CNS Depressants: Anxiety

Alarm: body reacts to stress
Resistance: parasympathetic branch of the ANS tries to counteract the changes the stressful stimulus caused and restore a state of homeostasis
Exhaustion: The body's resources have been depleted (chronic stress, which can cause hypertension, mild cognitive impairment, and depression)

less toxic than barbituates
cause GABA-A receptor activation

ATOM
Alprazolam
Triazolam
Oxazepam
Midazolam

TLC
Temazepam
Lorazepam
Clonazepam

CDeF
Clorazepate
Clordiazepoxide
Diazepam
Flurazepam

GABA analog, but does not act on GABA-A receptor. Instead inhbits voltage-dependent Ca channel (VDCC)
anxiolytic

5HT1A receptor agonist
D2 agonist
Not GABA - less sedation and side effects, slower response
anxiolytic

convulstant, GABA-A antgaonist

binding to 5-HT2A is anxiogenic (causes anxiety)
binding to 5-HT1a is anxiolytic (reduces anxiety)