Treatment For Panic Attacks
by Anne on February 2, 2010
in Anxiety,Health
Panic Attacks is probably the most widespread psychological condition in the world we live in today; in the US alone, it is said that 40 million people are affected by some form or other of anxiety, from a mild form to the extent of full blown anxiety which is called a disorder.
What is anxiety?
Science tells us that these conditions are caused by biochemistry or brain chemistry imbalance (dopamine and serotonin). Genetics also play a factor here as this condition can run in the family or can be brought on by stress induced upbringing (violence, abuse, etc).
Anxiety can be felt even when a danger is not actually present as if the brain misunderstood the situation and translated or transmitted it to the body as a potentially dangerous one. We can think for example of social anxiety where the fear is to be around others or around strangers or having to engage someone.
But it is very real and terrorizing to the person whose brain and body gives off such signals. Three million Americans are known only to be suffering from debilitating panic attacks.
People who are afflicted with this condition suffer a great deal as this is a very inhibiting condition; the panic attack is in itself, crippling and so is the intense fear (terror) of it happening again. Even the fear of having another attack can bring one on when a panic attack is brought on, the sufferer feels like he is going crazy or fears that he is going to die and reports symptoms similar to having a cardiac arrest. Unfortunately, the intensity of the feeling of going crazy can prevent the anxiety sufferer from seeking help People who are afflicted by this should know they are not alone. It is possible and probably preferable to try and treat this ailment through prevention, by trying to prevent such attacks from occurring in the first place. It is wise to talk to your doctor to see what he can recommend and some medicines seem to be helpful with reducing anxiety levels. But a multiple approach is always a wise choice as it gives these people a better chance at significantly reducing this problem from different angles therefore, enabling better results. Therapy for example, as with cognitive behavior amongst others, is utilized to treat anxiety attacks and remains an important complement to medication or natural remedies. Breathing techniques, relaxation or meditation can add relief to other forms of treatment as well. “Behavioral”, means to immerse oneself slowly into what brings on the fears and begin desensitizing to it (facing fears) while the “cognitive” aspect of the treatment implies to investigate was is known or perceived about the situation thus deconstructing it to anchor thoughts a little more into reality and a little less into the imaginary.
What cause an anxiety attack?
The main cause of an anxiety attack is of course stress, stress related to a particular situation that triggers the attack. Every form of treatment can be helpful here, medical, natural and psychological. Seek medical advice all the while trying to alleviate stress as much as you can with such alternatives as therapy, meditation, exercise, yoga, relaxing, herbal teas or what ever calms your mind and feels good to you. And trying to avoid stimulants such as caffeine for example is always a good idea.
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my worry is simply intolerable. it senses such as I am sleeping and not get up, and also the entire body is conscious but certainly not my mind. I have got this for many years. I have a sharp panic while I had been traveling overseas. Does any person has that experience? can be true that a person may have treatment and could wake up finaly?
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I say that becoming nervous about a specific thing are totaly differrent from experiencing an anxiety illness. Panic attack are unbearable.
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Panic attacks are basically well-known as panic or anxiety attacks As soon as a guy runs into almost any type of worry from something and can’t get over that, this becomes panic attacks
There seems to be plenty of anxiety for everyone these days, and sometimes the source is difficult to pinpoint. But wouldn’t it be great to conquer the fear behind the anxiety or panic attack instead of just coping with it. Being a former anxiety sufferer for over 10 years I thought my dreadful anxiety attacks [...]
Hi and lots of (((((((((((((((((hugs))))))))))))))) for you. I understand how you feel as I had panic and anxiety attacks when I was at University.
I was given exercises to do and some of the ideas on this website under the self-help section really remind me of them. They helped a lot.
Hopefully they'll disappear as quickly as they've arrived.
If you feel that everything is getting on top of you perhaps you could also try to speak to a counsellor or a close friend.
Good luck
K x
I don’t understand… I am studying this for my psychology course.
I minimize gluten from my personal eating routine and most the ” mind sounds”; has entirely quitened down. This has truly helped.
(There is actually a possibility that certain persons experience leaky gut malady, the wheat will go via the stomach and directly to your head, behaving as a drug, that could cause a person feel ” nuts”; along with thoughts.)
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