Effective Anxiety Attack Panic Treatment

There are ways to secure treatment for Panic Attacks. Doctors can prescribe the following:

* Antidepressant medications
o These medicines are designed to lessen or minimize a severe panic attack from recurring. Its purpose is to achieve a reduced number of attacks while under medication.

* CBT or Cognitive Behavior Therapy
o Requires people who suffer from mild to severe anxiety or panic attacks to go through relaxation techniques to lessen recurrence of attacks.

Amidst medical techniques to recondition the brain from such panic attacks, there is still no fool-proof formula to get over it. It varies from person to person so it would not be recommended to just try one technique and end up blaming the person who advised it to you.

Reading about someone else's journey on how they went through the same path you're treading and came back alive is indeed helpful.

Isn't it that you get some soothing calmness when you read a book? Not only is it enriching, it also diverts your mind away from that nagging countdown that any time now you will experience another panic attack in the making.

The cause of panic attacks is still not fully understood.

What is known is that it can happen to anyone, without any reason, regardless of age. Meaning, a happy and healthy person has an equal chance of experiencing a panic attack with those who are depressed and unhealthy. An episode of panic attack chooses no time.

It can happen while you are at home, sitting on your couch, watching television, while driving, shopping or walking, at the office, etc. It can even happen while you are asleep.

Given such circumstances, methods of treatment may vary from person to person, depending on his conditions, symptoms, lifestyle, and frequency of attacks. Typically however, treatment involves psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and/or medication. Other treatments that can be employed are meditation, breathing exercises, relaxation techniques and herbal treatment.

Anti-anxiety medications may provide quick relief from the symptoms panic attack, usually within thirty minutes to an hour.

Anti-depressant drugs should be taken continuously before you can begin to notice the effects, usually up to six months to a year. You cannot take anti-depressant drugs just during an attack.

In addition, since you cannot anticipate when you will have such attack, only those who are diagnosed with panic disorder (or recurring panic attacks) can acquire these

Panic attacks, as well as panic disorder, agoraphobia and other phobias and related conditions can be treated effectively by psychotherapy. Cognitive-behavioral therapy is proven as an effective way to reduce the symptoms of panic attacks or completely eliminate the condition.

CBT focuses on changing the thinking pattern of the person from negative to positive thoughts as well as changing the way a person reacts or behaves when he encounters emergency or situations that can trigger an attack.

Another treatment similar to CTB that is worth mentioning is exposure therapy. This helps the person overcome his fear by letting him face those fearful situations in a controlled and safe manner.

The result of this technique is that the person learns how to react positively on what he thinks are fearful situations. Moreover, through this experience, the patient learns that the situations he fears are not harmful and dangerous.

In many cases, medication alone or therapy alone is enough to completely treat the condition, but other cases require both treatment methods to effectively treat panic disorder.

Meditation, breathing exercises, and relaxation techniques have been found effective in reducing the chances of experiencing another attack. They help calm the mind and relax the muscles. Regularly practicing these exercises and techniques strengthen the body's relaxation response.

Natural herbs such as bacopin, ginkgo biloba, passion flower, St. John Wort, hyperforin, 5HTP (5-hydroxytryptophan), chamomile, rhodiola, are equally effective since they have natural anti-stress properties.

In some cases, using these herbs is sufficient enough to combat panic attacks. Many people also react positively using this kind of treatment.

Fresh leaves can be made as tea. Some are also available over-the-counter in oil, tincture, capsule, powder and tea.

The best thing about these natural herbs is that they do not carry any side effects as compared to mainstream medications.