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L ' anxiety can be a normal human reaction to situations and life events, and to some extent it can be regarded as a necessary reaction, but it can become a pathological phenomenon when it exceeds certain levels, evaluated subjectively and objectively by the patient to the specialist , through tests and a review of the limitations to normal daily activities.

The differentiation between normal anxiety and pathological anxiety , in short, responds to a merely quantitative criterion. To give a concrete example, repeated episodes of panic that cause strong limitations to the individual, reducing the living space and causing the establishment of symptoms of avoidance of places and situations deemed potentially "anxiety", are to be considered manifestations that fall into the pathology.

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The anxiety therapy makes use of pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy of different orientation, from psychoanalytic to cognitive-behavioral therapy . The main drugs used in the treatment of anxiety are the benzodiazepines and antidepressants ( SSRI , NARI , etc.), which have shown an effect on anxiety that goes beyond their antidepressive action.

However, these drugs often have significant side effects, such as sedation, weight gain and reduction of cognitive abilities, and moreover, in particular benzodiazepines, cause tolerance and dependence . In other words, the dose of the drug needed to achieve the desired therapeutic effect becomes progressively greater with the passage of time and the failure to take it creates addictive symptoms.