Natural Panic Attack Cures

What Is A Panic Attack?

A panic attack is an unexpected attack involving fear, discomfort, or anxiety, with the symptoms suddenly occurring and reaching a peak within ten minutes of the onset of the attack.  They end in about thirty minutes or several hours.  At least four or more of the following symptoms occur during a panic attack:

·         Fast heart rate or pounding heart

·         Chest pain or discomfort

·         Sweating

·         Trembling or Shaking

·         Shortness of Breath or A Feeling of Smothering

·         Choking Feeling

·         Nausea or Upset Stomach

·         Dizziness or Feeling Faint

·         Numbness or Tingling

·         Chills or Hot Flashes

·         Feeling Out of Touch With Reality

·         Fear of Losing Control

·         Fear of Dying

 A person who deals with determining what is a panic attack and how to treat them goes through weeks of concern over possibly having another attack.

Over - the – counter pseudoephodrine stimulants can help cause a panic attack.  Pulmonary embolism, cardiac arrhythmia, hyperthyroidism, and certain forms of epilepsy can contribute to a panic attack, as well.  Psychological stress along with certain medical illnesses can bring on a panic attack.

Some medical ailments can resemble a heart attack.  A life threatening experience can, also, seem like a panic attack.

Determining what is a panic attack is essential to a diagnosis of a panic disorder. These attacks are noted by periods of intense fear or discomfort, as well as, at least four symptoms from the previously mentioned list.  A panic attack can recur multiple times and in quick succession.  Not only can they repeatedly recur, the attacks can, also, happen as rare sporadic occurrences.  In order to be considered a panic disorder ,a panic attack - or at least some of them, must come without being triggered by a certain situation, or a particular place.

When people do experience a panic attack, often times they feel as though they are experiencing a heart attack.

If a panic attack should happen to a person in a place where help was hard to locate, that person could start to avoid that place.  If their agoraphobia should be a serious enough, the person may come to be housebound.

(Agoraphobia is an abnormal situation, characterized, especially, by avoidance of open or public places.) – The Merriam - Webster Dictionary

What are some treatments for panic attacks?  Two classifications of antidepressants (tricyclics and monamine oxidase  inhibitors), and particular types of benzoidiazepine (alpazolam, torazepam, and clonazepam) work in the lessening or ending of panic attacks dealing with different types of panic disorders.  

Substantial research is being done to find other medications which can be used effectively in the treatment of a panic attack.  Some of the pharmaceuticals may create such problems as undesirable side effects, a chance of dependency, and a considerable relapse rate when the medication is no longer taken.

A panic attack has, also, been reduced on - or by - a combined cognitive and behavioral treatments.  Research has shown that many patients are free of panic attacks at the end of behavioral – cognitive treatment and still are upon a two year follow-up.