Results from the studies remove any reasonable doubt that sleep apnea is a fatal disease, said epidemiologist Nathaniel S. Marshall of the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research in Australia, lead author of one of the two papers published in the journal Sleep.
Although alcohol can temporarily reduce symptoms of social anxiety â which is the reason many turn to it â Stein and Walker note that alcohol can also increase anxiety, irritability, or depression a few hours later or the next day. Even moderate amounts of alcohol can affect oneâs mood and anxiety level.
1 Even if marijuana was a cure for anxiety, there are reactions to marijuana that can make anxiety worse. 2  Because of the way that cannabis can exacerbate anxiety, anyone with an anxiety disorder is putting themselves at risk for creating intense anxiety when their previous anxiety was otherwise manageable without it.