Panic and Anxiety Attacks

Mark C Roberts asked:


Nocturnal Panic Attacks Help

 Most everyone has heard of panic attacks, but very few know anything about the panic attacks that happen at night while you are asleep. These are called nocturnal panic attacks. The episodes of panic that happen during the day are bad enough as far as being scary are concerned, but the ones at night are really terrifying. Fortunately, the same panic attacks help works on both the day and the night variety. The best of all the methods that are in use today is hypnotherapy.

 Not Quite As Common

 Nighttime panic attacks are not as common as the others. You wake up quickly from a sound sleep, and you a in a state of deep panic. You are drenched in sweat and finding it difficult to breathe. You feel a sense of impending doom, and you just want to run away from it all. Basically, you have the same symptoms as the regular panic attacks, perhaps a bit worse in intensity. The nocturnal panic attacks seem to last for the same amount of time as well, usually up to about ten minutes. Panic attacks help is really needed for the night time type, and hypnotherapy has been proven to help sufferers with this form of the disorder.

Genetic Link?

Some researchers say that the tendency to have any form of panic attacks can be inherited from a relative. They also pinpoint stress and anxiety as well as hormones as bumping up your chances of suffering with this disorder. At any rate, those who have panic attacks at night have around a fifty percent chance of also having them during the day. It is a good idea if you can manage to get panic attacks help before the attacks get too frequent. Hypnotherapy is the key treatment to get the attacks under control early on.

 No Dreams Here

Thankfully, it is estimated that only about ten percent of all panic attacks will happen at night. However, these attacks have a tendency to be more severe on the person having them. These are not nightmares, nor are they mere dreams.  Sleep studies have been done to show that most nocturnal panic attacks will take place during the early stages of the sleep cycle. You cannot have a nightmare until you are in the second stage of sleep, so that definitely rules out the nightmare theory!

Have No Fear

Do you know what the difference is in someone who still suffers from panic attacks, and someone who does not suffer any longer and can consider themselves cured? The people who say they are cured have learned not to be afraid of the panic attacks any longer. This is one of the things hypnotherapy can do for you, too. It will allow you to reprogram your subconscious mind so that you will no longer fear having a panic attack. Once you do away with the fear factor, you will find that the chance for having a panic attack are just about nil.

Help Is Waiting for You

Panic attacks help from hypnotherapy works best when you seek out this treatment for nocturnal panic attacks as soon as possible after your first attack. But, this does not mean that hypnotherapy will not help you if you have been suffering from daytime or nighttime panic attacks for a long time! It may take a few more sessions for those who have had panic attacks longer, but rest assure, you can most definitely get the help you seek from hypnotherapy!

How Self Hypnosis Can Help

The alternative to seeking direct hypnosis is to use self hypnosis recordings, these have been found to be very useful and you can listen to them at a time of your choice at your own convenience. One fantastic recording written to help you seek freedom from panic attacks is Stop Panic Attacks by Debbie Williams; her decade of experience and vast expertise are clearly evident in this recording and his available, along with a full 60 day money day guarantee, from following this link: Panic Attacks Help - to find out more information on self hypnosis or for other anxiety related recordings, follow this link: Panic Anxiety Attacks



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Shun Minh asked:


Having a panic attack is the body’s reaction to a psychological trigger that has been set off.  Several people who have had a panic attack mistakenly go to the emergency room thinking that they are having a heart attack.  Once there, they are informed that what they were suffering from was actually a panic attack.  That is when you learn to know the difference and seek panic attack relief at the first signs of a panic attack.

The symptoms of a panic attack can actually be very similar to a heart attack as you can feel dizzy and hyperventilate which will cause the heart to start thumping, leading to severe chest pain.  Loss of equilibrium and an itchy feeling of your hands can also occur with a panic attack.  The two main factors of the attack are anxiety and panic.  This reaction can even at times get in the way of your life and daily routine making it near impossible to do anything.  Once you learn to know the difference between a heart attack and a panic attack you will know that you are not dying and then learn the steps to get your panic attack under control with techniques for panic attack relief. 

