Beating Panic Attacks

Panic and anxiety attacks are a form of Panic Disorder. Sufferers experience a sudden onset of deeply unsettling feelings of fear or dread. A person experiencing an anxiety attack will often feel as is they are having a heart attack or that they are going to die.

Symptoms

These attacks can occur at any time, even during sleep (sometimes confused with "night terrors"). Symptoms of a panic attack include:

• Rapid, shallow heartbeat
• Difficulty breathing
• A sensation of pressure on the chest
• Dizziness, blurred vision
• Chest pains

The symptoms of a panic attack can be so severe that many first-time sufferers call 911 or rush to the hospital emergency room believing they are having a critical health problem.

Effects

Panic and anxiety attacks can be debilitating. Consider this personal account from "Jim":

They would hit me late at night. Usually after a long day at work.

All of the sudden, it would feel like someone was sitting on my chest. I'd start sweating and breathing hard. Every time it happened, I thought I was having a heart-attack, but I'm only 31!

Some nights I would have to get up and stay up the whole night just trying to calm down.

Panic disorder has been found to be associated with depression and mood disorder.

So What Can Be Done About Panic Attacks?

Treatment and advice for panic attacks is frequently ineffective. Many drugs can simply produce undesirable side-effects while doing little to ease the frequency or severity of the attacks. Home-spun advice like "breath into a paper bag" may actually make panic attacks worse.

Fortunately, natural drug-free solutions are available for panic and anxiety attacks. PanicAway is a well-established program that addresses the root causes of panic and anxiety attacks and gives sufferers effective techniques to cope with the symptoms and reduce the frequency of attacks.

Click here to learn more about the PanicAway program