patient experience the anxiety while in safe and supportive treatment so as to overcome it or eliminate it.
When children are the patients then the therapist must also educate the parents so they do not become part of the "anxious cycle" that the child goes through.  The anxious child is an approval seeker and parents can unwittingly fall into the trap of approving them and extending the disorder.  Relax
-ation and meditation techniques have been shown to
be very effective with anxious patients.  Even EMDR
has been used to install a better "script" of what could
happen when the anxiety tries to take over.  I use
both meditation and EMDR in my work with anxious
patients and have found the combination most effective.

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