There is a major factor that you need to take into consideration when you realize a panic attack is coming and that is to control the anxiety so that it does not lead to a full blow panic attack.  The best form of panic attack relief is to simply take deep, slow breaths.  What can get you into trouble is when you start those rapid, shallow breaths and then you start to hyperventilate.  Hyperventilation needs to be gotten under control as that is what can cause many things such as the dizziness and lightheadedness.  This happens because there is too much oxygen being taken to the brain at one time and it has trouble processing all of it. 

There are many commercial pharmaceuticals that can be used for panic attack relief and are widely available making them a huge profit business.  I would recommend using those only if you have a severe panic attack, reason being that there are many natural alternatives that you can use that can give you the same relief.  One of the first things that you should take into consideration is that the panic attack will generally stem from some sort of psychological fear.  There is more often than not a certain trigger that you hit in your mind that sets off these attacks.  It might be that you have a horrid fear of spiders.  Some people will see one and start hyperventilating on the spot.  If that is what happens to you then you need start taking deep slow breaths and remind yourself that the spider is such a small thing that can easily be squashed under your boot.  It’s that simple.  You have to be in control of your fear to get the panic attack relief that you need.

To get the best panic attack relief you just need to remember to be in charge, you can make your body come under control.  You just have to be willing to try.



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Steve Evans asked:


act that anxiety and panic attacks can strike at any time or any place. For those of us who are prone to them, they can take over their lives. For people who have had more than one panic attack, the fear that another will occur can be debilitating.

So, that it is clear what a panic or anxiety attack is, here is a list of the sorts of feelings which are commonly reported during these periods:

–A feeling that the world is closing in on you

–Strangely dizzy sensations

–A heartbeat that is pounding, much, much faster than usual

–Possibly a tingling in your chest

–Sweating

–An inability to concentrate.

Also, very commonly people suffer an acute fear of dying during the panic attack. Don\’t worry – you won\’t die though, nobody does.

A number of studies are ongoing to research into the causes, prevention, and treatment of anxiety disorders and other similar psychological disorders. Medical experts are particularly keen to understand how genetic factors and family background combine with life experiences to put a person at risk for these disorders. New drugs are being tested by these Health Institutions in clinical trials, as well as therapy approaches.

Some say that our children are more likely to suffer from panic attacks than the kids of non-panic-ers. They say that there does seem to be a genetic basis. In this area like so many others it is useful to study genetic twins. Some web articles say that in almost half of the cases of identical twins with panic both twins are affected. But, we should not dismiss the fact that behavioral learning may also play a role. That means, if I put it in a more simple way, that our children are likely to follow in our steps if we show anxiety to the extent of panic.

Now let me at this point just say, that if you do think you are starting an episode of anxiety which might develop into a panic attack, take care to remove yourself from dangerous situations. Do this especially if you might become, for a while, a danger to others. The obvious example here is that if you are driving, then stop and only start again once you are feeling better less stressed. If that means asking for help – so be it. Your friends and family will help you.

I am not a medic but I, like very many people, see self help as the starting point in finding a way to heal anxiety and panic attacks, as long as there is no biological cause (and you should consult your medical advisor in the first instance of course about this).

Instead of looking for exotic cures, try the simple things first. If something drug free and low cost, requiring only your time and participation works, then you will not need to look further.

One of the first and simplest things of all to do is to begin to keep a diary of all the situations that trigger panic attacks. That will mean that later you will know how often, when and where, they happened.

We listed common experiences during an attack earlier so write down each type of feeling that you experienced. What were you doing when is started and thinking, feeling at that time? Again, later you will know what the symptoms were.

Why do this you say? Well, a psychologist would I think say that the act of recording and describing each attack will help to put you in charge of the situation. You will also in later review of the information be able deduce how modifying your environment might help prevent future anxiety attacks.

We recommend that you check out the following self-help mini e-learning series: Panic Away, by Joe Barry. He suffered from Panic and Anxiety himself for years, until he managed to hit on one technique that is an almost fail-safe guarantee to rid you of your panic and anxiety.

