“Can mood stabilizers help with anxiety?”
I am a 27 year old male. I wonder if mood stabilizers can help with anxiety?
2 Answers
No. Anxiety can be managed with many techniques that do not require medication, and sometimes anti-anxiety medications are appropriate, but that is not mood stabilizers, which are meant for people with bipolar disorder.
Depending on the mechanism of their actions, some mood stabilizers can help anxiety symptoms if appropriately prescribed in the context of the patient's symptoms profile.
