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Anxiety, Panic attacks, constant internal discomfort. Sound familiar? In such cases, my grandmother usually drips herself a couple of drops of valerian. Will it help? Let's figure it out now. Educational program on sedatives in our fresh post.
Stress
Don't say you never thought of buying yourself a bottle of sedative. I won’t believe it anyway. Our life is full of stress, and if you add to it the problems mentioned in yesterday's post, then it becomes almost impossible to live. What to do about it? Perhaps the only way out is to take the appropriate medications. There are two broad categories of sedatives in total - sedatives or sedatives and tranquilizers. Antidepressants should not be included here, as they are drugs exclusively for depression. It is also worth mentioning sleeping pills, since they have similar mechanisms of action on the body. But about them and tranquilizers in the next posts.
Take it easy
So, sedatives, they are also called psycholeptics. According to the popular name of sedatives, it is already possible to understand that these drugs should relieve emotional stress and soothe. There are two types of them in total - herbal preparations, or synthetics. The first includes the same valerian, hop extract and other herbs. Synthetics are more serious drugs based on glycine and dexmedetomidine.
How do they work?
There are two continuous processes in the nervous system: excitement and inhibition. With their normal balance, a person, when necessary, can be vigorous and energetic, or, conversely, calm and restrained. If the balance is disturbed in the direction of increased excitability, irritability and aggression appear, which, giving way to exhaustion, turn into tearfulness and apathy. If inhibition begins to prevail over excitement, drowsiness and apathy appear, and interest in life is lost. Sedatives, that is, sedatives, agents can both enhance inhibition and reduce the excitability of nerve cells - it depends on the specific active ingredient. For example, bromides - chemical sedatives that have been used for a long time in medicine - increase the inhibition process in the nerve cells of the cerebral cortex. Motherwort reduces anxiety. Magnesium preparations act in a similar way, lowering the excitability of the central nervous system. At the beginning of the last century, magnesium sulfate was used intravenously as a sedative.
How does a person see the world under valerian?
The key difference between psycholeptics and tranquilizers and sleeping pills is that they do not make you sleepy. And this is cool, because there are no side effects from them. But there is also a downside to the coin. In reality, the effect of sedatives is rather weak, and here it is, as it were, 50/50. 50% real effect on the nervous system and 50% placebo effect. At least a little calmed - and thanks for that. So personally, I would not rely solely on such drugs and they cannot solve serious problems with the nervous system. It's like vitamins. And about the real "sedatives" already in tomorrow's post.
Stress
Don't say you never thought of buying yourself a bottle of sedative. I won’t believe it anyway. Our life is full of stress, and if you add to it the problems mentioned in yesterday's post, then it becomes almost impossible to live. What to do about it? Perhaps the only way out is to take the appropriate medications. There are two broad categories of sedatives in total - sedatives or sedatives and tranquilizers. Antidepressants should not be included here, as they are drugs exclusively for depression. It is also worth mentioning sleeping pills, since they have similar mechanisms of action on the body. But about them and tranquilizers in the next posts.
Take it easy
So, sedatives, they are also called psycholeptics. According to the popular name of sedatives, it is already possible to understand that these drugs should relieve emotional stress and soothe. There are two types of them in total - herbal preparations, or synthetics. The first includes the same valerian, hop extract and other herbs. Synthetics are more serious drugs based on glycine and dexmedetomidine.
How do they work?
There are two continuous processes in the nervous system: excitement and inhibition. With their normal balance, a person, when necessary, can be vigorous and energetic, or, conversely, calm and restrained. If the balance is disturbed in the direction of increased excitability, irritability and aggression appear, which, giving way to exhaustion, turn into tearfulness and apathy. If inhibition begins to prevail over excitement, drowsiness and apathy appear, and interest in life is lost. Sedatives, that is, sedatives, agents can both enhance inhibition and reduce the excitability of nerve cells - it depends on the specific active ingredient. For example, bromides - chemical sedatives that have been used for a long time in medicine - increase the inhibition process in the nerve cells of the cerebral cortex. Motherwort reduces anxiety. Magnesium preparations act in a similar way, lowering the excitability of the central nervous system. At the beginning of the last century, magnesium sulfate was used intravenously as a sedative.
How does a person see the world under valerian?
The key difference between psycholeptics and tranquilizers and sleeping pills is that they do not make you sleepy. And this is cool, because there are no side effects from them. But there is also a downside to the coin. In reality, the effect of sedatives is rather weak, and here it is, as it were, 50/50. 50% real effect on the nervous system and 50% placebo effect. At least a little calmed - and thanks for that. So personally, I would not rely solely on such drugs and they cannot solve serious problems with the nervous system. It's like vitamins. And about the real "sedatives" already in tomorrow's post.