2: What Causes Panic Attacks and Choosing Panic Attack Treatment

First let us be sure we know what a panic attack is. In physiological terms panic attacks almost always involve the body producing an excess of adrenaline. It is the effect of this suddenly entering into your system, in combination with several other related emotional factors going on within your psyche.

The underlying cause of panic attacks varies for everyone that suffers, and is still open to debate, but the precise cause quite naturally does seem to vary from person to person. Some panic attacks seem to come on unexpectedly, and this is certainly the case for everyone\’s our first attack. Other anxieties may build up over time for some people and certainly many are most likely triggered later, after a traumatic event. The type of traumatic event varies widely but a good example would be a car accident. Others anxiety/panic attacks turn out to be situation-specific and an attack is frequently triggered if a certain pattern of circumstances recurs for the individual.

Medications such as Klonopin and Zoloft have been prescribed for the alleviation of these attacks. A lady said that she has taken these drugs for her anxiety, and at one time she was free from symptoms for more than 10 years, but the problem came back. She took no medication and it went away again.

Those who study panic attacks find that the attacks commonly occur in clusters. That is, plural episodes for several weeks or months followed by several months to years of joyful absence of the problem. Attacks do tend to be more prevalent in some families and we have been told that attacks are often reduced with SRI drugs like Zoloft.

Attacks of this sort can also be distressing problem for children, although mercifully only rarely. I\’m not a pediatrician so I can\’t tell you the incidence of panic attacks in kids, but according to web information seen, it seems pretty small. Usually, panic attacks do not start until in the late teens, but it can start earlier.

Counseling can be available for confronting the problem and reducing the anxiety that can produce a panic attack. It is also, of course, suitable for a wide range of conditions such as bereavement or marital problems. Counseling is an excellent approach and it is well proven that it helps many people every day live through difficult stages of their life.

However, when dealing with this particular problem counseling may not be needed if simple web based and trained techniques are applied to remove the suffering. One e-course we would like to recommend is seeing fabulous results as a leader in Stress Relief products. You have nothing to lose by applying. Do this and you will go one stage further before using drugs, and don\’t forget that you can combine hypnosis with counseling and then it becomes possible to work at a considerably deeper level and overcome even the most entrenched panic attacks.

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Panic Defence asked:


The Major Mistakes that People with Panic Attacks are Making.

Panic attacks can be extremely traumatic and people who experience them often say that they would do anything to get rid of them. In actual fact however, many people with panic attacks are inadvertently doing things that are directly and indirectly fuelling further panic attacks.

The following are the biggest mistakes that people with panic attacks make in their daily lives. By cutting these out, we can all experience a dramatic reduction in the frequency, duration and intensity of panic attacks.

Some of the most fascinating research into panic attacks that has been revealed recently has shown that a lack of assertiveness in interactions with others is a major contributing factor to the development of a panic disorder, rather than as a consequence of them. It has long been noted that people with panic attacks tend to be politer than average, but it has now been discovered that this leads to panic attacks because it makes people over analyse themselves too much and caught in a cycle of trying to please others too much. Instead, it’s time to take charge and assert yourself more and more in daily life, which will also boost your own self-confidence and respect.

Incorrect breathing is also a major factor that far too many people are making. To test yourself, simply place one hand on your chest and one hand on your stomach and take a deep breath. If the hand on your chest moves more than the one on your stomach then you are not employing proper diaphragm breathing, but are instead are continuously making yourself more anxious.

Next up is the habit of confusing healthy physical sensations with dangerous ones, which sets off false alarms in your body to induce the panic response. Physical exertion, normal bodily functions and even a sense of excitement can all be given the worst possible interpretation by someone suffering from panic attacks.

Many people with panic attacks choose to think that they have no control over their body and this is another major factor in fuelling panic attacks because people are left thinking that they are trapped in their own body. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. Millions of people have overcome their panic attacks and moved on with their lives and there’s no reason why any one person’s case is special and not able to be cured.

