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Do You Know What to Do During an Anxiety Attack?

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008 by Lyle Richards

A panic attack or anxiety attack is when the body’s “flight or fight” response is triggered, usually without any obvious cause. They can be a very frightening experience, with symptoms including racing heart, sweaty palms, feeling of unreality, numbness in the extremities, hot or cold flashes, chills, nausea, and dry mouth. Here are some things that will help you decide what to do during an anxiety attack.

Number One Thing to Remember: You Are Not Dieing!
While an anxiety attack is very scary and the symptoms can make you believe that you are dieing, the reality is that you won’t and the attack will pass. Telling yourself awful things will exacerbate your fear and the anxiety attack.

Tell Yourself to Slow Down
Tell yourself to calm down slowly. Repeat words comprising of positive and reassuring actions such as ‘I am slowing down’, ‘I am safe’, etc. This is really essential if you want to offer help yourself during a panic attack.No matter what you have identified as a cause of your panic, tell to yourself that you are simply overreacting, nothing else. Tell to yourself firmly that, “I am simply overreacting. This event will pass out, and I will be safe. There is nothing to fear, nothing to worry at all.”

Restructure Your Attention
When thinking about what to do during a anxiety attack, you can focus your attention on something else. Look through the window. Watch the weather or simply a tree. Try to sense the beauty of nature and the harmony inscribed in it. Divert your mind into something beautiful. Help yourself in a panic attack by sensing the natural aesthetics.

Listen to Soft Music
Some people find this as the best way to help oneself in a panic attack. Listen soothing music and sense how music gradually calms you down. Do sense music throughout your body and mind. It really works.

Maintain a Contact Notebook
You must keep a notebook especially for contacting people during your panic attack. This may include the names and contact of your close friends and professionals or support groups. This will really help you during a panic attack. Advance arrangement of expected help diminishes the intensity.

Call a Crisis Line
If you find that you are unable to control the situation you should call a crisis line and tell them that you are having a panic attack. They are specially trained counselors who will be able to reassure you and make sure that you are okay.

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Ways to Treat Panic Attack Successfully

Monday, February 11th, 2008 by Lyle Richards

A recent OK! Magazine article has highlighted the problems of panic attacks, phobias and generalised anxiety disorder. OK has highlighted that while many people have fears and anxiety, but for about a 1/5th of the population they are bad enough to effect them on a daily basis. They also report some ways to treat panic attack and other disorders successfully.
According to the article, some celebrities that have irrational fears include:
 
1 - Uma Thurman - claustrophobia;
2 - Tobey Maguire - fear of heights;
3 - Nicole Kidman - fear of butterflies.
 
OK also listed the following disorders that are related to panic attacks. It’s not uncommon to also have symptoms of these problems, not just the panic attacks themselves.
 
1 Arachnophobia – spiders
2 Social phobia – social or public situations
3 Aerophobia – flying
4 Agoraphobia – open or public spaces
5 Claustrophobia – enclosed spaces
6 Emetophobia – vomiting
7 Acrophobia (vertigo) – heights
8 Cancerphobia – developing cancer
9 Brontophobia – thunderstorms
10 Necrophobia – death (your own or others’)
 
The article also lists the following ways to treat panic attack and its related disorders:
 
- Hypnosis
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
- Systematic Desensitisation
- Diet and Exercise
- Breathing Techniques
- Medication – such as tranqualizers, sleeping pills, anti-depressants
- Aromatherapy and reflexology
 
Of interest to me is the following quote from Dr Dick Middleton, chairman of the British Herbal Medicine Association: ‘Recent research conducted at Northumbria University has shown that acute treatment with a combination of valerian and lemon balm can help improve mood and anxiety thus reducing stress levels and promoting calm.’
 
As you can see there are a number of ways to treat panic attack and its related problems. You should investigate which treatment is of interest to you and what you think would work in your circumstances. 

You can also find our reviews of panic attack programs.

You can find the full OK! Article here

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All Natural Remedy for Panic Attack Disorder

Sunday, February 10th, 2008 by Lyle Richards

A pharamalogical treatment of someone suffering from panic attacks would likely include such drugs as serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), benzodiazepines, antidepressants with mixed neurotransmitter effects, tri-cyclic antidepressants, monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs). As with all drug treatments, there are possible side effects if they are used for a prolonged time, such as drug dependence, withdrawal and drug resistance. Due to this and other advancements in research, many experts are now shifting their attention to all natural remedy for panic attack disorder.

The most important benefit of an all natural remedy for panic attack disorder is of course its no or minimum side effects. While it may take some time to how its effect on an individual, it can certainly offer the best solution without any adverse outcomes. In this article, we will focus on identifying few contributing factors that can be classified under an all natural remedy for panic attack disorder.

Breathing Exercise
This is the most vital all natural remedy for panic attack disorder. People having panic attack especially lack the knowledge how to breathe using abdomen. They only practice chest breathing. Rapid chest breathing is an indicator of anxiety even in the normal condition. Practicing breathing exercise in an effective way enables you to learn to breathe using abdomen. It helps in releasing anxiety and the body becomes stabilized.

Healthy Diet, Healthy Lifestyle
Research has shown there is a strong correlation between anxiety and sensitiveness to food products. So follow diet low in fat and cholesterol and select only those foods in your diet plan that are highly digestive. Have adequate sleep. Inadequate sleep triggers anxiety, stress and thus may lead one to experience panic attack. Maintain a balanced stress-free lifestyle to promote good health.

Drink Lemon Balm Tea
Tea can offer an anxiety free condition, especially if it is prepared with herbal ingredients. Lemon balm tea, as reported by many individuals with panic attack, offers true help even at the tough time. Have lemon balm tea regularly. It will not only keep preventing you from panic attack, but also provide you a sense of refreshment immediately after the first sip.

Home Panic Attack Treatment Programs
There are a number of all natural remedy for panic attack that are available as home study programs or home treatment programs. Many people find that these programs are very effective in curing or, at the very least, helping them in relieving their panic attacks. On this website, we have reviewed the three most popular programs and all three of these programs were made by past sufferers of panic attacks.

Believe in yourself. You are not alone in this situation and you can cure your panic attacks.

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