| Millions of people with anxiety disorders go on to live | | | | imagine not taking medication to help them get through |
| their lives without anxiety help. Some people don't | | | | their day. Prolonged use of medication can make |
| want to rely on medication because they can be | | | | sufferers dependent on them to the point that they |
| potentially addictive and have side effects. Medication | | | | can't start their day without them. Some even become |
| is also not the best solution for anxiety disorders since | | | | chronic users taking medication daily for years. |
| they only treat the symptoms and not the root cause | | | | Unfortunately, many become addicted and increase |
| of the problem. Often anxiety disorders are brought on | | | | tolerance to medication. This makes coming off |
| by repetitive negative association with a particular | | | | medication very difficult and most risk symptoms |
| experience. | | | | coming back when they do. |
| Some sufferers develop a dependency and can't | | | | |