AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Tranquilizers are prescribed for anxiety, acute stress reactions, and panic attacks. Commonly known medications include Xanax, Valium, Klonopin and Ativan.

Detailed explanation-2: -They slow down brain activity and can help you feel more relaxed and calm. Doctors often prescribe sedatives to treat sleep disorders and anxiety. They’re also used for general anesthesia. In some cases, these drugs can cause euphoria.

Detailed explanation-3: -Prescription sedatives and tranquilizers can cause euphoria. They also slow normal brain function, which may result in slurred speech, shallow breathing, sluggishness, fatigue, disorientation and lack of coordination or dilated pupils.

Detailed explanation-4: -Someone who mixes alcohol and barbiturates is likely to feel extremely intoxicated or drowsy. Other signs of mixing alcohol and barbiturates can be impaired thinking and judgment, a lack of coordination and motor function, slurred speech, blackouts and memory problems.