Panic Disorders Symptoms.org » Few Minutes http://panicdisordersymptoms.org Anxiety Panic Attacks Resource Site Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:47:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 How to Deal With Anxiety and Panic Attacks http://panicdisordersymptoms.org/609/how-to-deal-with-anxiety-and-panic-attacks/ http://panicdisordersymptoms.org/609/how-to-deal-with-anxiety-and-panic-attacks/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:57:42 +0000 panic disorder symptoms http://panicdisordersymptoms.org/609/how-to-deal-with-anxiety-and-panic-attacks/ When you have your first anxiety attack, it can be very unnerving. You don’t know what is going on. Your heart starts racing and pounding, you feel like you are losing control and you don’t know why, you suddenly feel like you need to flee to the safety of your home and you are out in public. This just makes you feel worse.

Anxiety is a normal reaction to stresses of life. Fight or flight syndrome is normal to human nature but it can turn into a ongoing condition. to where it takes over a person’s life. About 5 percent of the population will experience anxiety attacks at some point in their lives.Severe stress such as the loss of a job, death of a loved one, divorce can trigger them. Also life transitions like college, having a baby, getting married and getting a job seem to be connected.

So, how do you know when it has become a problem? Some of the symptoms of anxiety are:
*troubled sleep
*troubled eating habits
*difficulty concentrating
*panic attacks

Panic attacks are a common condition that where a person has has ongoing anxiety and it has progressed to a point where they are having worse symptoms on a regular basis. It also can be brought on by episodes of intense fear. Panic attacks can happen anywhere and can last anywhere from a few minutes to a few days in length. They can also happen when a person is asleep.

About 5 percent of the population will experience panic attacks at some point in their lives. Severe stress such as the loss of a job, death of a loved one,divorce can trigger them. Also life transitions like college, having a baby, getting married and getting a job seem to be connected. Often times anxiety attacks turn into panic attacks, which are more intense, yet typically only last up to a few hours at the most. In order for Panic attacks to be diagnosed as such, one must have them at a certain frequency. Drugs, alcohol, caffeine, ephedrine, stimulants, over the counter pills, and diet pills can all induce sudden states of anxiety or panic attack. Also being in a certain place or situation can trigger panic attacks.

Some of panic attack symptoms are:
* worry; worrying about relationships, employment, etc.
* shortness of breath or suffocation
* a racing heart
* feeling insecure
* cold and clammy hands
* feel like you’re losing it
* difficulty swallowing; choking sensation, throat tightness
* dizziness
* unable to focus; lacks concentration
* irritability
* headache
* chest pain; tightness in chest
* nausea
* avoidance; wanting to be alone
* fear of losing control or of catastrophe
* body temperature changes
* shaking/trembling
* numbness
* raised blood pressure
* insomnia
* consumed with issue at hand
* fatigue
* can’t stand or sit in one place, have to keep pacing around or getting up
* tingling in the hands and feet

Women tend to have anxiety and panic attacks more than men. Some people are affected by frequent panic attacks, which is known as panic disorder. Many of the symptoms that happen during a panic attack are the same symptoms that accompany many of the diseases of the heart, lungs and nervous system. These similarities can make the person having the attack even more fearful in thinking that they may have one of these dreaded conditions.

There are several medications that will help make panic attacks less severe or they can stop them all together. Paxil and Zoloft are just two of these medicines that have been used for Anxiety and panic attack disorders. Klonopin is also another medication approved for such use. These are all in the antidepressant family. Cognitive Behavioral therapy can help people learn to deal with anxiety and panic attack symptoms.

Natural cures for anxiety panic attack symptoms is another form of treatment that a person could look into. There is relaxation and biofeedback training, which induces a state of tranquility and calmness, focusing on yourself and your bodies energy. A lot of ancient and eastern exercises or martial arts for example are geared toward this. Yoga is a good example, and Tai Chi is an excellent example.They help focus the mind into relaxed states that can help the sufferer get some much needed relief.

