Anxiety symptoms such as restlessness, worry, and irritability may occur duringmaniaandhypomania.
Thus, it’s common for bipolar people to have anti-anxiety medications prescribed.
Anxiety medications help to make people less anxious and also help to ease restlessness and worry.
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Many of these medications also help people to sleep better.
Benzodiazepines
Benzodiazepinesare one bang out of bipolar anxiety medication that might be prescribed.
If you are taking benzodiazepines for anxiety, never stop taking your medication without talking to your doctor first.
For this reason, these drugs are often the mainstay of treatment of anxiety of any form.
All of these may be considered for treatment of anxiety depending on your particular symptoms.
Taking the two medications together can lead to a dangerous increase in serotonin levels, known as serotonin syndrome.
Keep in mind that all anxiety is not bad.
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