The modern "frantic" rhythm of life goes by so rapidly: home, work, children, everyday life, financial problems ... and so on ad infinitum. Disorders associated with the unstable work of the nervous system lead to insomnia, increased irritability, mood swings, and depression. The course can help the nervous system sedatives. But which ones? Let's try to figure out which drugs are suitable for adults, children and the elderly.
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Anxiety drugs: when and who needs them
Until recently, it was believed that sedatives are needed only for the elderly, as their nervous system is "worn out" and requires external support. This common misconception disappeared under the onslaught of life situations and lifestyle of modern people. It happens that it is simply impossible to cope with the manifestations of stress on your own, therefore medicine offers a wide selection of various drugs for any age.
Sedatives, when used consistently, are considered therapy. Therefore, a doctor's consultation is necessary. Self-medication in this case is unacceptable.
The need to help your nerve cells appears in the following situations:
Anxiety medications for children: when you can't do without them?
Sedatives for children are agents that normalize and balance the nervous work (processes of activity and inhibition) that occurs in the cerebral cortex. According to medical canons, all sedatives for children are divided into three groups:
- Vegetable origin. This group includes teas, teas, tinctures made on the basis of natural products. They have a mild sedative effect on the body.
- Homeopathic remedies... Ways to reduce the child's hyperexcitability and irritability.
- Medicines. Strong sedatives, sold by prescription only. They are prescribed for pathologies, injuries at birth, in cases of damage to the central nervous system.
They resort to using a certain group of sedatives exclusively according to the doctor's indications in such cases:
- Observed hyperexcitability(hyperactivity).
- Child does not sleep well at night (chronic sleep disorder).
- If the child overly active... Does not sleep up to 80% of the time of day, while running, screaming, not concentrating, actively gesticulating.
- In cases of explicit depressive conditions... This manifests itself in constant depression, isolation, anxiety. In adolescents, this state can be seen in the absence of motivation for learning, the emergence of asocial behavior.
- After 3 years with these symptoms: frequent nightmares, tick, stutter, if the baby pees at night, it lags behind peers.
- At emotional experiences associated with the beginning of going to kindergarten, school.
Soothing remedies for the little ones: herbal preparations
Quite often, situations arise when problems with unnatural moodiness appear from the first months of life. This can happen due to the formation of all systems of life. Expressed in:
- sleep disorders;
- increased excitability;
- neuralgia.
In addition to medications, herbal teas and herbal teas have been used with success.
It is forbidden to independently diagnose your child and give medications to anxiety. This is extremely dangerous for this age.
Sedatives for school children
Pharmaceuticals offers sedatives for schoolchildren (adolescents). After all, school is a society in which your child is most of the time, and, as you know, in every society there is a place for stressful situations. Children from 7 years old with irritability, restlessness, absent-mindedness can be prescribed the following drugs:
- Pantogam- neurometabolic stimulant of synthetic origin, improves brain activity and relieves nervous tension.
- Magnesium B6- helps with neuroses, by replenishing the deficiency of magnesium in the blood. Appointed after laboratory tests (delivery of analysis). Eliminates irritability and minimizes the manifestations of emotional arousal.
- Sanason-lek- is aimed at reducing anxiety, also normalizes sleep.
Homeopathic sedatives for children
Some doctors claim that homeopathic remedies have a placebo effect, so they are rather skeptical about them. But many parents are convinced that homeopathy is doing a good job of calming the flighty toddler.
Official, confirmed evidence that homeopathic medicines have a sedative effect does not yet exist.
They are mainly used during the first trips to kindergarten or school, as well as when changing the family environment (moving, divorce of parents). In such situations, doctors may prescribe to the child:
For the smallest children, it is allowed to use the following remedies for sleep disorders, teething, the beginning of complementary feeding (when these processes take place with nervous disorders):
Sedatives for hyperactive children
Increased activity in children is called postnatal encephalopathy, and requires treatment through behavioral adjustments with neurometabolic stimulants. They help to normalize blood circulation in the brain, since in most cases, pathological changes occur due to a lack of oxygen and nutrients to the brain cells.