Here’s how you can use your imagination in treating panic disorders:

1) Imagine your panic disorder as a creature that is ugly, awkward, small, and weak. Give panic a different name that will signify your power over it. For this example, let’s say you named it something such as tiny You want tiny to be gone out of your life because you are strong and mighty. Now every time Tiny comes around, do what you can to kick it out. It doesn’t deserve to be anywhere around your presence.

Every time you think bad thoughts or negative thoughts, horrible images in your mind, get rid of them. Tiny will love it and loves to make you suffer from those terrifying pictures in your head because it feels more in control of you. Are you going to allow that dummy to dominate you? No way! So you have to get angry enough to stomp those images out of your mind to defeat that weak little tiny. Think of tiny raising its hands in surrender because it can’t do anything against you.

Once those images go away, tiny will go with them. Slowly, you’re treating panic disorders. When you have acquired domination over your panic attacks and anxieties, celebrate your success!

2) Pep up your self-talk.

Tell your brain and subconscious that you are able and ready to stand up to any panic attack or anxiety that may come. Tell them to “Bring it on!”

Your thoughts should also be doubled with the right emotions. If you say to your mind you can conquer your fears and anxieties, but you still feel deep inside that you can’t control it, the negative emotions win. Your thoughts and emotions must work together in harmony to overcome panic attacks.

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Agoraphobia

Agoraphobia is a type of anxiety disorder related to fear. With agoraphobia, you fear being in places where it may be difficult or embarrassing to get out quickly or where you may have a panic attack and can’t get help. Because of your fears, you avoid places where you think you may have a panic attack or panic-like symptoms.

The most common point or fact about treating panic is to let the person know that most of their fears will never ever happen. This is a proven fact that ninety nine percent of your worries never happen. So why worry? Be happy, even if it is for a short while.

Moving On

A panic attack is a sudden surge of overwhelming fear that comes without warning and without any obvious reason. It is far more intense than the feeling of being ’stressed out’ that most people experience.

A panic attack is the classic ‘flight or fight’ response that human beings experience when we are in a situation of danger. But during a panic attack, these symptoms seem to rise from out of nowhere. They occur in seemingly harmless situations–they can even happen while you are asleep.

A panic attack is marked by the following conditions. It occurs suddenly, without any warning and without any way to stop it. The level of fear is way out of proportion to the actual situation; often, in fact, it’s completely unrelated. It usually passes in a few minutes; the body cannot sustain the ‘fight or flight’ response for longer than that. However, repeated attacks can continue to recur for several hours.

While most people if they have been in a hostile situation, treating panic and depression with them would have to be more intense with the help of a clinical psychologist and medication, if they feel they cannot move on until it is dealt with.

Not Always A Quick And Simple Process

Treating panic is not just a quick and simple process, countless sessions have to be attended to get to the root of the problem if the person tends to be over dramatic with every little thing that could possibly happen to them, and finding out the reason why they are continually anxious is a good thing to be treated to.

Were these people who continually needing therapy taught this way of thinking? In most cases treating panic means learning not to pass the anxiousness onto others, especially children. Some people don’t take lightly to others having panic attacks or panic attacks, as it is difficult for them to see what all the fuss is about. While these other people see what the immediate problem is, they get in and sort it out as if they were a bomb squad force, they don’t have time to worry about what doesn’t need attention, only the immediate, and then step back. Focus is what it is all about.

For someone to learn this would be quite difficult if they are continually treating panic attacks by themselves, as they have learned over the years how to have an panic attack by literally seeing it happening, therefore proper guidance is advised.

Most specialists agree that a combination of cognitive and behavioral therapies are the best treatment for panic disorder. Medication might also be appropriate in some cases.
Cognitive therapy can help the patient identify possible triggers for the attacks. The trigger in an individual case could be something like a thought, a situation, or something as subtle as a slight change in heartbeat. Once the patient understands that the panic attack is separate and independent of the trigger, that trigger begins to lose some of its power to induce an attack.

Having Self Control

Self control is the first basic step, for treating panic attacks, breathe and focus on things that need to be done, not what could happen.

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