Many people have taken medication, but there are some characteristics to the use of anti-anxiety medication. After a doctor chooses a treatment regimen for a patient, he or she will recommend that the patient start with a small dose of medication and gradually increase it to a therapeutic dose. So there are times when it looks like a treatment plan is not showing efficacy, not that the treatment medication is really ineffective, but perhaps the medication is slow to work, or the dose is low, or the patient is not taking the medication as prescribed (this is what doctors often call poor adherence to treatment). Generally speaking, anxiety medication is relatively slow to take effect, and it may take about 1 week for patients to feel that the medication is working for them and for symptoms to begin to show signs of improvement. Some sensitive patients or patients with strong suggestibility may feel some adverse reactions, such as panic, dizziness, insomnia, dry mouth and tremors, when they first start to use the medication before the efficacy is shown. This is a normal phenomenon in the early stage of treatment. On the one hand, the efficacy of the medication for anxiety appears late, and on the other hand, the patient may be a sensitive quality for this to happen. Most of these adverse reactions are transient and mild, with a few people feeling slightly worse. Generally these symptoms are short-lived, usually lasting about 1 – 7 days, and then gradually diminish and disappear. Therefore, some people who receive anti-anxiety medication often experience adverse reactions first, and then the adverse reactions gradually diminish and the medication begins to take effect. Therefore, in addition to understanding the clinical characteristics of the patient’s anxiety, the doctor will also ask about the patient’s personality characteristics, physical condition, and the patient’s past treatment, and then select an appropriate treatment plan for the patient after obtaining the patient’s consent. There are several ways to reduce the occurrence of adverse drug reactions in the early stages of treatment. One way is for the doctor to advise the patient to take a small dose of medication first and then gradually increase the dose to the therapeutic dose after a period of adaptation. Another method is to give the patient a small dose of Valium at the beginning of treatment, which can also reduce the early adverse effects of anxiolytic medication such as panic attacks and insomnia, and also improve the patient’s accompanying insomnia symptoms. In the early stages of anti-anxiety medication, the patient’s condition changes rapidly, and the doctor needs to observe the effect of medication and possible efficacy, so it is important to follow up regularly for a period of time after starting treatment. In some patients, the treatment regimen does not work as well as desired, not because the medication was not chosen correctly, but because the dosage was not right. Some patients do not follow the doctor’s orders to increase the medication because of the fear of possible adverse effects, and keep the dose low, which can significantly affect the efficacy of the medication. Therefore, the dose should be gradually increased according to clinical needs until satisfactory efficacy occurs. The usual goal is to achieve optimal symptom control with the lowest level of adverse effects.