The most obvious, often done mistake (but also the easiest to stop) is consuming food and drink that make you more anxious and prone to panic attacks. Panic attacks are centred upon the nervous system, therefore we must eat foods that are rich in vitamin Bs because they directly nourish and strengthen the nervous system, which produces calming effects. More specifically within the B group of vitamins, you’ll find that Vitamin B12, Thiamin and Niacin can make you much more resistant to the experience of a panic attack.

A recommended balanced diet, specifically for someone who suffers from panic attacks therefore, would consist of 20% meat, poultry, seafood, cheese, eggs and tofu. Then, 35% of baked potato, broccoli, asparagus, peanuts, legumes, watermelons and oranges. Then 45% would consist of brown rice, whole grain cereal, pasta, wheat germ, oatmeal and bread.

Finally, a fundamental mistake that many make is not seeking help. Medical practitioners estimate that the majority of people who suffer from panic attacks do not ask for help. Unfortunately, many of them are only discovered by the health system when they develop an even worse condition as a result of letting their panic disorder get out of hand, such as alcoholism, substance abuse, agoraphobia or OCD. Instead of spending a fortune on therapy however, the Panic Defence Handbook remains the most complete guide to overcoming panic attacks once and for all. Find out more at www.PanicHandbook.com .



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Craig Elliott asked:


Anyone who has ever had a panic attack knows how life stopping these events can feel. A panic attack can seriously hurt your quality of life by causing you become terrified of a repeat episode. This terror is just another negative side effect of panic attacks, and you should learn to think of it as such so that you can get on with your life without the constant fear of a panic attack hanging over your head. Worrying about having a panic attack all the time might even cause you to trigger panic attacks later.

Panic attacks feel a lot like heart attacks. A panic attack might cause your heart to race, and it might cause you to become short of breath. You might find that you feel dizzy or light headed, and they are characterized with the feeling of life or death importance. It is not uncommon to believe that you are dying or about to die when you are having a panic attack. Fortunately for sufferers, they are usually not of a long duration, and will stop when they have run their course, usually a few minutes, or when the cause of the panic is removed.

If you are terrified that you might have another panic attack, you may just end up cutting yourself off from everything in order to avoid having another. You might hide from the world, or otherwise separate yourself from the friends and family who might otherwise be able to help you. If this sounds familiar to you, then you need to consider seeking professional help to empower you to dispel the threat of panic attacks that hangs over your head.

You may also be able to help yourself by avoiding the situations that cause you to have your panic attacks in the first place. One of the biggest causes of panic attacks is stress, and if you are constantly in stressful situation, then you will be at a much higher risk for panic attacks in the future. This stress is not necessarily the stress that comes over a few days over a particular event; panic attacks are triggered by constant stress over a period of months or sometimes even longer. This stress is often too much for people to bear, and even if we do not realize that, our bodies do, and they rebel.

Panic attacks can also be caused by certain situations. If you get a panic attack every time you are running late, or stuck in traffic, or going over a bridge, then you need to make sure to avoid those situations to prevent these same events from triggering more panic attacks in the future. You can take a different route to work, leave early, and avoid roads that you know will be snarled with traffic or even head to a local place for dinner after work before facing the drive home.

If you practice avoiding panic attacks and chart where you were, what you were doing, and how you felt immediately prior to each panic attack, then you can use this information to avoid the things that trigger you. You may be able to save yourself a lot of trouble with your mental and even your physical health later down the road.

Panic attacks do not just feel remarkably like heart attacks; recent studies have linked experiencing panic attacks with an increased likelihood of actually having a heart attack later. Keep your odds low and keep your stress levels down to avoid panic attacks and to remain as healthy as possible. No one likes to suffer, and panic attacks certainly fall into the category of suffering.

If you are at risk for panic attacks or you have had them in the past, then you should examine the past causes of your panic attacks so that you can help yourself to avoid similar situations in the future. You should also get in contact with your doctor to find out if you may need medication or therapy to help you take charge of your life and get away from the panic attacks. It can be difficult to determine exactly the best means of preventing panic attacks, but you may get better results when pairing the practice of avoiding triggers with medication to help you feel calmer. A therapist can also help you learn mental tricks to help you ride through the panic attacks without completely losing your cool the next time you feel one coming on.