If the brain is intact, there is no oxygen starvation or microbleeding, then such stimulants have no effect.
For overactive children aged 3–12 years, doctors prescribe the following drugs to calm down:
Scientists say that visiting sports sections helps to strengthen the central nervous system, helps to concentrate.
A sedative medicine for children with a sleeping pill effect
A significant proportion of sedatives have a hypnotic effect. Therefore, it is forbidden to get carried away, and even more so to prescribe such medications on your own. The following drugs will help to establish healthy sleep:
Effective sedatives for adults: TOP of the best remedies
As we said, all sedatives are divided into herbal and synthetic. Based on this, we present the following TOP rating of sedatives for adults:
1. Herbal preparations:
- Valerian.
- Motherwort.
- Peony.
- St. John's wort.
2. Combined plant-based(summarizing the effects of different herbal ingredients):
- Phytosed.
- Novo-Passit.
- Phytosedan.
- Persen.
- Dormiplan.
- Corvalol.
- Valocordin.
3. Bromides (the basis of the preparation is bromine):
- Bromcamphor.
- Adonis Brom.
4. Homeopathic remedies:
- Valerianachel.
- Nervohel.
- Calm down.
- Neurosed.
- Edas.
5. Nootropic drugs:
- Phenibut.
- Tenoten.
- Glycine.
Tranquilizers - powerful sedatives for adults: our rating
Tranquilizers are prescribed for various types of nervous disorders and the treatment of anxiety conditions. The best are:
When is it necessary and contraindicated to take tranquilizers?
Today, tranquilizers are a panacea for serious fears, psychosis, phobias, neuroses. They are psychotropic drugs that are designed to enhance inhibition in the brain and central nervous system, while weakening excitement in them.
A feature of tranquilizers is very quick addiction, especially with prolonged use. Therefore, doctors prescribe them in short courses.
As for the indications, it is advisable to start treatment with tranquilizers only after a complete examination and identification of the following deviations:
- serious neuroses;
- mental disorders;
- deep depression;
- the presence of suicidal thoughts.
If the diagnosis sounds like a minor anxiety, then you do not need to grab onto such pills. Also, in order to avoid dependence on such drugs, you should not be treated with tranquilizers for persons under 18 years of age. Since most of the funds from this group have drowsiness and decreased reactions in side effects, it is undesirable to take them to people employed in jobs with increased responsibility (drivers, locksmiths performing gas-hazardous work, etc.).
It is forbidden to prescribe such funds to people who abuse alcohol. Since their complex effect (alcohol + tranquilizer) can lead to coma and death.
Potent tranquilizers are available in pharmacies only with a doctor's prescription.
Peculiarities of taking sedatives by the elderly
By old age, the nervous system of each person "wears out" and symptoms such as irritability, forgetfulness, sleep disturbance are inherent in all people of age. But since "age takes its toll", then any sedatives will not work here. Even if your grandmother confidently declares that she has been drinking "Barboval" for the last 10 years to calm her down, and now he has stopped helping her (has deteriorated), you should know that the drops (pill) that were put on her feet 10 years ago, after 60 years can have a different effect and put you in a hospital bed. Therefore, older people should consider the following when taking anti-anxiety medications:
- Read the instructions carefully, especially the sections on side effects and contraindications.
- Take medication strictly in the dosage prescribed by the doctor. No self-medication and self-prescription.
- Selecting antidepressants carefully... At this age, they must have a vasodilating effect for more abundant blood flow to the brain.
- Psychotropic drugs in old age are not always effective for behavioral disorders, as they can lead to impaired consciousness and motor functions. They are only taken as directed by a doctor.
- Tranquilizers and sleeping pills are aimed at long-term effects and should not joke with their dosage in old age. For To normalize sleep, it is better to drink tinctures of motherwort or valerian.
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