Self-medication for anxiety disorders often creates a cycle where substance use, such as alcohol, provides immediate anxiety reduction but is followed by rebound anxiety, which increases the urgency to use the substance again.

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  Overview of Anxiety Disorders - Psychiatry - MSD Manuals

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