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Andrew Lim asked:


Do you have frequent panic attacks? Do you want to stop it without the need for medicine?

First of all, you need to understand that the intensity and frequency of a panic attack varies from person to person. However, reports have show that nearly every sufferer goes through a similar set of symptoms, with the overall fear that something awful is happening to them or that they are dying.

Some people get panic attacks in relation to situations in which even non-sufferers of panic attacks may get nervous, such as public speaking or taking an important test. While others experience panic attacks in relation to nerve upsetting situations, or their panic attack simply come out of the blue. These instances are arguably the most terrifying because there are no external causes that makes the body react in such abnormal ways, creating confusion and more anxiety.

You heart is pounding madly, you feel dizzy and you can’t breathe properly. Its completely normal for you to get frightened. Who doesn’t when they feel such symptoms all at once?

However, what most people who experience panic attacks don’t realize is that the fear of such symptoms worsen their panic attack. Without this irrational fear, panic attack will cease to exist. Its that simple but its also, in that moment, difficult. If you are able to relax yourself, you won’t even have repeated panic attacks in the first place.

The fastest way to stop a panic attack from escalating is to practice deep breathing. During a panic attack, your breathing quickens and your heart beats wildly, hence you need to break that with deep breathing. Focus on breathing slowly, lying down will also help to maintain deep breathing. Another way is to put the opening of a small paper bag over your mouth and breath in and out of it, allowing the bag to expand and contract completely.

Lastly, the most important factor is to remember that panic attack can do you no harm. This is the KEY to stopping it forever. You need to BELIEVE that panic attack cannot harm you, which is a fact, not something I made up just to comfort you.

Remind yourself of these FACTS about panic attacks:

-Panic attack CANNOT cause you to stop breathing.

-Panic attack CANNOT cause you to faint.

-Panic attack CANNOT cause you to have heart attack

-Panic attack CANNOT cause you to die.

Remind yourself that the symptoms, no matter how uncomfortable, will in time fade away even without your intervention (its true!). Learn to live with the panic attacks but NEVER give in. Accept that you have panic attack, don’t run or hide from it…and certainly don’t fear having it!



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Juliet Cohen asked:


Panic attacks are frightening but fortunately physically harmless episodes. Panic disorder is a common condition in which a person has episodes of intense fear or anxiety that occur suddenly. These episodes–called panic attacks–can last from minutes to hours. They may occur only once in a while, or they may occur quite frequently. They can occur at random or after a person is exposed to various events that may “trigger” a panic attack. Panic disorder sufferers usually have a series of intense episodes of extreme anxiety, known as panic attacks. These attacks typically last 10 minutes however can be short lived- 1-5 minutes as well. Some individuals deal with these events on a regular basis—sometimes daily or weekly. The outward symptoms of a panic attack often cause negative social experiences. As a result, as many as 36% of all individuals with panic disorder also have agoraphobia. At least 1.7% of adult Americans, or about 3 million people, will have panic attacks at some time in their lives. Panic attacks are a period of intense fear in which 4 of 13 defined symptoms develop abruptly and peak rapidly less than 10 minutes from symptom onset.

Some people are affected by frequent panic attacks, a condition known as panic disorder. Panic disorder is thought to be inherited for the most part. People experiencing panic attacks may fear they are dying, that they are suffocating, or that they are having a heart attack. Panic attacks can indicate the presence of panic disorder, depression, or other forms of anxiety-based illnesses. About 5% of the population will experience panic attacks during their lifetimes. A person experiencing a panic attack may believe that he or she is having a heart attack or that death is imminent. The fear and terror that a person experiences during a panic attack are not in proportion to the true situation and may be unrelated to what is happening around them. Panic Disorder can continue for months or even years, depending on how and when treatment is sought. There is also some evidence that many individuals may experience a cessation of symptoms naturally later in life. Panic attacks can occur at any time, even during sleep. Panic attacks are treated with reassurance and relaxation techniques.

