| Medication: | | | | about their panic fits and agoraphobia, and how they |
| The kinds of medicine which are frequently used for | | | | can control them. The patient will learn what it is that |
| agoraphobia treatment are anti-depressants and | | | | triggers their attacks and what will lessen their effects. |
| medicine for anti-anxiety. Generally a patient wants to | | | | The patient is also going to study dealing with the |
| try many types before their doctor uncovers one that | | | | symptoms, like using methods for relaxation and |
| works. | | | | breathing. |
| An SSRI: | | | | Behavior: |
| These medications include Proxac, Paxil and Paxil CR, | | | | This part of the treatment is going to involve the |
| or Zoloft. | | | | patient changing the unhealthy and unwelcome |
| Benzodiazepines: | | | | behaviors thanks to desensitization, and this is also |
| These medicines include Klonopin and Xanax, and | | | | called exposure care. This is going to help the patient |
| they're made to help control panic episodes and | | | | to face scenarios and places that frequently causes |
| hysteria. Sadly, there is a danger of becoming | | | | you nervousness and fear. The patients specialist |
| contingent on them if someone takes them for a | | | | might go with the patient on some trips so they are |
| longer time than the doctor prescribes it for, or if the | | | | feeling more comfy and safe on the trip. |
| person takes more than prescribed. | | | | Many times a specialist who does treatment for |
| Psychotherapy: | | | | agoraphobia will be offering to rendezvous with the |
| As well as being prescribed medicine, an individual | | | | person in their home due to the fact the individual is |
| which has agoraphobia could be prescribed | | | | scared of leaving their home. Other alternatives are |
| psychotherapy. One of the common treatments that | | | | doing the sessions on the telephone or by way of |
| psychotherapists use for treatment for agoraphobia is | | | | e-mail, so the person feels safe. Folk who have |
| cognitive behaviour treatment. | | | | agoraphobia do not have to live with it for the |
| Cognitive: | | | | remainder of their lives. |
| Involves the patient becoming more knowledgeable | | | | |