Most people get better with treatment. Panic Disorder is real and potentially disabling, but it can be controlled and successfully treated. People frequently go to hospital emergency rooms when they are having panic attacks, and extensive medical tests may be performed to rule out these other conditions, thus creating further anxiety. Tricyclic antidepressants such as imipramine and MAO inhibitors such as phenelzine (Nardil) have also been used, but many individuals experience side effects that are difficult to tolerate. Exposure to the phobia trigger multiple times without a resulting panic attack (due to medication) can often break the phobia-panic pattern, allowing people to function around their phobia without the help of medications. Most stimulant drugs (caffeine, nicotine, cocaine) would be expected to worsen the condition, since they directly increase the symptoms of panic, such as heart rate. Stress-relieving activities such as tai-chi, yoga, and physical exercise can also help ameliorate the causes of panic disorder.

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1. Tricyclic antidepressants such as imipramine and MAO inhibitors such as phenelzine (Nardil) have also been used.

2. Exposure to the phobia trigger multiple times without a resulting panic attack.

3. Stress-relieving activities such as tai-chi, yoga, and physical exercise can also help ameliorate the causes of panic disorder.

4. Avoid stimulants, such as nicotine and caffeine, which can be found not only in coffee, but many teas, colas and chocolate.

5. Psychotherapy offers support and helps to minimize the fearfulness of symptoms, and sometimes is sufficient to clear up the disorder.

6. Cognitive-behavioral therapy helps people learn to deal with panic symptoms, using techniques like muscle and breathing relaxation.

7. Antidepressants, such as Tofranil, often help reduce anxiety and the frequency and severity of panic attacks.

8. Meta-analyses13-15 support the efficacy of CBT in improving panic symptoms and overall disability.



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Don Levy asked:


 

Your first panic attack should be a learning experience that will help you control attacks in the future. Sometimes people with a panic attack go to the emergency room thinking they are having a heart attack as the symptoms are similar and come on suddenly. You’ll feel things like sudden periods of extreme fear, anxiety, shortness of breath, dizziness, trembling, rapid heart beat, hyperventilation, tingling sensation, nausea, etc. When they learn that it was a panic attack and knowing the difference they can start taking control of their future attacks. This is important because often a panic attack will keep you from even functioning.

Panic attacks are caused by many physical, mental and emotional triggers. Genetics may play a part and females are more apt to get them than men. Allergies or sensitivities to food, drink or chemicals can trigger an attack along with memories or trauma. Alcohol and drug can also cause panic attacks and disorders. Serious and upsetting experiences along with everyday events could trigger an attack.

Panic disorder may lead to “situational avoidance,” where the sufferer feels they have to avoid every place or situation in where attack has occurred and might not even leave their house which could be a very serious disruption to a normal life.

Control subjects were less likely to have panic attacks then patients with panic disorders after both drank a high amount of caffeine, according to results of a small study by Isabella Nascimento, MD, and colleagues at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil.

People who had went to a doctor for treatment told me that they were usually told they should avoid caffeine in colas, coffee, chocolate and teaI’ve talked with several people who gave me the following natural treatments they have used to cure or avoid panic attacks without using medicine.

Deep Breathing

One of the best forms of panic attack relief is to simply take deep, slow breaths to prevent hyperventilation. By getting hyperventilation under control you avoid things such as the dizziness and lightheadedness which happens because there is too much oxygen being taken to the brain at one time.

Exercise

This appears to be a one of the best ways of dealing with a panic attack once it’s started. An adrenaline rush usually accompanies an attack and the exercise can bleed it off according to people who use it.

Aroma therapy

After listening to a number of people talk about using aroma therapy to combat panic attacks it appears there are two schools of thought. The first swears by using smells that bring back pleasant memories, such as baby powder, certain flowers, farm animals or barbecuing. The others said that aromas from essential oils or candles were the best.

Meditation

This is a way that several people said helped them from having attacks or by being able to stop them once they started.

Think happy thoughts or take your mind off your problem

Others told me that once an attack started they tried to empty their mind of anything but pleasant things that they had done in the past and it appeared to help them. They also said taking your mind off the attack with things like counting backwards from one hundred was helpful.

The above ways are used by ordinary people to cure or get over a panic attack. In some cases they just can’t do it themselves and need professional help. Below is some information on several different natural methods used to cure people with panic disorders.

Getting Professional Help

Hypnosis

Diane Ulicsni, director of The Hypnosis Center in Lake Oswego, Ore., suffered from chronic panic attacks for many years. She finally found relief through hypnosis and is now a board certified hypnotherapist. She says that hypnosis — recognized by the American Medical Association since 1958 as a form of treatment — is one approach that is non-drug and can greatly ease or even cure panic attacks.

Laugh your panic attacks away?

That’s a good strategy, says Steve Sultanoff, PHD, a clinical psychologist in Irvine, Calif., and past president of the American Association for Therapeutic Humor. He uses humor visualization with his panic attack patients, telling them to imagine themselves in a situation where they’ve laughed uncontrollably. When they have a panic situation, they are able to return to the picture of themselves laughing.

Cognitive Behavorial Therapy

James D Herbert, PHD, associate professor of clinical psychology at MCP Hahnemann University in Philadelphia, says that cognitive behavioral therapy is his choice for treating panic disorders. Cognitive-behavior therapy is made up of two parts: One is to identify and modify the thinking patterns that produces anxiety (cognitive therapy), and lessening anxiety by exposing the patient to fearful scenarios (behavior therapy).

If you suffer from panic attacks try some of the treatments listed above. They have worked for people I talked with and maybe they’ll work for you too.

Sources

Natural Panic Attack Treatments http://www.webmd.com/balance/features/natural-panic-attack-treatments?page=1

James D Herbert, PHD http://www.academyofct.org/Library/InfoManage/Guide.asp?FolderID=153&SessionID=

 

 

 

 



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Paul Schmitt asked:


Today depression and panic attacks a very common for millions of people around the world. On average, fourteen million Americans suffer from major panic attack and depression. Three million Americans suffer from panic disorder. It is very common for those with major depression to also have panic attacks and elevated anxiety levels. Because panic can mimic other disorders, such as hypoglycemia, heart problems, asthma and many more serious conditions, sufferers who have not been diagnosed with panic disorder can feel afraid and tentative about their health.

If you are having panic attacks, but are unaware, and are also suffering from depression, then the two can aggravate the other until proper treatment is realized. As depression is another difficult illness to properly diagnose and treat, it is imperative to actively find treatment that works for you.

The Results of Panic Attack and Depression

People suffering from depression will feel bored, sad, hopeless, sluggish, alone and unloved. They may suffer from insomnia, and will have elevated anxiety levels. Because of this elevated anxiety, people with panic attack and depression will often experience panic attacks on a normal basis. When someone has more than one panic attack, they can develop a phobia towards the situation, or a fear to return to a specific place. Add in an already depressed view of the world, a worry that others find no worth in you, and you have a recipe for one miserable person.

Health care professionals are learning that the instances of panic attack and depression coinciding together are more common that thought. While not everyone who is depressed will have panic attacks, many people who suffer from panic may very well be depressed. There are certain SSRI antidepressants on the market today that are specifically recommended for use in treating anxiety along with depression.

Many people who suffer from depression do not know it. When someone who experiences panic attack and depression has a panic attack, it can be very frightening. Oftentimes, people in the middle of panic attacks feel like they are going to die, or that will lose their minds and “go crazy”. This can prevent some from seeking treatment, as they do not understand what is happening to them, and fear the worse.

When the panic attack is over and the sufferer feels normal again, they may not think anything of it until it happens again. Many people who suffer from panic attacks do not realize that they are not alone. A person who is experiencing panic attack and depression may feel especially overwhelmed and will aggravate the situation by worrying and inflating the scenario in their mind. They may feel hopeless to the point where they cannot see how treatment would be effective.

Treatment for depression with panic attacks is available and very effective. Through any combination of medication, cognitive-behavior therapy and relaxation techniques, sufferers can gain control of their lives back.

The first thing you always want to do is see your doctor and discuss the symptoms and trouble that you are having. Your doctor will get you on your way to resolving your trouble.

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